XWININFO(1) USER COMMANDS XWININFO(1) NAME xwininfo - window information utility for X SYNOPSIS xwininfo [-help] [-id _i_d] [-root] [-name _n_a_m_e] [-int] [- tree] [-stats] [-bits] [-events] [-size] [-wm ] [-frame] [- all] [-english] [-metric] [-display _d_i_s_p_l_a_y] DESCRIPTION _X_w_i_n_i_n_f_o is a utility for displaying information about win- dows. Various information is displayed depending on which options are selected. If no options are chosen, -stats is assumed. The user has the option of selecting the target window with the mouse (by clicking any mouse button in the desired win- dow) or by specifying its window id on the command line with the -id option. Or instead of specifying the window by its id number, the -name option may be used to specify which window is desired by name. There is also a special -root option to quickly obtain information on X's root window. OPTIONS -help Print out the `Usage:' command syntax summary. -id _i_d This option allows the user to specify a target win- dow _i_d on the command line rather than using the mouse to select the target window. This is very useful in debugging X applications where the target window is not mapped to the screen or where the use of the mouse might be impossible or interfere with the application. -name _n_a_m_e This option allows the user to specify that the win- dow named _n_a_m_e is the target window on the command line rather than using the mouse to select the tar- get window. -root This option specifies that X's root window is the target window. This is useful in situations where the root window is completely obscured. -int This option specifies that all X window ids should be displayed as integer values. The default is to display them as hexadecimal values. -tree This option causes the root, parent, and children windows' ids and names of the selected window to be displayed. X Version 11 Last change: Release 4 1 XWININFO(1) USER COMMANDS XWININFO(1) -stats This option causes the display of various attributes pertaining to the location and appearance of the selected window. Information displayed includes the location of the window, its width and height, its depth, border width, class, colormap id if any, map state, backing-store hint, and location of the corners. -bits This option causes the display of various attributes pertaining to the selected window's raw bits and how the selected window is to be stored. Displayed information includes the selected window's bit grav- ity, window gravity, backing-store hint, backing- planes value, backing pixel, and whether or not the window has save-under set. -events This option causes the selected window's event masks to be displayed. Both the event mask of events wanted by some client and the event mask of events not to propagate are displayed. -size This option causes the selected window's sizing hints to be displayed. Displayed information includes: for both the normal size hints and the zoom size hints, the user supplied location if any; the program supplied location if any; the user sup- plied size if any; the program supplied size if any; the minimum size if any; the maximum size if any; the resize increments if any; and the minimum and maximum aspect ratios if any. -wm This option causes the selected window's window manager hints to be displayed. Information displayed may include whether or not the application accepts input, what the window's icon window # and name is, where the window's icon should go, and what the window's initial state should be. -frame This option causes window manager frames not be ignored when manually selecting windows. -metric This option causes all individual height, width, and x and y positions to be displayed in millimeters as well as number of pixels, based on what the server thinks the resolution is. Geometry specifications that are in +x+y form are not changed. -english This option causes all individual height, width, and x and y positions to be displayed in inches (and feet, yards, and miles if necessary) as well as number of pixels. -metric and -english may both be X Version 11 Last change: Release 4 2 XWININFO(1) USER COMMANDS XWININFO(1) enabled at the same time. -all This option is a quick way to ask for all informa- tion possible. -display _d_i_s_p_l_a_y This option allows you to specify the server to con- nect to; see _X(_1). EXAMPLE The following is a sample summary taken with no options specified: xwininfo ==> Please select the window about which you ==> would like information by clicking the ==> mouse in that window. xwininfo ==> Window id: 0x60000f (xterm) ==> Upper left X: 4 ==> Upper left Y: 19 ==> Width: 726 ==> Height: 966 ==> Depth: 4 ==> Border width: 3 ==> Window class: InputOutput ==> Colormap: 0x80065 ==> Window Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity ==> Window Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity ==> Window Backing Store State: NotUseful ==> Window Save Under State: no ==> Window Map State: IsViewable ==> Window Override Redirect State: no ==> Corners: +4+19 -640+19 -640-33 +4-33 ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY To get the default host and display number. SEE ALSO X(1), xprop(1) BUGS Using -stats -bits shows some redundant information. COPYRIGHT Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See _X(_1) for a full statement of rights and permissions. AUTHOR Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena X Version 11 Last change: Release 4 3