NAME
XReparentWindow - reparent windows
SYNTAX
int XReparentWindow\^(\^Display *display\^, Window w\^, Window
parent\^, int x\^, int 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 coordinates.
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 performs 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 ALSO
XChangeSaveSet(3X11)