XWININFO(1)		    General Commands Manual		   XWININFO(1)



NAME
       xwininfo - window information utility for X

SYNOPSIS
       xwininfo	 [-help]  [-id	id]  [-root]  [-name  name] [-int] [-children]
       [-tree] [-stats] [-bits]	 [-events]  [-size]  [-wm]  [-shape]  [-frame]
       [-all] [-english] [-metric] [-display display]

DESCRIPTION
       Xwininfo	 is a utility for displaying information about windows.	 Vari-
       ous information is displayed depending on which options	are  selected.
       If no options are chosen, -stats is assumed.

       The  user  has the option of selecting the target window with the mouse
       (by clicking any mouse button in the desired window) or	by  specifying
       its  window  id on the command line with the -id option.	 Or instead of
       specifying the window by its id number, the -name option may be used to
       specify which window is desired by name.	 There is also a special -root
       option to quickly obtain information on the screen's root window.

OPTIONS
       -help   Print out the `Usage:' command syntax summary.

       -id id  This option allows the user to specify a target	window	id  on
	       the command line rather than using the mouse to select the tar-
	       get window.  This is very useful in  debugging  X  applications
	       where  the  target  window is not mapped to the screen or where
	       the use of the mouse might be impossible or interfere with  the
	       application.

       -name name
	       This  option  allows  the user to specify that the window named
	       name is the target window on the command line rather than using
	       the mouse to select the target window.

       -root   This  option  specifies that X's root window is the target win-
	       dow.  This is useful in situations where	 the  root  window  is
	       completely obscured.

       -int    This option specifies that all X window ids should be displayed
	       as integer values.  The default is to display them as hexadeci-
	       mal values.

       -children
	       This  option causes the root, parent, and children windows' ids
	       and names of the selected window to be displayed.

       -tree   This option is like -children but displays all children	recur-
	       sively.

       -stats  This option causes the display of various attributes pertaining
	       to the location and appearance of the selected window.	Infor-
	       mation displayed includes the location of the window, its width
	       and height, its depth, border width, visual id and class,  col-
	       ormap id if any, map state, backing-store hint, and location of
	       the corners.

       -bits   This option causes the display of various attributes pertaining
	       to  the	selected window's raw bits and how the selected window
	       is to be stored.	 Displayed information includes	 the  selected
	       window's bit gravity, window gravity, backing-store hint, back-
	       ing-planes value, backing pixel, and whether or not the	window
	       has save-under set.

       -events This option causes the selected window's event masks to be dis-
	       played.	Both the event mask of events wanted  by  some	client
	       and the event mask of events not to propagate are displayed.

       -size   This  option  causes  the  selected window's sizing hints to be
	       displayed.  Displayed information includes: for both the normal
	       size  hints and the zoom size hints, the user supplied location
	       if any; the program supplied location if any; the user supplied
	       size if any; the program supplied size if any; the minimum size
	       if any; the maximum size if any; the resize increments if  any;
	       and the minimum and maximum aspect ratios if any.

       -wm     This  option  causes the selected window's window manager hints
	       to be displayed.	 Information displayed may include whether  or
	       not  the application accepts input, what the window's icon win-
	       dow # and name is, where the window's icon should go, and  what
	       the window's initial state should be.

       -shape  This  option  causes  the  selected  window's window and border
	       shape extents to be displayed.

       -frame  This option causes window manager frames to be considered  when
	       manually selecting windows.

       -metric This  option  causes  all individual height, width, and x and y
	       positions to be displayed in millimeters as well as  number  of
	       pixels,	based  on  what	 the  server thinks the resolution is.
	       Geometry specifications that are in +x+y form are not changed.

       -english
	       This option causes all individual height, width, and  x	and  y
	       positions to be displayed in inches (and feet, yards, and miles
	       if necessary) as well as number of pixels. -metric and -english
	       may both be enabled at the same time.

       -all    This option is a quick way to ask for all information possible.

       -display display
	       This option allows you to specify the server to connect to; see
	       X(7).

EXAMPLE
       The following is a sample summary taken with no options specified:

       xwininfo: Window id: 0x60000f "xterm"

	 Absolute upper-left X: 2
	 Absolute upper-left Y: 85
	 Relative upper-left X:	 0
	 Relative upper-left Y:	 25
	 Width: 579
	 Height: 316
	 Depth: 8
	 Visual: 0x1e
	 Visual Class: PseudoColor
	 Border width: 0
	 Class: InputOutput
	 Colormap: 0x27 (installed)
	 Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
	 Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity
	 Backing Store State: NotUseful
	 Save Under State: no
	 Map State: IsViewable
	 Override Redirect State: no
	 Corners:  +2+85  -699+85  -699-623  +2-623
	 -geometry 80x24+0+58


ENVIRONMENT
       DISPLAY To get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO
       X(7), xprop(1), xdpyinfo(1), xdriinfo(1), xvinfo(1), glxinfo(1)

BUGS
       Using -stats -bits shows some redundant information.

       The -geometry string displayed must make assumptions about the window's
       border  width  and  the behavior of the application and the window man-
       ager.  As a result, the location given is not always correct.

AUTHOR
       Mark Lillibridge, MIT Project Athena



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