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xcb_grab_pointer(3)		 XCB Requests		   xcb_grab_pointer(3)

NAME
       xcb_grab_pointer	- Grab the pointer

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<xcb/xproto.h>

   Request function

       xcb_grab_pointer_cookie_t xcb_grab_pointer(xcb_connection_t *conn,
	      uint8_t owner_events, xcb_window_t grab_window,
	      uint16_t event_mask, uint8_t pointer_mode,
	      uint8_t keyboard_mode, xcb_window_t confine_to,
	      xcb_cursor_t cursor, xcb_timestamp_t time);

   Reply datastructure
       typedef struct xcb_grab_pointer_reply_t {
	   uint8_t  response_type;
	   uint8_t  status;
	   uint16_t sequence;
	   uint32_t length;
       } xcb_grab_pointer_reply_t;

   Reply function

       xcb_grab_pointer_reply_t
	      *xcb_grab_pointer_reply(xcb_connection_t *conn,
	      xcb_grab_pointer_cookie_t	cookie,	xcb_generic_error_t **e);

REQUEST	ARGUMENTS
       conn	 The XCB connection to X11.

       owner_events
		 If  1,	 the grab_window will still get	the pointer events. If
		 0, events are not reported to the grab_window.

       grab_window
		 Specifies the window on which the pointer should be grabbed.

       event_mask
		 Specifies which pointer events	are reported to	the client.

		 TODO: which values?

       pointer_mode
		 One of	the following values:

		 XCB_GRAB_MODE_SYNC
			   The state of	the keyboard  appears  to  freeze:  No
			   further keyboard events are generated by the	server
			   until the grabbing client issues a releasing	Allow-
			   Events  request  or	until the keyboard grab	is re-
			   leased.

		 XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC
			   Keyboard event processing continues normally.

       keyboard_mode
		 One of	the following values:

		 XCB_GRAB_MODE_SYNC
			   The state of	the keyboard  appears  to  freeze:  No
			   further keyboard events are generated by the	server
			   until the grabbing client issues a releasing	Allow-
			   Events  request  or	until the keyboard grab	is re-
			   leased.

		 XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC
			   Keyboard event processing continues normally.

       confine_to
		 Specifies the window to confine the pointer in	(the user will
		 not be	able to	move the pointer out of	that window).

		 The special value XCB_NONE means don't	confine	the pointer.

       cursor	 Specifies the cursor that should be displayed or XCB_NONE  to
		 not change the	cursor.

       time	 The  time  argument allows you	to avoid certain circumstances
		 that come up if applications take a long time to  respond  or
		 if there are long network delays.  Consider a situation where
		 you  have  two	 applications, both of which normally grab the
		 pointer when clicked on. If  both  applications  specify  the
		 timestamp  from the event, the	second application may wake up
		 faster	and successfully grab the pointer before the first ap-
		 plication. The	first application then will get	an  indication
		 that the other	application grabbed the	pointer	before its re-
		 quest was processed.

		 The  special value XCB_CURRENT_TIME will be replaced with the
		 current server	time.

REPLY FIELDS
       response_type
		 The type of this reply, in this case  XCB_GRAB_POINTER.  This
		 field	is  also present in the	xcb_generic_reply_t and	can be
		 used to tell replies apart from each other.

       sequence	 The sequence number of	the last request processed by the  X11
		 server.

       length	 The length of the reply, in words (a word is 4	bytes).

       status	 One of	the following values:

		 XCB_GRAB_STATUS_SUCCESS
			   TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

		 XCB_GRAB_STATUS_ALREADY_GRABBED
			   TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

		 XCB_GRAB_STATUS_INVALID_TIME
			   TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

		 XCB_GRAB_STATUS_NOT_VIEWABLE
			   TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

		 XCB_GRAB_STATUS_FROZEN
			   TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.
		 TODO: NOT YET DOCUMENTED.

DESCRIPTION
       Actively	 grabs	control	of the pointer.	Further	pointer	events are re-
       ported only to the grabbing client. Overrides any active	 pointer  grab
       by this client.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns	an  xcb_grab_pointer_cookie_t.	Errors have to be handled when
       calling the reply function xcb_grab_pointer_reply.

       If  you	want  to  handle  errors  in  the  event  loop	instead,   use
       xcb_grab_pointer_unchecked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.

ERRORS
       xcb_value_error_t
		 TODO: reasons?

       xcb_window_error_t
		 The specified window does not exist.

EXAMPLE
       /*
	* Grabs	the pointer actively
	*
	*/
       void my_example(xcb_connection_t	*conn, xcb_screen_t *screen, xcb_cursor_t cursor) {
	   xcb_grab_pointer_cookie_t cookie;
	   xcb_grab_pointer_reply_t *reply;

	   cookie = xcb_grab_pointer(
	       conn,
	       false,		    /* get all pointer events specified	by the following mask */
	       screen->root,	    /* grab the	root window */
	       XCB_NONE,	    /* which events to let through */
	       XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC, /* pointer events should continue as normal	*/
	       XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC, /* keyboard	mode */
	       XCB_NONE,	    /* confine_to = in which window should the cursor stay */
	       cursor,		    /* we change the cursor to whatever	the user wanted	*/
	       XCB_CURRENT_TIME
	   );

	   if ((reply =	xcb_grab_pointer_reply(conn, cookie, NULL))) {
	       if (reply->status == XCB_GRAB_STATUS_SUCCESS)
		   printf("successfully	grabbed	the pointer\n");
	       free(reply);
	   }
       }

SEE ALSO
       xcb-requests(3),	xcb-examples(3), xcb_grab_keyboard(3)

AUTHOR
       Generated  from	xproto.xml. Contact xcb@lists.freedesktop.org for cor-
       rections	and improvements.

X Version 11			 libxcb	1.17.0		   xcb_grab_pointer(3)

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