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Manual Reference Pages  - XSetTransientForHint (3X11)

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

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Syntax
Arguments
Description
Properties
Diagnostics

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

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.

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.

WM_TRANSIENT_FOR
	Set by application programs to indicate to the window manager that a transient top-level window, such as a dialog box.

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.

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)
Xlib - C Language X Interface

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