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From: joe@etac632 (Joe Fulson-Woytek)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Getting window position
Message-ID: <2968@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: 2 Aug 90 12:32:01 GMT
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In article <1515@shodha.dec.com> west@gsrc.enet.dec.com (Jim West (Stealth Contractor)) writes:
>
>  Have you tried XTranslateCoordinates relative to the root window?  The
>x and y values are relative to the windows parent.  It looks like on the
>IRIS that the root window is the parent whereas on the HP and SUN there is
>a window between you and the root...probably window manager frame window.
>
Yes, I gave this a try but still got the translated coordinates also
came back 0.,0.
While I still think it is important to be able to get the current position
of the window within the screen, I have ended up using a different technigue
for my problem which does not require this knowledge. Thanks to all who
responded.

Joe FUlson-Woytek