---
name: "XmImGetXIM"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "openmotif"
version: "2.3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XmImGetXIM"
---

# XmImGetXIM(3)

An input manager function that retrieves the input method associated with a specified widget

## NAME

**XmImGetXIM** — An input manager function that retrieves the input method associated with a specified widget

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <Xm/XmIm.h>
XIM XmImGetXIM(
Widget widget);
```

## DESCRIPTION

**XmImGetXIM** retrieves the XIM data structure representing the input method that the input manager has opened for the specified widget. If an input method has not been opened by a previous call to **XmImRegister**, the first time this routine is called it opens an input method using the **XmNinputMethod** resource for the VendorShell. If the **XmNinputMethod** is NULL, an input method is opened using the current locale. If it cannot open an input method, the function returns NULL.

- *widget*

  Specifies the ID of a widget registered with the input manager

## RETURN

Returns the input method for the current locale associated with the specified widget's input manager; otherwise, returns NULL. The application is responsible for freeing the returned XIM by calling **XmImCloseXIM**.

## RELATED

[**XmImCloseXIM**(3)](/XmImCloseXIM/3.md), [**XmImGetXIM**(3)](/XmImGetXIM/3.md), [**XmImMbLookupString**(3)](/XmImMbLookupString/3.md), and [**XmImRegister**(3)](/XmImRegister/3.md).