1Tk_SetClass(3) Tk Library Procedures Tk_SetClass(3)
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8 Tk_SetClass, Tk_Class - set or retrieve a window's class
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11 #include <tk.h>
12 Tk_SetClass(tkwin, class)
14 Tk_Uid
16 Tk_Class(tkwin)
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19 Tk_Window tkwin (in) Token for window.
20 char *class (in) New class name for window.
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26 Tk_SetClass is called to associate a class with a particular window.
27 The class string identifies the type of the window; all windows with
28 the same general class of behavior (button, menu, etc.) should have the
29 same class. By convention all class names start with a capital letter,
30 and there exists a Tcl command with the same name as each class (except
31 all in lower-case) which can be used to create and manipulate windows
32 of that class. A window's class string is initialized to NULL when the
33 window is created.
34 For main windows, Tk automatically propagates the name and class to the
36 WM_CLASS property used by window managers. This happens either when a
37 main window is actually created (e.g. in Tk_MakeWindowExist), or when
38 Tk_SetClass is called, whichever occurs later. If a main window has
39 not been assigned a class then Tk will not set the WM_CLASS property
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41 Tk_Class is a macro that returns the current value of tkwin's class.
43 The value is returned as a Tk_Uid, which may be used just like a string
44 pointer but also has the properties of a unique identifier (see the
45 manual entry for Tk_GetUid for details). If tkwin has not yet been
46 given a class, then Tk_Class will return NULL.
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50 class, unique identifier, window, window manager
51Tk Tk_SetClass(3)