Name

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

Syntax

XSetTransientForHint(display, w, prop_window)
   Display *display;
   Window w;
   Window prop_window;

Status XGetTransientForHint(display, w, prop_window_return)
   Display *display;
   Window w;
   Window *prop_window_return;

Arguments

displaySpecifies the connection to the X server. 

wSpecifies the window. 

prop_windowSpecifies 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.

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.

See Also

XAllocClassHint(3X11), XAllocIconSize(3X11), XAllocSizeHints(3X11), XAllocWMHints(3X11), XSetCommand(3X11), XSetTextProperty(3X11), XSetWMClientMachine(3X11), XSetWMColormapWindows(3X11), XSetWMIconName(3X11), XSetWMName(3X11), XSetWMProperties(3X11), XSetWMProtocols(3X11), XStringListToTextProperty(3X11)
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys