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So far I've found two approaches: For each root window (default screen, specific screen, all screens, etc), list each immediate child. Search each immediate child recursively for a window with the WM_STATE property; that window becomes the top-level application window of the immediate child and all recursion can stop. If no window within the hierarchy of the immediate child has the WM_STATE property, assume the immediate child is itself the top-level application window. Use xcb_get_property , and xcb_query_tree (which despite the name lists only immediate children). This is what xlsclients

I've got a Python/Linux application that displays bits of info I need in a GTK window. For the purposes of this discussion, it should behave exactly like a dock - exists on all virtual desktops, and maximized windows do not overlap it. The first point is pretty easy, but I have spent days bashing my head against my monitor trying to get the second point - preventing overlap. My app should not be covered if another window is maximized. Setting "always on top" is not enough, as the other windows just sit behind my info bar instead of stopping at its edge. In short: with a dock/panel style window

I'm trying to get a list of all top level desktop windows in an X11 session. Basically, I want to get a list of all windows that are shown in the window managers application-switching UI (commonly opened when the user presses ALT+TAB). I've never done any X11 programming before, but so far I've managed to enumerate through the entire window list, with code that looks something like this: void CSoftwareInfoLinux::enumerateWindows(Display *display, Window rootWindow) { Window parent; Window *children; Window *child; quint32 nNumChildren; XTextProperty wmName; XTextProperty wmCommand; int status