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XSelectInput

NAME
SYNTAX
ARGUMENTS
DESCRIPTION
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NAME

XSelectInput - select input events

SYNTAX

int XSelectInput(Display * display , Window w , long event_mask );

ARGUMENTS


	display		Specifies the connection to the X server.

event_mask

Specifies the event mask.

Specifies the window whose events you are interested in.

DESCRIPTION

The XSelectInput function requests that the X server report the events associated with the specified event mask. Initially, X will not report any of these events. Events are reported relative to a window. If a window is not interested in a device event, it usually propagates to the closest ancestor that is interested, unless the do_not_propagate mask prohibits it.

Setting the event-mask attribute of a window overrides any previous call for the same window but not for other clients. Multiple clients can select for the same events on the same window with the following restrictions:

	•		Multiple clients can select events on the same window because their event masks are disjoint. When the X server generates an event, it reports it to all interested clients.
	•		Only one client at a time can select CirculateRequest , ConfigureRequest , or MapRequest events, which are associated with the event mask SubstructureRedirectMask .
	•		Only one client at a time can select a ResizeRequest event, which is associated with the event mask ResizeRedirectMask .
	•		Only one client at a time can select a ButtonPress event, which is associated with the event mask ButtonPressMask .

The server reports the event to all interested clients.

XSelectInput can generate a BadWindow error.

DIAGNOSTICS

BadWindow

A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.