NAME

       xcb_grab_key - Grab keyboard key(s)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <xcb/xproto.h>

   Request function
       xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_grab_key(xcb_connection_t *conn, uint8_t owner_events,
              xcb_window_t grab_window, uint16_t modifiers, xcb_keycode_t key,
              uint8_t pointer_mode, uint8_t keyboard_mode);

REQUEST ARGUMENTS

       conn      The XCB connection to X11.

       owner_events
                 If 1, the grab_window will still get the pointer events. If 0, events are not
                 reported to the grab_window.

       grab_window
                 Specifies the window on which the pointer should be grabbed.

       modifiers The modifiers to grab.

                 Using the special value XCB_MOD_MASK_ANY means grab the pointer with all
                 possible modifier combinations.

       key       The keycode of the key to grab.

                 The special value XCB_GRAB_ANY means grab any key.

       pointer_mode
                 One of the following values:

                 XCB_GRAB_MODE_SYNC
                           The state of the keyboard appears to freeze: No further keyboard
                           events are generated by the server until the grabbing client issues a
                           releasing AllowEvents request or until the keyboard grab is released.

                 XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC
                           Keyboard event processing continues normally.

       keyboard_mode
                 One of the following values:

                 XCB_GRAB_MODE_SYNC
                           The state of the keyboard appears to freeze: No further keyboard
                           events are generated by the server until the grabbing client issues a
                           releasing AllowEvents request or until the keyboard grab is released.

                 XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC
                           Keyboard event processing continues normally.

DESCRIPTION

       Establishes a passive grab on the keyboard. In the future, the keyboard is actively
       grabbed (as for GrabKeyboard), the last-keyboard-grab time is set to the time at which the
       key was pressed (as transmitted in the KeyPress event), and the KeyPress event is reported
       if all of the following conditions are true:

       The keyboard is not grabbed and the specified key (which can itself be a modifier key) is
       logically pressed when the specified modifier keys are logically down, and no other
       modifier keys are logically down.

       Either the grab_window is an ancestor of (or is) the focus window, or the grab_window is a
       descendant of the focus window and contains the pointer.

       A passive grab on the same key combination does not exist on any ancestor of grab_window.

       The interpretation of the remaining arguments is as for XGrabKeyboard.  The active grab is
       terminated automatically when the logical state of the keyboard has the specified key
       released (independent of the logical state of the modifier keys), at which point a
       KeyRelease event is reported to the grabbing window.

       Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by client applications) may lag the
       physical state if device event processing is frozen.

       A modifiers argument of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the request for all possible
       modifier combinations (including the combination of no modifiers).  It is not required
       that all modifiers specified have currently assigned KeyCodes.  A keycode argument of
       AnyKey is equivalent to issuing the request for all possible KeyCodes.  Otherwise, the
       specified keycode must be in the range specified by min_keycode and max_keycode in the
       connection setup, or a BadValue error results.

       If some other client has issued a XGrabKey with the same key combination on the same
       window, a BadAccess error results.  When using AnyModifier or AnyKey, the request fails
       completely, and a BadAccess error results (no grabs are established) if there is a
       conflicting grab for any combination.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns an xcb_void_cookie_t. Errors (if any) have to be handled in the event loop.

       If you want to handle errors directly with xcb_request_check instead, use
       xcb_grab_key_checked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.

ERRORS

       xcb_access_error_t
                 Another client has already issued a GrabKey with the same button/key combination
                 on the same window.

       xcb_value_error_t
                 TODO: reasons?

       xcb_window_error_t
                 The specified window does not exist.

SEE ALSO

       xcb-requests(3), xcb_grab_keyboard(3)

AUTHOR

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