---
name: "XCreateWindowEvent"
section: "3x"
platform: "linux"
package: "libx11-dev"
version: "4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/XCreateWindowEvent/3x"
---

# XCreateWindowEvent(3x)

CreateNotify event structure

## NAME

XCreateWindowEvent - CreateNotify event structure

## STRUCTURES

The structure for *CreateNotify* events contains:

```
typedef struct {
	int type;
	unsigned long serial;
	Bool send_event;
	Display *display;
	Window parent;
	Window window;
	int x, y;
	int width, height;
	int border_width;
	Bool override_redirect;
} XCreateWindowEvent;

```

When you receive this event, the structure members are set as follows.

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* structure 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 request. 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 useful to toolkit dispatchers.

The parent member is set to the created window's parent. The window member specifies the created window. The x and y members are set to the created window's coordinates relative  to the parent window's origin and indicate the position of the upper-left  outside corner of the created window. The width and height members are set to the inside size of the created window  (not including the border) and are always nonzero. The border\_width member is set to the width of the created window's border, in pixels. The override\_redirect member is set to the override-redirect attribute of the window. Window manager clients normally should ignore this window  if the override\_redirect member is *True*.

## SEE ALSO

XAnyEvent(3X11), XButtonEvent(3X11), XCirculateEvent(3X11), XCirculateRequestEvent(3X11), XColormapEvent(3X11), XConfigureEvent(3X11), XConfigureRequestEvent(3X11), XCrossingEvent(3X11), XDestroyWindowEvent(3X11), XErrorEvent(3X11), XExposeEvent(3X11), XFocusChangeEvent(3X11), XGraphicsExposeEvent(3X11), XGravityEvent(3X11), XKeymapEvent(3X11), XMapEvent(3X11), XMapRequestEvent(3X11), XPropertyEvent(3X11), XReparentEvent(3X11), XResizeRequestEvent(3X11), XSelectionClearEvent(3X11), XSelectionEvent(3X11), XSelectionRequestEvent(3X11), XUnmapEvent(3X11), XVisibilityEvent(3X11)\
 *Xlib - C Language X Interface*