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.
