XDestroyWindow(3X) XDestroyWindow(3X)
NAME
XDestroyWindow, XDestroySubwindows - destroy windows
SYNOPSIS
XDestroyWindow(display, w)
Display *display;
Window w;
XDestroySubwindows(display, w)
Display *display;
Window w;
ARGUMENTS
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
w Specifies the window.
DESCRIPTION
The XDestroyWindow function destroys the specified
window as well as all of its subwindows and causes the
X server to generate a DestroyNotify event for each
window. The window should never be referenced again.
If the window specified by the w argument is mapped, it
is unmapped automatically. The ordering of the
DestroyNotify events is such that for any given window
being destroyed, DestroyNotify is generated on any
inferiors of the window before being generated on the
window itself. The ordering among siblings and across
subhierarchies is not otherwise constrained. If the
window you specified is a root window, no windows are
destroyed. Destroying a mapped window will generate
Expose events on other windows that were obscured by
the window being destroyed.
XDestroyWindow can generate a BadWindow error.
The XDestroySubwindows function destroys all inferior
windows of the specified window, in bottom-to-top
stacking order. It causes the X server to generate a
DestroyNotify event for each window. If any mapped
subwindows were actually destroyed, XDestroySubwindows
causes the X server to generate Expose events on the
specified window. This is much more efficient than
deleting many windows one at a time because much of the
work need be performed only once for all of the
windows, rather than for each window. The subwindows
should never be referenced again.
XDestroySubwindows can generate a BadWindow error.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a
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defined Window.
SEE ALSO
XChangeWindowAttributes(3X11), XConfigureWindow(3X11),
XCreateWindow(3X11), XMapWindow(3X11),
XRaiseWindow(3X11), XUnmapWindow(3X11)
Xlib Programming Manual
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