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XGrabButton(3)                                 XLIB FUNCTIONS                                 XGrabButton(3)



NAME
       XGrabButton, XUngrabButton - grab pointer buttons

SYNTAX
       int XGrabButton(Display *display, unsigned int button, unsigned int modifiers, Window grab_window,
              Bool owner_events, unsigned int event_mask, int pointer_mode, keyboard_mode, Window con-fine_to, confine_to,
              fine_to, Cursor cursor);

       int XUngrabButton(Display *display, unsigned int button, unsigned int modifiers, Window grab_window);

ARGUMENTS
       button    Specifies the pointer button that is to be grabbed or released or AnyButton.

       confine_to
                 Specifies the window to confine the pointer in or None.

       cursor    Specifies the cursor that is to be displayed or None.

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       event_mask
                 Specifies which pointer events are reported to the client.  The mask is the bitwise inclu-sive inclusive
                 sive OR of the valid pointer event mask bits.

       grab_window
                 Specifies the grab window.

       keyboard_mode
                 Specifies further processing of keyboard events.  You can pass GrabModeSync or GrabMod-eAsync. GrabModeAsync.
                 eAsync.

       modifiers Specifies the set of keymasks or AnyModifier.  The mask is the bitwise inclusive OR of the
                 valid keymask bits.

       owner_events
                 Specifies a Boolean value that indicates whether the pointer events are to be reported as
                 usual or reported with respect to the grab window if selected by the event mask.

       pointer_mode
                 Specifies further processing of pointer events.  You can pass GrabModeSync or GrabMod-eAsync. GrabModeAsync.
                 eAsync.

DESCRIPTION
       The XGrabButton function establishes a passive grab.  In the future, the pointer is actively grabbed
       (as for XGrabPointer), the last-pointer-grab time is set to the time at which the button was pressed
       (as transmitted in the ButtonPress event), and the ButtonPress event is reported if all of the fol-lowing following
       lowing conditions are true:

       •    The pointer is not grabbed, and the specified button is logically pressed when the specified
            modifier keys are logically down, and no other buttons or modifier keys are logically down.

       •    The grab_window contains the pointer.

       •    The confine_to window (if any) is viewable.

       •    A passive grab on the same button/key combination does not exist on any ancestor of grab_window.

       The interpretation of the remaining arguments is as for XGrabPointer.  The active grab is terminated
       automatically when the logical state of the pointer has all buttons released (independent of the
       state of the logical modifier keys), at which point a ButtonRelease event is reported to the grabbing
       window.

       Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by client applications) may lag the physical state
       if device event processing is frozen.

       This request overrides all previous grabs by the same client on the same button/key combinations on
       the same window.  A modifiers of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the grab request for all possi-ble possible
       ble modifier combinations (including the combination of no modifiers).  It is not required that all
       modifiers specified have currently assigned KeyCodes.  A button of AnyButton is equivalent to issuing
       the request for all possible buttons.  Otherwise, it is not required that the specified button cur-rently currently
       rently be assigned to a physical button.

       If some other client has already issued a XGrabButton with the same button/key combination on the
       same window, a BadAccess error results.  When using AnyModifier or AnyButton, the request fails com-pletely, completely,
       pletely, and a BadAccess error results (no grabs are established) if there is a conflicting grab for
       any combination.  XGrabButton has no effect on an active grab.

       XGrabButton can generate BadCursor, BadValue, and BadWindow errors.

       The XUngrabButton function releases the passive button/key combination on the specified window if it
       was grabbed by this client.  A modifiers of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the ungrab request
       for all possible modifier combinations, including the combination of no modifiers.  A button of Any-Button AnyButton
       Button is equivalent to issuing the request for all possible buttons.  XUngrabButton has no effect on
       an active grab.

       XUngrabButton can generate BadValue and BadWindow errors.

DIAGNOSTICS
       BadCursor A value for a Cursor argument does not name a defined Cursor.

       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
       XAllowEvents(3X11), XGrabPointer(3X11), XGrabKey(3X11), XGrabKeyboard(3X11),
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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