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NAME

       XRaiseWindow,       XLowerWindow,       XCirculateSubwindows,      XCirculateSubwindowsUp,
       XCirculateSubwindowsDown, XRestackWindows - change window stacking order

SYNTAX

       int XRaiseWindow(Display *display, Window w);

       int XLowerWindow(Display *display, Window w);

       int XCirculateSubwindows(Display *display, Window w, int direction);

       int XCirculateSubwindowsUp(Display *display, Window w);

       int XCirculateSubwindowsDown(Display *display, Window w);

       int XRestackWindows(Display *display, Window windows[], int nwindows);

ARGUMENTS

       direction Specifies the direction (up or down) that you want to circulate the window.  You
                 can pass RaiseLowest or LowerHighest.

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       nwindows  Specifies the number of windows to be restacked.

       w         Specifies the window.

       windows   Specifies an array containing the windows to be restacked.

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.

       The XLowerWindow function lowers the specified window to the bottom of the stack  so  that
       it  does  not  obscure  any  sibling  windows.  If the windows are regarded as overlapping
       sheets of paper stacked on a desk, then lowering a window is analogous to moving the sheet
       to  the  bottom  of  the  stack  but  leaving  its  x and y location on the desk constant.
       Lowering a mapped window will generate Expose events on any windows it 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 lowered to the bottom  of
       the stack.

       XLowerWindow can generate a BadWindow error.

       The  XCirculateSubwindows  function  circulates  children  of  the specified window in the
       specified direction.  If you specify RaiseLowest, XCirculateSubwindows raises  the  lowest
       mapped  child  (if any) that is occluded by another child to the top of the stack.  If you
       specify LowerHighest, XCirculateSubwindows lowers the highest mapped child (if  any)  that
       occludes  another child to the bottom of the stack.  Exposure processing is then performed
       on formerly obscured windows.  If some other client has selected  SubstructureRedirectMask
       on  the window, the X server generates a CirculateRequest event, and no further processing
       is performed.  If a child is actually restacked, the X server generates a  CirculateNotify
       event.

       XCirculateSubwindows can generate BadValue and BadWindow errors.

       The XCirculateSubwindowsUp function raises the lowest mapped child of the specified window
       that is partially or completely occluded by another child.  Completely unobscured children
       are  not affected.  This is a convenience function equivalent to XCirculateSubwindows with
       RaiseLowest specified.

       XCirculateSubwindowsUp can generate a BadWindow error.

       The XCirculateSubwindowsDown function lowers the highest mapped  child  of  the  specified
       window  that  partially  or  completely  occludes  another  child.   Completely unobscured
       children  are  not   affected.    This   is   a   convenience   function   equivalent   to
       XCirculateSubwindows with LowerHighest specified.

       XCirculateSubwindowsDown can generate a BadWindow error.

       The  XRestackWindows  function  restacks  the  windows in the order specified, from top to
       bottom.  The stacking order of the first window in the windows array  is  unaffected,  but
       the  other  windows  in the array are stacked underneath the first window, in the order of
       the array.  The stacking order of the other windows is not affected.  For each  window  in
       the window array that is not a sibling of the first window, a BadMatch error results.

       If the override-redirect attribute of a window is False and some other client has selected
       SubstructureRedirectMask on the parent, the X server generates ConfigureRequest events for
       each  window  whose  override-redirect  flag  is  not  set,  and  no further processing is
       performed.  Otherwise, the windows will be restacked in top-to-bottom order.

       XRestackWindows can generate BadWindow error.

DIAGNOSTICS

       BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted  by  the  request.
                 Unless  a specific range is specified for an argument, the full range defined by
                 the argument's type is accepted.  Any argument defined as a set of  alternatives
                 can generate this error.

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

SEE ALSO

       XChangeWindowAttributes(3),   XConfigureWindow(3),   XCreateWindow(3),  XDestroyWindow(3),
       XMapWindow(3), XUnmapWindow(3)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface