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-rw-r--r--src/core/window.c23
-rw-r--r--src/include/window.h1
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/window.c b/src/core/window.c
index 44084a07..8cffdde8 100644
--- a/src/core/window.c
+++ b/src/core/window.c
@@ -8630,6 +8630,29 @@ meta_window_get_xwindow (MetaWindow *window)
return window->xwindow;
}
+/**
+ * meta_window_get_transient_for:
+ * @window: a #MetaWindow
+ *
+ * Returns the #MetaWindow for the window that is pointed to by the
+ * WM_TRANSIENT_FOR hint on this window (see XGetTransientForHint()
+ * or XSetTransientForHint()). Metacity keeps transient windows above their
+ * parents. A typical usage of this hint is for a dialog that wants to stay
+ * above its associated window.
+ *
+ * Return value: (transfer none): the window this window is transient for, or
+ * %NULL if the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR hint is unset or does not point to a toplevel
+ * window that Metacity knows about.
+ */
+MetaWindow *
+meta_window_get_transient_for (MetaWindow *window)
+{
+ if (window->xtransient_for)
+ return meta_display_lookup_x_window (window->display, window->xtransient_for);
+ else
+ return NULL;
+}
+
gboolean
meta_window_is_maximized (MetaWindow *window)
{
diff --git a/src/include/window.h b/src/include/window.h
index d83ad45f..3fd0ee53 100644
--- a/src/include/window.h
+++ b/src/include/window.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ MetaRectangle *meta_window_get_rect (MetaWindow *window);
MetaScreen *meta_window_get_screen (MetaWindow *window);
MetaDisplay *meta_window_get_display (MetaWindow *window);
Window meta_window_get_xwindow (MetaWindow *window);
+MetaWindow *meta_window_get_transient_for (MetaWindow *window);
gboolean meta_window_is_maximized (MetaWindow *window);
#endif