---
name: "tickit_window_hide"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtickit-dev"
version: "0.4.3-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tickit_window_hide"
---

# tickit\_window\_hide(3)

control a window's visibility

## NAME

tickit\_window\_show, tickit\_window\_hide - control a window's visibility

## SYNOPSIS

```
void tickit_window_show(TickitWindow *win);
void tickit_window_hide(TickitWindow *win);

bool tickit_window_is_visible(TickitWindow *win);
```

Link with *-ltickit*.

## DESCRIPTION

**tickit\_window\_show**() makes the given window visible, allowing it to receive events and obscure lower sibling windows. This may cause it to receive **TICKIT\_EV\_EXPOSE** events when [**tickit\_window\_flush**(3)](/tickit_window_flush/3.md) is next called.

**tickit\_window\_hide**() makes the given window non-visible, preventing it from receiving events and making it transparent to lower sibling windows, so their content is now visible. This may cause lower siblings to receive **TICKIT\_EV\_EXPOSE** events when [**tickit\_window\_flush**(3)](/tickit_window_flush/3.md) is next called.

**tickit\_window\_is\_visible**() tests whether the given window is visible within its immediate parent. This does not imply that it is actually visible to the terminal, as it may still have a hidden parent.

## RETURN VALUE

**tickit\_window\_show**() and **tickit\_window\_hide**() return no value. **tickit\_window\_is\_visible**() returns a boolean.

## SEE ALSO

[**tickit\_window\_new**(3)](/tickit_window_new/3.md), [**tickit\_window\_raise**(3)](/tickit_window_raise/3.md), [**tickit\_window\_bind\_event**(3)](/tickit_window_bind_event/3.md), [**tickit\_window\_flush**(3)](/tickit_window_flush/3.md), [**tickit\_window**(7)](/tickit_window/7.md), [**tickit**(7)](/tickit/7.md)