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XGrabButton(3)			 XLIB FUNCTIONS 		  XGrabButton(3)

NAME
     XGrabButton, XUngrabButton - grab pointer buttons

SYNTAX
     int  XGrabButton(Display  *display, unsigned int button, unsigned int modi-
	    fiers,  Window  grab_window,   Bool   owner_events,   unsigned   int
	    event_mask, int pointer_mode, keyboard_mode, Window confine_to, Cur-
	    sor cursor);

     int XUngrabButton(Display *display, unsigned int button, unsigned int modi-
	    fiers, Window grab_window);

ARGUMENTS
     button    Specifies the pointer button that is to be grabbed or released or
	       AnyButton.

     confine_toSpecifies the window to confine the pointer in or None.

     cursor    Specifies the cursor that is to be displayed or None.

     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     event_maskSpecifies  which  pointer events are reported to the client.  The
	       mask is the bitwise inclusive OR of the valid pointer event  mask
	       bits.

     grab_window
	       Specifies the grab window.

     keyboard_mode
	       Specifies  further  processing  of keyboard events.  You can pass
	       GrabModeSync or GrabModeAsync.

     modifiers Specifies the set of keymasks or AnyModifier.  The  mask  is  the
	       bitwise inclusive OR of the valid keymask bits.

     owner_events
	       Specifies  a  Boolean  value  that  indicates whether the pointer
	       events are to be reported as usual or reported  with  respect  to
	       the grab window if selected by the event mask.

     pointer_mode
	       Specifies  further  processing  of  pointer events.  You can pass
	       GrabModeSync or GrabModeAsync.

DESCRIPTION
     The XGrabButton function establishes a passive grab.  In  the  future,  the
     pointer  is  actively  grabbed (as for XGrabPointer), the last-pointer-grab
     time is set to the time at which the button was pressed (as transmitted  in
     the ButtonPress event), and the ButtonPress event is reported if all of the
     following conditions are true:

     *	  The  pointer	is  not  grabbed,  and the specified button is logically
	  pressed when the specified modifier keys are logically  down,  and  no
	  other buttons or modifier keys are logically down.

     *	  The grab_window contains the pointer.

     *	  The confine_to window (if any) is viewable.

     *	  A  passive  grab  on the same button/key combination does not exist on
	  any ancestor of grab_window.

     The interpretation of the remaining arguments is as for XGrabPointer.   The
     active  grab  is  terminated  automatically  when	the logical state of the
     pointer has all buttons released (independent of the state of  the  logical
     modifier  keys),  at  which  point a ButtonRelease event is reported to the
     grabbing window.

     Note that the logical state of a device (as seen  by  client  applications)
     may lag the physical state if device event processing is frozen.

     This  request  overrides  all previous grabs by the same client on the same
     button/key combinations on the same window.  A modifiers of AnyModifier  is
     equivalent  to  issuing the grab request for all possible modifier combina-
     tions (including the combination of no modifiers).  It is not required that
     all modifiers specified have currently assigned KeyCodes.	A button of Any-
     Button is equivalent to issuing the request for all possible buttons.  Oth-
     erwise, it is not required that the specified button currently be	assigned
     to a physical button.

     If  some  other  client has already issued a XGrabButton with the same but-
     ton/key combination on the same window, a BadAccess  error  results.   When
     using  AnyModifier or AnyButton, the request fails completely, and a BadAc-
     cess error results (no grabs are established) if  there  is  a  conflicting
     grab for any combination.	XGrabButton has no effect on an active grab.

     XGrabButton can generate BadCursor, BadValue, and BadWindow errors.

     The  XUngrabButton  function releases the passive button/key combination on
     the specified window if it was grabbed by this client.  A modifiers of Any-
     Modifier is equivalent to issuing the ungrab request for all possible modi-
     fier combinations, including the combination of no modifiers.  A button  of
     AnyButton	is  equivalent	to issuing the request for all possible buttons.
     XUngrabButton has no effect on an active grab.

     XUngrabButton can generate BadValue and BadWindow errors.

DIAGNOSTICS
     BadCursor
	       A value for a Cursor argument does not name a defined Cursor.

     BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted  by
	       the  request.   Unless a specific range is specified for an argu-
	       ment, the full range defined by the argument's type is  accepted.
	       Any  argument  defined as a set of alternatives can generate this
	       error.

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

SEE ALSO
     XAllowEvents(3), XGrabPointer(3), XGrabKey(3), XGrabKeyboard(3),
     Xlib - C Language X Interface

X Version 11			  libX11 1.8.13 		  XGrabButton(3)

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