XReparentWindow(3X11) X11R5 XReparentWindow(3X11)NAMEXReparentWindow - 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, automatically performs an 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, causes the X server to generate
a 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 Finally, if the
specified window was originally mapped, the X server automatically per‐
forms a request on it.
The X server performs normal exposure processing on formerly obscured
windows. The X server might not generate events for regions from the
initial request that are immediately obscured by the final request. A
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 new parent is and the window is not.
· The specified window has a background, and the new parent window
is not the same depth as the specified window.
can generate and errors.
DIAGNOSTICS
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
SEE ALSOXChangeSaveSet(3X11)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
XReparentWindow(3X11)