Tk Library Procedures Tk_SetClass(3TK)
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NAME
Tk_SetClass, Tk_Class - set or retrieve a window's class
SYNOPSIS
#include
Tk_SetClass(tkwin, class)
Tk_Uid
Tk_Class(tkwin)
ARGUMENTSTk_Window tkwin (in) Token for window.
char *class (in) New class name for window._________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
Tk_SetClass is called to associate a class with a particular
window. The class string identifies the type of the window; all windows with the same general class of behavior (button, menu, etc.) should have the same class. By convention all class names start with a capital letter, and there exists a Tcl command with the same name as each class (except all inlower-case) which can be used to create and manipulate win-
dows of that class. A window's class string is initialized to NULL when the window is created. For main windows, Tk automatically propagates the name andclass to the WM_CLASS property used by window managers.
This happens either when a main window is actually created(e.g. in Tk_MakeWindowExist), or when Tk_SetClass is called,
whichever occurs later. If a main window has not beenassigned a class then Tk will not set the WM_CLASS property
for the window.Tk_Class is a macro that returns the current value of
tkwin's class. The value is returned as a Tk_Uid, which may
be used just like a string pointer but also has the proper-
ties of a unique identifier (see the manual entry forTk_GetUid for details). If tkwin has not yet been given a
class, then Tk_Class will return NULL.
KEYWORDS class, unique identifier, window, window managerATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following Tk Last change: 1Tk Library Procedures Tk_SetClass(3TK)
attributes:_______________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
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| Availability | runtime/tk-8 |
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| Interface Stability| Uncommitted ||____________________|_________________|
NOTES Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tk Last change: 2