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XButtonEvent(3)			XLIB FUNCTIONS		       XButtonEvent(3)

NAME
       XButtonEvent,  XKeyEvent,  XMotionEvent - KeyPress, KeyRelease, Button-
       Press, 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 fol-
       lows.

       The type	member is set to the event type	constant  name	that  uniquely
       identifies it.  For example, when the X server reports a	GraphicsExpose
       event  to a client application, it sends	an XGraphicsExposeEvent	struc-
       ture 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 re-
       quest.  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 use-
       ful to toolkit dispatchers.

       These  structures have the following common members: window, root, sub-
       window, 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 re-
       ferred 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 member is set to the source	window's root  window.
       The x_root and y_root members are set to	the pointer's coordinates rel-
       ative 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
       member 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  mem-
       ber  to	None.	The  time member is set	to the time when the event was
       generated and is	expressed 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
       buttons and modifier keys just prior to the event, which	is the bitwise
       inclusive OR of one or more of the button or modifier key  masks:  But-
       ton1Mask,  Button2Mask,	Button3Mask,  Button4Mask, Button5Mask,	Shift-
       Mask, 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
       member 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),  XSelec-
       tionRequestEvent(3), XUnmapEvent(3), XVisibilityEvent(3)
       Xlib - C	Language X Interface

X Version 11			 libX11	1.8.12		       XButtonEvent(3)

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