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xcb_change_property(3)		 XCB Requests		xcb_change_property(3)

NAME
       xcb_change_property - Changes a window property

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<xcb/xproto.h>

   Request function

       xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_change_property(xcb_connection_t *conn,
	      uint8_t mode, xcb_window_t window, xcb_atom_t property,
	      xcb_atom_t type, uint8_t format, uint32_t	data_len, const
	      void *data);

REQUEST	ARGUMENTS
       conn	 The XCB connection to X11.

       mode	 One of	the following values:

		 XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE
			   Discard  the	 previous property value and store the
			   new data.

		 XCB_PROP_MODE_PREPEND
			   Insert the new data before the beginning of	exist-
			   ing	data.  The format must match existing property
			   value. If the property is undefined,	it is  treated
			   as  defined	with  the correct type and format with
			   zero-length data.

		 XCB_PROP_MODE_APPEND
			   Insert the new data after the beginning of existing
			   data. The format must match existing	property  val-
			   ue.	If the property	is undefined, it is treated as
			   defined with	the correct type and format with zero-
			   length data.

       window	 The window whose property you want to change.

       property	 The property you want to change (an atom).

       type	 The type of the property you want to change (an atom).

       format	 Specifies whether the data should be  viewed  as  a  list  of
		 8-bit,	16-bit or 32-bit quantities. Possible values are 8, 16
		 and  32.  This	 information  allows the X server to correctly
		 perform byte-swap operations as necessary.

       data_len	 Specifies the number of elements (see format).

       data	 The property data.

DESCRIPTION
       Sets or updates a property on the specified window. Properties are  for
       example	the  window  title  (WM_NAME)  or  its	minimum	 size (WM_NOR-
       MAL_HINTS).  Protocols such as EWMH also	use properties -  for  example
       EWMH  defines  the  window  title,  encoded  as	UTF-8  string,	in the
       _NET_WM_NAME property.

RETURN VALUE
       Returns an xcb_void_cookie_t. Errors (if	any) have to be	handled	in the
       event loop.

       If you want to handle errors directly with  xcb_request_check  instead,
       use xcb_change_property_checked.	See xcb-requests(3) for	details.

ERRORS
       xcb_alloc_error_t
		 The X server could not	store the property (no memory?).

       xcb_atom_error_t
		 property or type do not refer to a valid atom.

       xcb_match_error_t
		 TODO: reasons?

       xcb_value_error_t
		 TODO: reasons?

       xcb_window_error_t
		 The specified window does not exist.

EXAMPLE
       /*
	* Sets the WM_NAME property of the window to "XCB Example".
	*
	*/
       void my_example(xcb_connection_t	*conn, xcb_window_t window) {
	   xcb_change_property(conn,
	       XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE,
	       window,
	       XCB_ATOM_WM_NAME,
	       XCB_ATOM_STRING,
	       8,
	       strlen("XCB Example"),
	       "XCB Example");
	   xcb_flush(conn);
       }

SEE ALSO
       xcb-requests(3),	xcb-examples(3), xcb_intern_atom(3), xprop(1)

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

X Version 11			 libxcb	1.17.0		xcb_change_property(3)

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