XDestroyWindow(3X11)XDestroyWindow(3X11)NAME
XDestroyWindow, XDestroySubwindows - destroy windows
SYNOPSIS
XDestroyWindow(display, w)
Display *display;
Window w;
XDestroySubwindows(display, w)
Display *display;
Window w;
ARGUMENTS
Specifies the connection to the X server. 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 DestroyNo‐
tify 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 gener‐
ated on any inferiors of the window before being generated on the win‐
dow itself. The ordering among siblings and across subhierarchies is
not otherwise constrained. If the window you specified is a root win‐
dow, 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
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
SEE ALSOXChangeWindowAttributes(3X11), XConfigureWindow(3X11), XCreateWin‐
dow(3X11), XMapWindow(3X11), XRaiseWindow(3X11), XUnmapWindow(3X11)
Xlib -- C Language X Interface
XDestroyWindow(3X11)
