XSetTransientForHint(3X11) MIT X11R4 XSetTransientForHint(3X11)Name
XSetTransientForHint, XGetTransientForHint - set or read a window's WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property
Syntax
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
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
w Specifies the window.
prop_window
Specifies the window that the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property is to be set to.
prop_window_return
Returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of the specified window.
Description
The function sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of the specified window to the specified prop_window.
can generate and errors.
The function returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property for the specified window.
can generate a error.
Properties
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR
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)
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys
XSetTransientForHint(3X11)
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XSetTransientForHint(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XSetTransientForHint(3)NAME
XSetTransientForHint, XGetTransientForHint - set or read a window's WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property
SYNTAX
int XSetTransientForHint(Display *display, Window w, Window prop_window);
Status XGetTransientForHint(Display *display, Window w, Window *prop_window_return);
ARGUMENTS
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
w Specifies the window.
prop_window
Specifies the window that the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property is to be set to.
prop_window_return
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;
otherwise, it returns a zero status.
XGetTransientForHint can generate a BadWindow error.
PROPERTIES
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR
Set by application programs to indicate to the window manager that a transient top-level window, such as a dialog box.
DIAGNOSTICS
BadAlloc The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory.
BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
SEE ALSO XAllocClassHint(3), XAllocIconSize(3), XAllocSizeHints(3), XAllocWMHints(3), XSetCommand(3), XSetTextProperty(3), XSetWMClientMachine(3),
XSetWMColormapWindows(3), XSetWMIconName(3), XSetWMName(3), XSetWMProperties(3), XSetWMProtocols(3), XStringListToTextProperty(3)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
X Version 11 libX11 1.5.0 XSetTransientForHint(3)
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