---
name: "lower"
section: "n"
platform: "linux"
package: "tk"
version: "8.6.16-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux", "macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lower/n"
---

# lower(n)

Change a window's position in the stacking order

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## NAME

lower - Change a window's position in the stacking order

## SYNOPSIS

**lower** *window* ?*belowThis*?

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## DESCRIPTION

If the *belowThis* argument is omitted then the command lowers *window* so that it is below all of its siblings in the stacking order (it will be obscured by any siblings that overlap it and will not obscure any siblings). If *belowThis* is specified then it must be the path name of a window that is either a sibling of *window* or the descendant of a sibling of *window*. In this case the **lower** command will insert *window* into the stacking order just below *belowThis* (or the ancestor of *belowThis* that is a sibling of *window*); this could end up either raising or lowering *window*.

All **toplevel** windows may be restacked with respect to each other, whatever their relative path names, but the window manager is not obligated to strictly honor requests to restack.

## SEE ALSO

raise

## KEYWORDS

lower, obscure, stacking order