Function get_geometry

pub fn get_geometry<Conn>(
    conn: &Conn,
    drawable: Drawable,
) -> Result<Cookie<'_, Conn, GetGeometryReply>, ConnectionError>
where
    Conn: RequestConnection + ?Sized,

Get current window geometry.

Gets the current geometry of the specified drawable (either Window or Pixmap).

Fields

• drawable - The drawable (Window or Pixmap) of which the geometry will be received.

Errors

• Drawable - TODO: reasons?
• Window - TODO: reasons?

See

• xwininfo: program

Example

/*
 * Displays the x and y position of the given window.
 *
 */
void my_example(xcb_connection_t *c, xcb_window_t window) {
    xcb_get_geometry_cookie_t cookie;
    xcb_get_geometry_reply_t *reply;

    cookie = xcb_get_geometry(c, window);
    /* ... do other work here if possible ... */
    if ((reply = xcb_get_geometry_reply(c, cookie, NULL))) {
        printf("This window is at %d, %d\\n", reply->x, reply->y);
    }
    free(reply);
}