]> XSetTransientForHint

XSetTransientForHint

NAME
SYNTAX
ARGUMENTS
DESCRIPTION
PROPERTIES
DIAGNOSTICS
SEE ALSO

NAME

XSetTransientForHint, XGetTransientForHint − set or read a window’s WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property

SYNTAX

	int 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 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 property for the specified window. It returns a nonzero status on success; 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 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.