---
name: "tickit_window_set_focus_child_notify"
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_set_focus_child_notify"
---

# tickit\_window\_set\_focus\_child\_notify(3)

control whether windows are informed of child focus changes

## NAME

tickit\_window\_set\_focus\_child\_notify - control whether windows are informed of child focus changes

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <tickit.h>

void tickit_window_set_focus_child_notify(TickitWindow *win, bool notify);
```

Link with *-ltickit*.

## DESCRIPTION

**tickit\_window\_set\_focus\_child\_notify**() sets the value of a setting on the given window which controls whether the window will receive **TICKIT\_EV\_FOCUS** events when its child windows change focus state (when true), or whether the only focus events it receives are ones relating to itself directly (when false).

This function is discouraged in favour of using the **TICKIT\_WINCTL\_FOCUS\_CHILD\_NOTIFY** window control with [**tickit\_window\_setctl\_int**(3)](/tickit_window_setctl_int/3.md).

## RETURN VALUE

**tickit\_window\_set\_focus\_child\_notify**() returns no value.

## SEE ALSO

[**tickit\_window\_new**(3)](/tickit_window_new/3.md), [**tickit\_window\_take\_focus**(3)](/tickit_window_take_focus/3.md), [**tickit\_window\_set\_cursor\_position**(3)](/tickit_window_set_cursor_position/3.md), [**tickit\_window\_bind\_event**(3)](/tickit_window_bind_event/3.md), [**tickit\_window**(7)](/tickit_window/7.md), [**tickit**(7)](/tickit/7.md)