X Version 11 (1 September 1988) XReparentWindow(XS)
NAME
XReparentWindow - reparent windows
SYNTAX
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 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(XS)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
(printed 2/12/90) (1 September 1988) XReparentWindow(XS)