XkbSetAutoResetControls(3)

XkbSetAutoResetControls3

Changes the current values of the autoreset control attributes

Usage

Bool XkbSetAutoResetControls (Display *dpy, unsigned int changes, unsigned int *auto_ctrls, unsigned int *auto_values);

Arguments

dpy

connection to X server

changes

controls for which to change auto-reset values

auto_ctrls

controls from changes that should auto reset

auto_values

1 bit => auto-reset on

Overview

XkbSetAutoResetControls changes the auto-reset status and associated auto-reset values for the controls selected by changes. For any control selected by changes, if the corresponding bit is set in auto_ctrls, the control is configured to auto-reset when the client exits. If the corresponding bit in auto_values is on, the control is turned on when the client exits; if zero, the control is turned off when the client exits. For any control selected by changes, if the corresponding bit is not set in auto_ctrls, the control is configured to not reset when the client exits.

For example:

To leave the auto-reset controls for StickyKeys the way they are:
	ok = XkbSetAutoResetControls(dpy, 0, 0, 0);
To change the auto-reset controls so that StickyKeys are unaffected when the
client exits:
	ok = XkbSetAutoResetControls(dpy, XkbStickyKeysMask, 0, 0);
To change the auto-reset controls so that StickyKeys are turned off when the
client exits:
	ok = XkbSetAutoResetControls(dpy, XkbStickyKeysMask, XkbStickyKeysMask, 0);
To change the auto-reset controls so that StickyKeys are turned on when the
client exits:
	ok = XkbSetAutoResetControls(dpy, XkbStickyKeysMask, XkbStickyKeysMask,
XkbStickyKeysMask);

XkbSetAutoResetControls backfills auto_ctrls and auto_values with the auto-reset controls for this particular client. Note that all of the bits are valid in the returned values, not just the ones selected in the changes mask.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

From libx11 1.8.14-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.