XRaiseWindow

Syntax

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

Arguments

display	Specifies the connection to the X server.
w	Specifies the window.

Description

The XRaiseWindow() function raises the specified window to the top of the stack so that no sibling window obscures it. If the windows are regarded as overlapping sheets of paper stacked on a desk, then raising a window is analogous to moving the sheet to the top of the stack but leaving its x and y location on the desk constant. Raising a mapped window may generate Expose events for the window and any mapped subwindows that were formerly obscured.

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

XRaiseWindow() can generate a BadWindow error.

Diagnostics

BadWindow

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

See also

XChangeWindowAttributes(), XCirculateSubwindows(), XCirculateSubwindowsDown(), XCirculateSubwindowsUp(), XConfigureWindow(), XCreateWindow(), XDestroyWindow(), XLowerWindow(), XMapWindow(), XRestackWindows(), "Changing Window Stacking Order"

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Christophe Tronche, [email protected]