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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: subwindows wanting to know top ancestor info.
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.113855@wsl.dec.com>
Date: 14 Jun 91 18:38:55 GMT
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In article <307@trwacs.UUCP>, pascale@trwacs.UUCP (Rita Pascale) writes:
|> Having a child/subwindow and knowing the top-most
|> ancestor window id (under the root window but not 
|> including the root), how can I find the top-most
|> window's width and height?

If you know the window ID, XGetGeometry will give you the width and height.
If you don't know the window ID, XQueryTree will give you a list of ancestors.

-- 
Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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