Re: Query mouse events from other Windows/Screens

OK. Now created a new window w by  something like,
w = XCreateWindow(d, root, 0,0, 1024, 500,0,0,InputOnly, (Visual *)
CopyFromParent, valuemask, &attributes  );
XMapWindow(d, iw);
Then it obscures the other windows.


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>> Thanks for your reponse. This was exactly my thought in method 1.  I
>> assume window root
>>
>> root = RootWindow(d,s);
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>> is the invisble window covering the whole screen. Is that right? Thanks.
>>  
>>
>
> No.  That's the visible window that always exists at the BACK of the
> window order, underneath everything else.  What Andrew is saying is
> that you have to create a NEW window, desktop-sized, and bring it to
> the front.
>