xcb_ungrab_key(3)

xcb_ungrab_key3

Release a key combination

Usage

#include <xcb/xproto.h>

Request function

xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_ungrab_key(xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_keycode_t key, xcb_window_t grab_window, uint16_t modifiers);

Request arguments

conn

The XCB connection to X11.

key

The keycode of the specified key combination.

Using the special value XCB_GRAB_ANY means releasing all possible key codes.

grab_window

The window on which the grabbed key combination will be released.

modifiers

The modifiers of the specified key combination.

Using the special value XCB_MOD_MASK_ANY means releasing the key combination with every possible modifier combination.

Overview

Releases the key combination on grab_window if you grabbed it using xcb_grab_key before.

Return value

Returns an xcb_void_cookie_t. Errors (if any) have to be handled in the event loop.

If you want to handle errors directly with xcb_request_check instead, use xcb_ungrab_key_checked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.

Errors

xcb_value_error_t

TODO: reasons?

xcb_window_error_t

The specified grab_window does not exist.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13–Arch

Author

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From libxcb 1.17.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.