XDestroyWindow(3X11) XLIB FUNCTIONS XDestroyWindow(3X11)
NAME
XDestroyWindow, XDestroySubwindows - destroy windows
SYNTAX
int XDestroyWindow(Display *display, Window w);
int XDestroySubwindows(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 des-
troyed.
XDestroyWindow can generate a BadWindow error.
The XDestroySubwindows function destroys all inferior win-
dows 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 actu-
ally 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)
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XDestroyWindow(3X11) XLIB FUNCTIONS XDestroyWindow(3X11)
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