XRaiseWindow(3) XLIB FUNCTIONS XRaiseWindow(3)

NAME

XRaiseWindow, XLowerWindow, XCirculateSubwindows,
XCirculateSubwindowsUp, XCirculateSubwindowsDown, XRestackWindows -
change window stacking order

SYNTAX

int XRaiseWindow(Display *display, Window w);

int XLowerWindow(Display *display, Window w);

int XCirculateSubwindows(Display *display, Window w, int direction);

int XCirculateSubwindowsUp(Display *display, Window w);

int XCirculateSubwindowsDown(Display *display, Window w);

int XRestackWindows(Display *display, Window windows[], int
nwindows);

ARGUMENTS

direction Specifies the direction (up or down) that you want to
circulate the window. You can pass RaiseLowest or
LowerHighest.

display Specifies the connection to the X server.

nwindows Specifies the number of windows to be restacked.

w Specifies the window.

windows Specifies an array containing the windows to be restacked.

DESCRIPTION

The XRaiseWindow function raises the specified window to the top of
the stack so that no sibling window obscures it. If the windows are
regarded as overlapping sheets of paper stacked on a desk, then
raising a window is analogous to moving the sheet to the top of the
stack but leaving its x and y location on the desk constant. Raising
a mapped window may generate Expose events for the window and any
mapped subwindows that were formerly obscured.

If the override-redirect attribute of the window is False and some
other client has selected SubstructureRedirectMask on the parent, the
X server generates a ConfigureRequest event, and no processing is
performed. Otherwise, the window is raised.

XRaiseWindow can generate a BadWindow error.

The XLowerWindow function lowers the specified window to the bottom
of the stack so that it does not obscure any sibling windows. If the
windows are regarded as overlapping sheets of paper stacked on a
desk, then lowering a window is analogous to moving the sheet to the
bottom of the stack but leaving its x and y location on the desk
constant. Lowering a mapped window will generate Expose events on
any windows it formerly obscured.

If the override-redirect attribute of the window is False and some
other client has selected SubstructureRedirectMask on the parent, the
X server generates a ConfigureRequest event, and no processing is
performed. Otherwise, the window is lowered to the bottom of the
stack.

XLowerWindow can generate a BadWindow error.

The XCirculateSubwindows function circulates children of the
specified window in the specified direction. If you specify
RaiseLowest, XCirculateSubwindows raises the lowest mapped child (if
any) that is occluded by another child to the top of the stack. If
you specify LowerHighest, XCirculateSubwindows lowers the highest
mapped child (if any) that occludes another child to the bottom of
the stack. Exposure processing is then performed on formerly
obscured windows. If some other client has selected
SubstructureRedirectMask on the window, the X server generates a
CirculateRequest event, and no further processing is performed. If a
child is actually restacked, the X server generates a CirculateNotify
event.

XCirculateSubwindows can generate BadValue and BadWindow errors.

The XCirculateSubwindowsUp function raises the lowest mapped child of
the specified window that is partially or completely occluded by
another child. Completely unobscured children are not affected.
This is a convenience function equivalent to XCirculateSubwindows
with RaiseLowest specified.

XCirculateSubwindowsUp can generate a BadWindow error.

The XCirculateSubwindowsDown function lowers the highest mapped child
of the specified window that partially or completely occludes another
child. Completely unobscured children are not affected. This is a
convenience function equivalent to XCirculateSubwindows with
LowerHighest specified.

XCirculateSubwindowsDown can generate a BadWindow error.

The XRestackWindows function restacks the windows in the order
specified, from top to bottom. The stacking order of the first
window in the windows array is unaffected, but the other windows in
the array are stacked underneath the first window, in the order of
the array. The stacking order of the other windows is not affected.
For each window in the window array that is not a sibling of the
first window, a BadMatch error results.

If the override-redirect attribute of a window is False and some
other client has selected SubstructureRedirectMask on the parent, the
X server generates ConfigureRequest events for each window whose
override-redirect flag is not set, and no further processing is
performed. Otherwise, the windows will be restacked in top-to-bottom
order.

XRestackWindows can generate BadWindow error.

DIAGNOSTICS

BadValue Some numeric value falls outside the range of values
accepted by the request. Unless a specific range is
specified for an argument, the full range defined by the
argument's type is accepted. Any argument defined as a set
of alternatives can generate this error.

BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined
Window.

SEE ALSO

XChangeWindowAttributes(3), XConfigureWindow(3), XCreateWindow(3),
XDestroyWindow(3), XMapWindow(3), XUnmapWindow(3)
Xlib - C Language X Interface

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