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XButtonEvent(3) 		 XLIB FUNCTIONS 		 XButtonEvent(3)

NAME
     XButtonEvent,  XKeyEvent, XMotionEvent - KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress,
     ButtonRelease, and MotionNotify event structures

STRUCTURES
     The structures for KeyPress, KeyRelease,  ButtonPress,  ButtonRelease,  and
     MotionNotify events contain:

     typedef struct {
	     int type;	     /* ButtonPress or ButtonRelease */
	     unsigned long serial;   /* # of last request processed by server */
	     Bool send_event;	     /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */
	     Display *display;	     /* Display the event was read from */
	     Window window;  /* "event" window it is reported relative to */
	     Window root;    /* root window that the event occurred on */
	     Window subwindow;	     /* child window */
	     Time time;      /* milliseconds */
	     int x, y;	     /* pointer x, y coordinates in event window */
	     int x_root, y_root;     /* coordinates relative to root */
	     unsigned int state;     /* key or button mask */
	     unsigned int button;    /* detail */
	     Bool same_screen;	     /* same screen flag */
     } XButtonEvent;
     typedef XButtonEvent XButtonPressedEvent;
     typedef XButtonEvent XButtonReleasedEvent;

     typedef struct {
	     int type;	     /* KeyPress or KeyRelease */
	     unsigned long serial;   /* # of last request processed by server */
	     Bool send_event;	     /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */
	     Display *display;	     /* Display the event was read from */
	     Window window;  /* "event" window it is reported relative to */
	     Window root;    /* root window that the event occurred on */
	     Window subwindow;	     /* child window */
	     Time time;      /* milliseconds */
	     int x, y;	     /* pointer x, y coordinates in event window */
	     int x_root, y_root;     /* coordinates relative to root */
	     unsigned int state;     /* key or button mask */
	     unsigned int keycode;   /* detail */
	     Bool same_screen;	     /* same screen flag */
     } XKeyEvent;
     typedef XKeyEvent XKeyPressedEvent;
     typedef XKeyEvent XKeyReleasedEvent;

     typedef struct {
	     int type;	     /* MotionNotify */
	     unsigned long serial;   /* # of last request processed by server */
	     Bool send_event;	     /* true if this came from a SendEvent request */
	     Display *display;	     /* Display the event was read from */
	     Window window;  /* "event" window reported relative to */
	     Window root;    /* root window that the event occurred on */
	     Window subwindow;	     /* child window */
	     Time time;      /* milliseconds */
	     int x, y;	     /* pointer x, y coordinates in event window */
	     int x_root, y_root;     /* coordinates relative to root */
	     unsigned int state;     /* key or button mask */
	     char is_hint;   /* detail */
	     Bool same_screen;	     /* same screen flag */
     } XMotionEvent;
     typedef XMotionEvent XPointerMovedEvent;

     When you receive these events, their structure members are set as follows.

     The  type member is set to the event type constant name that uniquely iden-
     tifies it.  For example, when the X server reports a  GraphicsExpose  event
     to  a  client  application, it sends an XGraphicsExposeEvent structure with
     the type member set to GraphicsExpose.  The display  member  is  set  to  a
     pointer to the display the event was read on.  The send_event member is set
     to  True  if  the event came from a SendEvent protocol request.  The serial
     member is set from the serial number reported in the protocol but	expanded
     from  the 16-bit least-significant bits to a full 32-bit value.  The window
     member is set to the window that is most useful to toolkit dispatchers.

     These structures have the following common members: window,  root,  subwin-
     dow, time, x, y, x_root, y_root, state, and same_screen.  The window member
     is set to the window on which the event was generated and is referred to as
     the  event window.  As long as the conditions previously discussed are met,
     this is the window used by the X server to report the event.  The root mem-
     ber is set to the source window's root window.  The x_root and y_root  mem-
     bers  are	set  to  the pointer's coordinates relative to the root window's
     origin at the time of the event.

     The same_screen member is set to indicate whether the event  window  is  on
     the  same	screen	as  the root window and can be either True or False.  If
     True, the event and root windows are on the same  screen.	 If  False,  the
     event and root windows are not on the same screen.

     If the source window is an inferior of the event window, the subwindow mem-
     ber  of  the  structure is set to the child of the event window that is the
     source window or the child of the event window that is an ancestor  of  the
     source  window.  Otherwise, the X server sets the subwindow member to None.
     The time member is set to the time when the event was generated and is  ex-
     pressed in milliseconds.

     If  the  event window is on the same screen as the root window, the x and y
     members are set to the coordinates relative to the event  window's  origin.
     Otherwise, these members are set to zero.

     The  state  member is set to indicate the logical state of the pointer but-
     tons and modifier keys just prior to the event, which is the bitwise inclu-
     sive OR of one or more of the button or modifier  key  masks:  Button1Mask,
     Button2Mask,  Button3Mask,  Button4Mask,  Button5Mask, ShiftMask, LockMask,
     ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask, Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, and Mod5Mask.

     Each of these structures also has a member that indicates the detail.   For
     the  XKeyPressedEvent  and  XKeyReleasedEvent  structures,  this  member is
     called a keycode.	It is set to a number that represents a physical key  on
     the  keyboard.   The  keycode is an arbitrary representation for any key on
     the keyboard (see sections 12.7 and 16.1).

     For the XButtonPressedEvent and XButtonReleasedEvent structures, this  mem-
     ber  is called button.  It represents the pointer button that changed state
     and can be the Button1, Button2, Button3, Button4, or Button5  value.   For
     the XPointerMovedEvent structure, this member is called is_hint.  It can be
     set to NotifyNormal or NotifyHint.

SEE ALSO
     XAnyEvent(3),     XCreateWindowEvent(3),	  XCirculateEvent(3),	 XCircu-
     lateRequestEvent(3),  XColormapEvent(3),	XConfigureEvent(3),   XConfigur-
     eRequestEvent(3),	   XCrossingEvent(3),	 XDestroyWindowEvent(3),    XEr-
     rorEvent(3),    XExposeEvent(3),	  XFocusChangeEvent(3),     XGraphicsEx-
     poseEvent(3),   XGravityEvent(3),	XKeymapEvent(3),  XMapEvent(3),  XMapRe-
     questEvent(3),	 XPropertyEvent(3),	 XReparentEvent(3),	 XResiz-
     eRequestEvent(3),	XSelectionClearEvent(3), XSelectionEvent(3), XSelection-
     RequestEvent(3), XUnmapEvent(3), XVisibilityEvent(3)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11			  libX11 1.8.13 		 XButtonEvent(3)

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