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TICKIT_WINDOW_PARENT(3) Library Functions Manual TICKIT_WINDOW_PARENT(3)

tickit_window_parent, tickit_window_root - query the ancestry of a window

#include <tickit.h>

TickitWindow *tickit_window_parent(const TickitWindow *win);
TickitWindow *tickit_window_root(const TickitWindow *win);

Link with -ltickit.

tickit_window_parent() returns a pointer to the given window's immediate parent instance (i.e. the one it was created from), or NULL if called on a root window instance.

tickit_window_root() returns a pointer to the given window's ultimate root window instance. This may be the window itself, if called on a root window instance.

tickit_window_parent() and tickit_window_root() return pointers to window instances.

tickit_window_new(3), tickit_window(7), tickit(7)