XSetTransientForHint()

NAME

XSetTransientForHint(), XGetTransientForHint() - set or read a window's WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property

SYNOPSIS

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(3) function sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property of the specified window to the specified prop_window.

XSetTransientForHint(3) can generate BadAlloc and BadWindow errors.

The XGetTransientForHint(3) function returns the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property for the specified window. It returns nonzero status on success; otherwise it returns a zero status.

XGetTransientForHint(3) 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()

XAllocIconSize()

XAllocSizeHints()

XAllocWMHints()

XSetCommand()

XSetTextProperty()

XSetWMClientMachine()

XSetWMColormapWindows()

XSetWMIconName()

XSetWMName()

XSetWMProperties()

XSetWMProtocols()

XStringListToTextProperty()

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