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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ top-level window. The legal forms for the \fBwm\fR command are: .TP \fBwm aspect \fIwindow\fR ?\fIminNumer minDenom maxNumer maxDenom\fR? +. If \fIminNumer\fR, \fIminDenom\fR, \fImaxNumer\fR, and \fImaxDenom\fR are all specified, then they will be passed to the window manager and the window manager should use them to enforce a range of @@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ returned). \fBwm attributes \fIwindow\fR ?\fBoption\fR? .TP \fBwm attributes \fIwindow\fR ?\fBoption value option value...\fR? +. This subcommand returns or sets platform specific attributes associated with a window. The first form returns a list of the platform specific flags and their values. The second form returns the value for the @@ -57,82 +59,162 @@ values are as follows: All platforms support the following attributes (though X11 users should see the notes below): .TP +\fB\-alpha\fR +. +Specifies the alpha transparency level of the toplevel. It accepts a value +from \fB0.0\fR (fully transparent) to \fB1.0\fR (opaque). Values outside that +range will be constrained. Where not supported, the \fB\-alpha\fR value +remains at \fB1.0\fR. +.TP \fB\-fullscreen\fR +. Places the window in a mode that takes up the entire screen, has no borders, and covers the general use area (i.e. Start menu and taskbar on Windows, dock and menubar on OSX, general window decorations on X11). .TP \fB\-topmost\fR +. Specifies whether this is a topmost window (displays above all other windows). .PP On Windows, the following attributes may be set. .TP -\fB\-alpha\fR -.VS 8.5 -Specifies the alpha transparency level of the toplevel. -It accepts a value from \fB0.0\fR (fully transparent) to \fB1.0\fR -(opaque). Values outside that range will be constrained. This is -supported on Windows 2000/XP+. Where not supported, the \fB\-alpha\fR -value remains at \fB1.0\fR. -.VE 8.5 -.TP \fB\-disabled\fR +. Specifies whether the window is in a disabled state. .TP \fB\-toolwindow\fR +. Specifies a toolwindow style window (as defined in the MSDN). .TP \fB\-transparentcolor\fR -.VS 8.5 +. Specifies the transparent color index of the toplevel. It takes any color value accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR. If the empty string is specified (default), no transparent color is used. This is supported on Windows 2000/XP+. Where not supported, the \fB\-transparentcolor\fR value remains at \fB{}\fR. -.VE 8.5 .PP On Mac OS X, the following attributes may be set. .TP -\fB\-alpha\fR -Specifies the alpha transparency level of the window. -It accepts a value from \fB0.0\fR (fully transparent) to \fB1.0\fR (opaque), -values outside that range will be constrained. -.TP \fB\-modified\fR +. Specifies the modification state of the window (determines whether the window close widget contains the modification indicator and whether the proxy icon is draggable). .TP \fB\-notify\fR +. Specifies process notification state (bouncing of the application dock icon). .TP \fB\-titlepath\fR +. Specifies the path of the file referenced as the window proxy icon (which can be dragged and dropped in lieu of the file's finder icon). .TP \fB\-transparent\fR +. Makes the window content area transparent and turns off the window shadow. For -the transparency to be effecive, the toplevel background needs to be set to a +the transparency to be effective, the toplevel background needs to be set to a color with some alpha, e.g. .QW systemTransparent . .PP -On X11, the following attributes may be set. -These are not supported by all window managers, -and will have no effect under older WMs. +On X11, the following attributes may be set. These are not supported by all +window managers, and will have no effect under older WMs. .\" See http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/wm-spec .TP +\fB\-type\fR +.VS 8.6 +Requests that the window should be interpreted by the window manager as being +of the specified type(s). This may cause the window to be decorated in a +different way or otherwise managed differently, though exactly what happens is +entirely up to the window manager. A list of types may be used, in order of +preference. The following values are mapped to constants defined in the EWMH +specification (using others is possible, but not advised): +.RS +.TP +\fBdesktop\fR +. +indicates a desktop feature, +.TP +\fBdock\fR +. +indicates a dock/panel feature, +.TP +\fBtoolbar\fR +. +indicates a toolbar window that should be acting on behalf of another window, +as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBmenu\fR +. +indicates a torn-off menu that should be acting on behalf of another window, +as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fButility\fR +. +indicates a utility window (e.g., palette or toolbox) that should be acting on +behalf of another window, as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBsplash\fR +. +indicates a splash screen, displayed during application start up, +.TP +\fBdialog\fR +. +indicates a general dialog window, that should be acting on behalf of another +window, as indicated with \fBwm transient\fR, +.TP +\fBdropdown_menu\fR +. +indicates a menu summoned from a menu bar, which should usually also be set to +be override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBpopup_menu\fR +. +indicates a popup menu, which should usually also be set to be +override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBtooltip\fR +. +indicates a tooltip window, which should usually also be set to be +override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBnotification\fR +. +indicates a window that provides a background notification of some event, +which should usually also be set to be override-redirected (with \fBwm +overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBcombo\fR +. +indicates the drop-down list of a combobox widget, which should usually also +be set to be override-redirected (with \fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBdnd\fR +. +indicates a window that represents something being dragged, which should +usually also be set to be override-redirected (with +\fBwm overrideredirect\fR), +.TP +\fBnormal\fR +. +indicates a window that has no special interpretation. +.RE +.VE 8.6 +.TP \fB\-zoomed\fR -Requests that the window should be maximized. -This is the same as \fBwm state zoomed\fR on Windows and Mac OS X. +. +Requests that the window should be maximized. This is the same as \fBwm state +zoomed\fR on Windows and Mac OS X. .PP -On X11, changes to window attributes are performed asynchronously. -Querying the value of an attribute returns the current state, -which will not be the same as the value most recently set -if the window manager has not yet processed the request -or if it does not support the attribute. +On X11, changes to window attributes are performed asynchronously. Querying +the value of an attribute returns the current state, which will not be the +same as the value most recently set if the window manager has not yet +processed the request or if it does not support the attribute. .RE .TP \fBwm client \fIwindow\fR ?\fIname\fR? +. If \fIname\fR is specified, this command stores \fIname\fR (which should be the name of the host on which the application is executing) in \fIwindow\fR's @@ -145,6 +227,7 @@ If \fIname\fR is specified as an empty string, the command deletes the \fBWM_CLIENT_MACHINE\fR property from \fIwindow\fR. .TP \fBwm colormapwindows \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwindowList\fR? +. This command is used to manipulate the \fBWM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS\fR property, which provides information to the window managers about windows that have private colormaps. @@ -175,6 +258,7 @@ See the ICCCM documentation for more information on the .RE .TP \fBwm command \fIwindow\fR ?\fIvalue\fR? +. If \fIvalue\fR is specified, this command stores \fIvalue\fR in \fIwindow\fR's \fBWM_COMMAND\fR property for use by the window manager or session manager and returns an empty string. @@ -186,6 +270,7 @@ If \fIvalue\fR is specified as an empty string, the command deletes the \fBWM_COMMAND\fR property from \fIwindow\fR. .TP \fBwm deiconify \fIwindow\fR +. Arrange for \fIwindow\fR to be displayed in normal (non-iconified) form. This is done by mapping the window. If the window has never been mapped then this command will not map the window, but it will ensure @@ -195,6 +280,7 @@ raised and be given the focus (made the active window). Returns an empty string. .TP \fBwm focusmodel \fIwindow\fR ?\fBactive\fR|\fBpassive\fR? +. If \fBactive\fR or \fBpassive\fR is supplied as an optional argument to the command, then it specifies the focus model for \fIwindow\fR. In this case the command returns an empty string. If no additional @@ -214,6 +300,7 @@ assumes a passive model of focusing. .RE .TP \fBwm forget \fIwindow\fR +. The \fIwindow\fR will be unmapped from the screen and will no longer be managed by \fBwm\fR. Windows created with the \fBtoplevel\fR command will be treated like \fBframe\fR windows once they are no @@ -221,6 +308,7 @@ longer managed by \fBwm\fR, however, the \fB\-menu\fR configuration will be remembered and the menus will return once the widget is managed again. .TP \fBwm frame \fIwindow\fR +. If \fIwindow\fR has been reparented by the window manager into a decorative frame, the command returns the platform specific window identifier for the outermost frame that contains \fIwindow\fR (the @@ -229,6 +317,7 @@ has not been reparented by the window manager then the command returns the platform specific window identifier for \fIwindow\fR. .TP \fBwm geometry \fIwindow\fR ?\fInewGeometry\fR? +. If \fInewGeometry\fR is specified, then the geometry of \fIwindow\fR is changed and an empty string is returned. Otherwise the current geometry for \fIwindow\fR is returned (this is the most recent @@ -263,6 +352,7 @@ widgets. .RE .TP \fBwm grid \fIwindow\fR ?\fIbaseWidth baseHeight widthInc heightInc\fR? +. This command indicates that \fIwindow\fR is to be managed as a gridded window. It also specifies the relationship between grid units and pixel units. @@ -298,6 +388,7 @@ provide easier access to the same functionality. .RE .TP \fBwm group \fIwindow\fR ?\fIpathName\fR? +. If \fIpathName\fR is specified, it gives the path name for the leader of a group of related windows. The window manager may use this information, for example, to unmap all of the windows in a group when the group's @@ -308,6 +399,7 @@ returns the path name of \fIwindow\fR's current group leader, or an empty string if \fIwindow\fR is not part of any group. .TP \fBwm iconbitmap \fIwindow\fR ?\fIbitmap\fR? +. If \fIbitmap\fR is specified, then it names a bitmap in the standard forms accepted by Tk (see the \fBTk_GetBitmap\fR manual entry for details). This bitmap is passed to the window manager to be displayed in @@ -318,10 +410,11 @@ If \fIbitmap\fR is specified then the command returns an empty string. Otherwise it returns the name of the current icon bitmap associated with \fIwindow\fR, or an empty string if \fIwindow\fR has no icon bitmap. On the Windows operating -system, an additional flag is supported: +system, an additional flag is supported: .RS .TP \fBwm iconbitmap \fIwindow\fR ?\fB\-default\fR? ?\fIimage\fR? +. If the \fB\-default\fR flag is given, the icon is applied to all toplevel windows (existing and future) to which no other specific icon has yet been applied. @@ -335,11 +428,13 @@ a bitmap. .RE .TP \fBwm iconify \fIwindow\fR +. Arrange for \fIwindow\fR to be iconified. It \fIwindow\fR has not yet been mapped for the first time, this command will arrange for it to appear in the iconified state when it is eventually mapped. .TP \fBwm iconmask \fIwindow\fR ?\fIbitmap\fR? +. If \fIbitmap\fR is specified, then it names a bitmap in the standard forms accepted by Tk (see the \fBTk_GetBitmap\fR manual entry for details). This bitmap is passed to the window manager to be used as a mask @@ -354,6 +449,7 @@ returns the name of the current icon mask associated with \fIwindow\fR, or an empty string if no mask is in effect. .TP \fBwm iconname \fIwindow\fR ?\fInewName\fR? +. If \fInewName\fR is specified, then it is passed to the window manager; the window manager should display \fInewName\fR inside the icon associated with \fIwindow\fR. In this case an empty @@ -362,9 +458,9 @@ then the command returns the current icon name for \fIwindow\fR, or an empty string if no icon name has been specified (in this case the window manager will normally display the window's title, as specified with the \fBwm title\fR command). -.VS 8.5 .TP \fBwm iconphoto \fIwindow\fR ?\fB\-default\fR? \fIimage1\fR ?\fIimage2 ...\fR? +. Sets the titlebar icon for \fIwindow\fR based on the named photo images. If \fB\-default\fR is specified, this is applied to all future created toplevels as well. The data in the images is taken as a snapshot at the @@ -384,10 +480,10 @@ simultaneously. It is recommended to use not more than 2 icons, placing the larger icon first. .PP On Macintosh, this currently does nothing. -.VE 8.5 .RE .TP \fBwm iconposition \fIwindow\fR ?\fIx y\fR? +. If \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR are specified, they are passed to the window manager as a hint about where to position the icon for \fIwindow\fR. In this case an empty string is returned. If \fIx\fR and \fIy\fR are @@ -397,6 +493,7 @@ a Tcl list containing two values, which are the current icon position hints (if no hints are in effect then an empty string is returned). .TP \fBwm iconwindow \fIwindow\fR ?\fIpathName\fR? +. If \fIpathName\fR is specified, it is the path name for a window to use as icon for \fIwindow\fR: when \fIwindow\fR is iconified then \fIpathName\fR will be mapped to serve as icon, and when \fIwindow\fR @@ -414,6 +511,7 @@ those events. Note: not all window managers support the notion of an icon window. .TP \fBwm manage \fIwidget\fR +. The \fIwidget\fR specified will become a stand alone top-level window. The window will be decorated with the window managers title bar, etc. Only \fIframe\fR, \fIlabelframe\fR and \fItoplevel\fR widgets can be used @@ -422,6 +520,7 @@ an error. Attempting to manage a \fItoplevel\fR widget is benign and achieves nothing. See also \fBGEOMETRY MANAGEMENT\fR. .TP \fBwm maxsize \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwidth height\fR? +. If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are specified, they give the maximum permissible dimensions for \fIwindow\fR. For gridded windows the dimensions are specified in @@ -436,6 +535,7 @@ The maximum size defaults to the size of the screen. See the sections on geometry management below for more information. .TP \fBwm minsize \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwidth height\fR? +. If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are specified, they give the minimum permissible dimensions for \fIwindow\fR. For gridded windows the dimensions are specified in @@ -450,6 +550,7 @@ The minimum size defaults to one pixel in each dimension. See the sections on geometry management below for more information. .TP \fBwm overrideredirect \fIwindow\fR ?\fIboolean\fR? +. If \fIboolean\fR is specified, it must have a proper boolean form and the override-redirect flag for \fIwindow\fR is set to that value. If \fIboolean\fR is not specified then \fB1\fR or \fB0\fR is @@ -460,8 +561,16 @@ it to be ignored by the window manager; among other things, this means that the window will not be reparented from the root window into a decorative frame and the user will not be able to manipulate the window using the normal window manager mechanisms. +.RS +.PP +Note that the override-redirect flag is only guaranteed to be taken notice of +when the window is first mapped or when mapped after the state is changed from +withdrawn to normal. Some, but not all, platforms will take notice at +additional times. +.RE .TP \fBwm positionfrom \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwho\fR? +. If \fIwho\fR is specified, it must be either \fBprogram\fR or \fBuser\fR, or an abbreviation of one of these two. It indicates whether \fIwindow\fR's current position was requested by the @@ -482,6 +591,7 @@ when a \fBwm geometry\fR command is invoked, unless the source has been set explicitly to \fBprogram\fR. .TP \fBwm protocol \fIwindow\fR ?\fIname\fR? ?\fIcommand\fR? +. This command is used to manage window manager protocols such as \fBWM_DELETE_WINDOW\fR. \fIName\fR is the name of an atom corresponding to a window manager @@ -515,6 +625,7 @@ which it was received. .RE .TP \fBwm resizable \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwidth height\fR? +. This command controls whether or not the user may interactively resize a top-level window. If \fIwidth\fR and \fIheight\fR are specified, they are boolean values that determine whether the @@ -530,6 +641,7 @@ command. If there has been no such operation then the window's natural size will be used. .TP \fBwm sizefrom \fIwindow\fR ?\fIwho\fR? +. If \fIwho\fR is specified, it must be either \fBprogram\fR or \fBuser\fR, or an abbreviation of one of these two. It indicates whether \fIwindow\fR's current size was requested by the @@ -547,6 +659,7 @@ no source has been specified yet. Most window managers interpret as equivalent to \fBprogram\fR. .TP \fBwm stackorder \fIwindow\fR ?\fBisabove\fR|\fBisbelow \fIwindow\fR? +. The \fBstackorder\fR command returns a list of toplevel windows in stacking order, from lowest to highest. When a single toplevel window is passed, the returned list recursively includes all of the @@ -560,6 +673,7 @@ or not the first window is currently above or below the second window in the stacking order. .TP \fBwm state \fIwindow\fR ?newstate? +. If \fInewstate\fR is specified, the window will be set to the new state, otherwise it returns the current state of \fIwindow\fR: either \fBnormal\fR, \fBiconic\fR, \fBwithdrawn\fR, \fBicon\fR, or (Windows and Mac @@ -571,6 +685,7 @@ purpose is to serve as the icon for some other window (via the \fBwm iconwindow\fR command). The \fBicon\fR state cannot be set. .TP \fBwm title \fIwindow\fR ?\fIstring\fR? +. If \fIstring\fR is specified, then it will be passed to the window manager for use as the title for \fIwindow\fR (the window manager should display this string in \fIwindow\fR's title bar). In this @@ -579,6 +694,7 @@ specified then the command returns the current title for the \fIwindow\fR. The title for a window defaults to its name. .TP \fBwm transient \fIwindow\fR ?\fImaster\fR? +. If \fImaster\fR is specified, then the window manager is informed that \fIwindow\fR is a transient window (e.g. pull-down menu) working on behalf of \fImaster\fR (where \fImaster\fR is the @@ -590,8 +706,12 @@ empty string if \fIwindow\fR is not currently a transient window. A transient window will mirror state changes in the master and inherit the state of the master when initially mapped. It is an error to attempt to make a window a transient of itself. +The window manager may also decorate a transient window differently, removing +some features normally present (e.g., minimize and maximize buttons) though +this is entirely at the discretion of the window manager. .TP \fBwm withdraw \fIwindow\fR +. Arranges for \fIwindow\fR to be withdrawn from the screen. This causes the window to be unmapped and forgotten about by the window manager. If the window @@ -684,6 +804,7 @@ operation of the \fBwm\fR command. For example, some changes will not take effect if the window is already active: the window will have to be withdrawn and de-iconified in order to make the change happen. .SH EXAMPLES +.PP A fixed-size window that says that it is fixed-size too: .CS toplevel .fixed @@ -718,3 +839,6 @@ set y [expr {([winfo screenheight .]\-[winfo height .msg])/2}] toplevel(n), winfo(n) .SH KEYWORDS aspect ratio, deiconify, focus model, geometry, grid, group, icon, iconify, increments, position, size, title, top-level window, units, window manager +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: |