RGtk2 (version 2.20.31)

gtkWidgetGetRootWindow: gtkWidgetGetRootWindow

Description

Get the root window where this widget is located. This function can only be called after the widget has been added to a widget hierarchy with GtkWindow at the top.

Usage

gtkWidgetGetRootWindow(object)

Arguments

object

Value

GdkWindow] the GdkWindow root window for the toplevel for this widget. [ transfer none ]

Details

The root window is useful for such purposes as creating a popup GdkWindow associated with the window. In general, you should only create display specific resources when a widget has been realized, and you should free those resources when the widget is unrealized. Since 2.2