XMoveWindow

Syntax

XMoveWindow(display, w, x, y)
      Display *display;
      Window w;
      int x, y;

Arguments

display Specifies the connection to the X server.
w Specifies the window to be moved
x
y 		Specify the x and y coordinates, which define the new location of the top-left pixel of the window's border or the window itself if it has no border.

Description

The XMoveWindow() function moves the specified window to the specified x and y coordinates, but it does not change the window's size, raise the window, or change the mapping state of the window. Moving a mapped window may or may not lose the window's contents depending on if the window is obscured by nonchildren and if no backing store exists. If the contents of the window are lost, the X server generates Expose events. Moving a mapped window generates Expose events on any formerly obscured windows.

If the override-redirect flag of the window is False and some other client has selected SubstructureRedirectMask on the parent, the X server generates a ConfigureRequest event, and no further processing is performed. Otherwise, the window is moved.

XMoveWindow() can generate a BadWindow error.

Diagnostics

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

See also

XChangeWindowAttributes(), XConfigureWindow(), XCreateWindow(), XDestroyWindow(), XMapWindow(), XMoveResizeWindow(), XRaiseWindow(), XResizeWindow(), XSetWindowBorderWidth(), XUnmapWindow(), "Configuring Windows"
Christophe Tronche, ch@tronche.com