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XLIB FUNCTIONS                              XReparentWindow(3x11)



NAME
     XReparentWindow - reparent windows

SYNTAX
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lX11 [ library... ]

     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 coordinatesof the position in
               the new parent window.

DESCRIPTION
     If the specified window is mapped, XReparentWindow automati-
     cally performs an UnmapWindow 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, XReparentWindow
     causes the X server to generate a ReparentNotify 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 True.  Finally, if the specified window was origi-
     nally mapped, the X server automatically performs a MapWin-
     dow request on it.

     The X server performs normal exposure processing on formerly
     obscured windows.  The X server might not generate Expose
     events for regions from the initial UnmapWindow request that
     are immediately obscured by the final MapWindow request.  A
     BadMatch error results if:

     +o    The new parent window is not on the same screen as the
          old parent window.

     +o    The new parent window is the specified window or an
          inferior of the specified window.

     +o    The new parent is InputOnly, and the window is not.

     +o    The specified window has a ParentRelative background,
          and the new parent window is not the same depth as the



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XLIB FUNCTIONS                              XReparentWindow(3x11)



          specified window.

     XReparentWindow can generate BadMatch and BadWindow errors.

DIAGNOSTICS
     BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a
               defined Window.

SEE ALSO
     XChangeSaveSet(3x11)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | x11/library/libx11          |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | See XInitThreads(3X11)      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|





























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