XDestroyWindow(3X11)                 BSD                  XDestroyWindow(3X11)



NAME
     XDestroyWindow, XDestroySubwindows - destroy windows

SYNTAX
     XDestroyWindow(display, w)
           Display *display;
           Window w;

     XDestroySubwindows(display, w)
           Display *display;
           Window w;

ARGUMENTS
     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     w         Specifies the window.

DESCRIPTION
     The XDestroyWindow function destroys the specified window as well as all
     of its subwindows and causes the X server to generate a DestroyNotify
     event for each window.  The window should never be referenced again.  If
     the window specified by the w argument is mapped, it is unmapped
     automatically.  The ordering of the DestroyNotify events is such that for
     any given window being destroyed, DestroyNotify is generated on any
     inferiors of the window before being generated on the window itself.  The
     ordering among siblings and across subhierarchies is not otherwise
     constrained.  If the window you specified is a root window, no windows
     are destroyed.  Destroying a mapped window will generate Expose events on
     other windows that were obscured by the window being destroyed.

     XDestroyWindow can generate a BadWindow error.

     The XDestroySubwindows function destroys all inferior windows of the
     specified window, in bottom-to-top stacking order.  It causes the X
     server to generate a DestroyNotify event for each window.  If any mapped
     subwindows were actually destroyed, XDestroySubwindows causes the X
     server to generate Expose events on the specified window.  This is much
     more efficient than deleting many windows one at a time because much of
     the work need be performed only once for all of the windows, rather than
     for each window.  The subwindows should never be referenced again.

     XDestroySubwindows can generate a BadWindow error.

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

SEE ALSO
     XChangeWindowAttributes(3X11), XConfigureWindow(3X11),
     XCreateWindow(3X11), XMapWindow(3X11), XRaiseWindow(3X11),
     XUnmapWindow(3X11)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface