tickit_window_root(3)

tickit_window_root3

Query the ancestry of a window

Part of tickit_window_parent(3).

Usage

#include <tickit.h>

TickitWindow *tickit_window_parent(const TickitWindow *win);
TickitWindow *tickit_window_root(const TickitWindow *win);

Link with -ltickit.

Overview

tickit_window_parent() returns a pointer to the given window's immediate parent instance (i.e. the one it was created from), or NULL if called on a root window instance.

tickit_window_root() returns a pointer to the given window's ultimate root window instance. This may be the window itself, if called on a root window instance.

Return value

tickit_window_parent() and tickit_window_root() return pointers to window instances.

Releases

Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster).

  1. 10–13

From libtickit-dev 0.4.3-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.