VIRTUAL-WIDTH-CHARS attribute The maximum width of the widget, in character units. Data type: DECIMAL Access: Readable/WritEable Applies to: DIALOG-BOX widget, FRAME widget, WINDOW widget For a non-scrollable frame, VIRTUAL-WIDTH-CHARS has the same value as the WIDTH-CHARS attribute. For a scrollable frame, VIRTUAL-WIDTH-CHARS specifies the width of the entire frame while WIDTH-CHARS specifies the width of the visible portion of the frame.