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From: spencer@eecs.umich.edu (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XGetGeometry
Message-ID: <SPENCER.91May22130108@spline.eecs.umich.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 18:01:08 GMT
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In-Reply-To: das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu's message of 18 May 91 14: 08:47 GMT

> In article <1991May14.152349.8968@doc.ic.ac.uk> ms2@doc.ic.ac.uk (M Shelley) writes:
>How do I find the position of the window I created relative to the root rather
>than its decoration window?

My solution was the following:
	XGetWindowAttributes(display, the_win, &wattr);
	XQueryTree(display, the_w, &root_w, &par_w, &children_w, &n_child);
	XFree( children_w );	/* Don't need this */
	/*
	 * If parent is not root, we have been reparented by a window
	 * manager, so translate coordinates to root window.
	 */
	if ( par_w != root_w )
	    XTranslateCoordinates(display, par_w, root_w, wattr.x, wattr.y,
				  &shellx, &shelly, &child_w);
	else {
	    shellx = wattr.x;
	    shelly = wattr.y;
	}
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=Spencer W. Thomas 		EECS Dept, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
spencer@eecs.umich.edu		313-936-2616 (8-6 E[SD]T M-F)