XSetTransientForHint
XSetTransientForHint(3X11) XLIB FUNCTIONS XSetTransientForHint(3X11)
NAME
XSetTransientForHint, XGetTransientForHint - set or read a window’s
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property
SYNTAX
int XSetTransientForHint(Display *display, Window w, Window prop_win-
dow);
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 win-
dow.
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 prop-
erty for the specified window. It returns a nonzero status on suc-
cess; 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 man-
ager 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 Win-
dow.
SEE ALSO
XAllocClassHint(3X11), XAllocIconSize(3X11), XAllocSizeHints(3X11),
XAllocWMHints(3X11), XSetCommand(3X11), XSetTextProperty(3X11),
XSetWMClientMachine(3X11), XSetWMColormapWindows(3X11), XSetWMIcon-
Name(3X11), XSetWMName(3X11), XSetWMProperties(3X11), XSetWMProto-
cols(3X11), XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)
Xlib - C Language X Interface
XSetTransientForHint(3X11)