XReparentWindow(3X) XReparentWindow(3X)
NAME
XReparentWindow - reparent windows
SYNOPSIS
XReparentWindow(display, w, parent, x, y)
Display *display;
Window w;
Window parent;
int x, y;
ARGUMENTS
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
parent Specifies the parent window.
w Specifies the window.
x
y Specify the x and y coordinatesof the
position in the new parent window.
DESCRIPTION
If the specified window is mapped, XReparentWindow
automatically performs an UnmapWindow request on it,
removes it from its current position in the hierarchy,
and inserts it as the child of the specified parent.
The window is placed in the stacking order on top with
respect to sibling windows.
After reparenting the specified window, XReparentWindow
causes the X server to generate a ReparentNotify event.
The override_redirect member returned in this event is
set to the window's corresponding attribute. Window
manager clients usually should ignore this window if
this member is set to True. Finally, if the specified
window was originally mapped, the X server
automatically performs a MapWindow request on it.
The X server performs normal exposure processing on
formerly obscured windows. The X server might not
generate Expose events for regions from the initial
UnmapWindow request that are immediately obscured by
the final MapWindow request. A BadMatch error results
if:
⊕ The new parent window is not on the same screen as
the old parent window.
⊕ The new parent window is the specified window or
an inferior of the specified window.
⊕ The specified window has a ParentRelative
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XReparentWindow(3X) XReparentWindow(3X)
background, and the new parent window is not the
same depth as the specified window.
XReparentWindow can generate BadMatch and BadWindow
errors.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a
defined Window.
SEE ALSO
XChangeSaveSet(3X11)
Xlib Programming Manual
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