Re: Getting an X11 Window associated with a Gtk widget

[Brett Granger <bdgranger alum mit edu>]

John Cupitt ng-london org uk wrote:
> Peter F Bradshaw wrote:
>
> > I'm new to Gtk. I'm looking for a way to get the underlying X11 Window
> > value from a Gtk widget. The Gtk library version is 1,2.
>
>
> Hi, something like (untested):
>
> #include <gdk/gdkprivate.h>
>
> Window
> get_xwin( GtkWidget *widget )
> {
> 	GdkWindow *gwin = widget->window;
> 	GdkWindowPrivate *pgwin = (GdkWindowPrivate *) gwin;
>
> 	return( pgwin->xwindow );
> }

There is already a macro defined that will do this for you:

#include <gdk/gdkx.h>

win = GDK_WINDOW_XWINDOW(widget->window);


--Brett