XSetTransientForHint(3X11)XSetTransientForHint(3X11)NAME
XSetTransientForHint, XGetTransientForHint - set or read a window's
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property
SYNOPSIS
XSetTransientForHint(display, w, prop_window)
Display *display;
Window w;
Window prop_window;
Status XGetTransientForHint(display, w, prop_window_return)
Display *display;
Window w;
Window *prop_window_return;
ARGUMENTS
Specifies the connection to the X server. Specifies the window. Spec‐
ifies the window that the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property is to be set to.
Returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of the specified window.
DESCRIPTION
The XSetTransientForHint function sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of
the specified window to the specified prop_window.
XSetTransientForHint can generate BadAlloc and BadWindow errors.
The XGetTransientForHint function returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property
for the specified window. It returns a nonzero status on success; oth‐
erwise, it returns a zero status.
XGetTransientForHint can generate a BadWindow error.
PROPERTIES
Set by application programs to indicate to the window manager that a
transient top-level window, such as a dialog box.
DIAGNOSTICS
The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory.
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
SEE ALSOXAllocClassHint(3X11), XAllocIconSize(3X11), XAllocSizeHints(3X11),
XAllocWMHints(3X11), XSetCommand(3X11), XSetTextProperty(3X11), XSetWM‐
ClientMachine(3X11), XSetWMColormapWindows(3X11), XSetWMIconName(3X11),
XSetWMName(3X11), XSetWMProperties(3X11), XSetWMProtocols(3X11),
XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)
Xlib -- C Language X Interface
XSetTransientForHint(3X11)
