XLIB Programming Manual, Rel. 5, Third Edition

Name

ReparentNotify — xreparent

When Generated

A ReparentNotify event reports when a client successfully reparents a window.

Select With

This event is selected with SubstructureNotifyMask by specifying the window ID of the old or the new parent window or with StructureNotifyMask by specifying the window ID.

XEvent Structure Name

typedef union _XEvent {
    ...
    XReparentEvent xreparent;
    ...
} XEvent;

Event Structure

typedef struct {
    int type;
    unsigned long serial;    /* # of last request processed by server */
    Bool send_event;         /* True if this came from SendEvent request */
    Display *display;        /* Display the event was read from */
    Window event;
    Window window;
    Window parent;
    int x, y;
    Bool override_redirect;
} XReparentEvent;

Event Structure Members

window

The window whose parent window was changed.

parent

The new parent of the window.

x, y

The coordinates of the upper-left pixel of the window’s border relative to the new parent window’s origin.

override_redirect

The override_redirect attribute of the reparented window. If True, it indicates that the client wants this window to be immune to meddling by the window manager. Window managers normally should not have reparented this window to begin with.