Name

XtCreateWindow − window creation convenience function

Syntax

void XtCreateWindow(w, window_class, visual, value_mask, attributes)
   Widget w;
   unsigned int window_class;
   Visual *visual;
   XtValueMask value_mask;
   XSetWindowAttributes *attributes;

Arguments

attributesSpecifies the window attributes to use in the XCreateWindow call.

value_maskSpecifies which attribute fields to use. 

visualSpecifies the visual type (usually CopyFromParent).

wSpecifies the widget that is used to set the x,y coordinates and so on. 

window_class
Specifies the Xlib window class (for example, InputOutput, InputOnly, or CopyFromParent).

Description

The XtCreateWindow function calls the Xlib XCreateWindow function with values from the widget structure and the passed parameters. Then, it assigns the created window to the widget’s window field.

XtCreateWindow evaluates the following fields of the Core widget structure:

•depth

•screen

•parent -> core.window

•x

•y

•width

•height

•border_width

See Also

X Window System Toolkit: The Complete Programmer’s Guide and Specification, Paul J. Asente and Ralph Swick
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys