XReparentWindow(3X11)                BSD                 XReparentWindow(3X11)



NAME
     XReparentWindow - reparent windows

SYNTAX
     XReparentWindow(display, w, parent, x, y)
           Display *display;
           Window w;
           Window parent;
           int x, y;

ARGUMENTS
     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     parent    Specifies the parent window.

     w         Specifies the window.

     x
     y         Specify the x and y coordinatesof the position in the new
               parent window.

DESCRIPTION
     If the specified window is mapped, XReparentWindow automatically performs
     an UnmapWindow request on it, removes it from its current position in the
     hierarchy, and inserts it as the child of the specified parent.  The
     window is placed in the stacking order on top with respect to sibling
     windows.

     After reparenting the specified window, XReparentWindow causes the X
     server to generate a ReparentNotify event.  The override_redirect member
     returned in this event is set to the window's corresponding attribute.
     Window manager clients usually should ignore this window if this member
     is set to True.  Finally, if the specified window was originally mapped,
     the X server automatically performs a MapWindow request on it.

     The X server performs normal exposure processing on formerly obscured
     windows.  The X server might not generate Expose events for regions from
     the initial UnmapWindow request that are immediately obscured by the
     final MapWindow request.  A BadMatch error results if:

     ⊕    The new parent window is not on the same screen as the old parent
          window.

     ⊕    The new parent window is the specified window or an inferior of the
          specified window.

     ⊕    The specified window has a ParentRelative background, and the new
          parent window is not the same depth as the specified window.

     XReparentWindow can generate BadMatch and BadWindow errors.

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

SEE ALSO
     XChangeSaveSet(3X11)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface