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From: toml@ninja.Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: x[DXGetWindowe[DAttributes
Message-ID: <1990Feb21.163440.7823@Solbourne.COM>
Date: 21 Feb 90 16:34:40 GMT
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Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc.
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> For some reason, whenever I call XGetWindowAttributes or 
> XGetGeometry, the x, y value  of the upper left hand corner
> of the window is -1, -1.  Does anyone know why this happens and
> what I can do to get the correct values?

I'll bet that you're doing the XGetWindowAttributes on your window
that has been reparented by the window manager.  The coordinates that
you are seeing are relative to the window's parent which is probably 
a frmae window owned by the window manager.  If you really want to know
where on the root window your window is, you should track ConfigureNotify
events or try XTranslateCoordinates().

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Tom LaStrange

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