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NAME

       XGrabDeviceButton, XUngrabDeviceButton - grab/ungrab extension input
       device buttons

SYNOPSIS

       #include <X11/extensions/XInput.h>

       int XGrabDeviceButton( Display *display,
                              XDevice *device,
                              unsigned int button,
                              unsigned int modifiers,
                              XDevice* modifier_device,
                              Window grab_window,
                              Bool owner_events,
                              unsigned int event_count,
                              XEventClass *event_list,
                              int this_device_mode,
                              int other_devices_mode);

       int XUngrabDeviceButton( Display *display,
                                XDevice *device,
                                unsigned int button,
                                unsigned int modifiers,
                                XDevice* modifier_device,
                                Window grab_window);

       display
              Specifies the connection to the X server.

       device
              Specifies the device that is to be grabbed or released

       button
              Specifies the device button that is to be grabbed or
              released or AnyButton.

       modifiers
              Specifies the set of keymasks or AnyModifier.The mask is
              the bitwise inclusive OR of the valid keymask bits.
              Valid bits are: Shiftmask, LockMask, ControlMask,
              Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask.

       modifier_device
              specifies the device whose modifiers are to be used. If
              the modifier_devicespecified is NULL, the X keyboard
              will be used as the modifier_device.

       grab_window
              Specifies the grab window.

       owner_events
              Specifies a Boolean value that indicates whether the
              deviceevents are to be reported as usual or reported
              with respect to the grab windowif selected by the event
              list.

       event_count
              Specifies the number of event classes in the event list.

       event_list
              Specifies which events are reported to the client.

       this_device_mode
              Specifies further processing of events from this
              device.You can pass GrabModeSync or GrabModeAsync.

       other_devices_mode
              Specifies further processing of events from all other
              devices.You can pass GrabModeSync or GrabModeAsync.

DESCRIPTION

           The XGrabDeviceButton request establishes a passive grab. In
           the future, the device is actively grabbed (as for XGrabDevice,
           the last-grab time is set to the time at which the button was
           pressed (as transmitted in the DeviceButtonPress event), and
           the DeviceButtonPress event is reported if all of the following
           conditions are true:
             * The device is not grabbed, and the specified button is
               logically pressed when the specified modifier keys are
               logically down on the specified modifier device and no
               other buttons or modifier keys are logically down.
             * Either the grab window is an ancestor of (or is) the focus
               window, OR the grab window is a descendent of the focus
               window and contains the device.
             * A passive grab on the same button/modifier combination does
               not exist on any ancestor of grab_window.

           The interpretation of the remaining arguments is as for
           XGrabDevice. The active grab is terminated automatically when
           the logical state of the device has all buttons released
           (independent of the logical state of the modifier keys).

           Note that the logical state of a device (as seen by client
           applications) may lag the physical state if device event
           processing is frozen.

           This request overrides all previous grabs by the same client on
           the same button/modifier combinations on the same window. A
           modifiers of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the grab
           request for all possible modifier combinations (including the
           combination of no modifiers). It is not required that all
           modifiers specified have currently assigned KeyCodes. A button
           of AnyButton is equivalent to issuing the request for all
           possible buttons. Otherwise, it is not required that the
           specified button currently be assigned to a physical button.

           A modifier_device of NULL indicates that the X keyboard is to
           be used as the modifier_device.

           If some other client has already issued a XGrabDeviceButton
           with the same button/modifier combination on the same window, a
           BadAccess error results. When using AnyModifier or AnyButton ,
           the request fails completely, and a BadAccess error results (no
           grabs are established) if there is a conflicting grab for any
           combination. XGrabDeviceButton has no effect on an active grab.

           XGrabDeviceButton can generate BadClass, BadDevice, BadMatch,
           BadValue, and BadWindow errors..P The XUngrabDeviceButton
           request releases the passive grab for a button/modifier
           combination on the specified window if it was grabbed by this
           client. A modifier of AnyModifier is equivalent to issuing the
           ungrab request for all possible modifier combinations,
           including the combination of no modifiers. A button of
           AnyButton is equivalent to issuing the request for all possible
           buttons. XUngrabDeviceButton has no effect on an active grab.

           A modifier_device of NULL indicates that the X keyboard should
           be used as the modifier_device.

           XUngrabDeviceButton can generate BadDevice, BadMatch, BadValue
           and BadWindow errors.

DIAGNOSTICS

           BadDevice
                  An invalid device was specified. The specified device
                  does not exist or has not been opened by this client via
                  XOpenInputDevice. This error may also occur if the
                  specified device is the X keyboard or X pointer device.

           BadMatch
                  This error may occur if an XGrabDeviceButton request was
                  made specifying a device that has no buttons, or
                  specifying a modifier device that has no keys.

           BadValue
                  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values
                  accepted by the request. Unless a specific range is
                  specified for an argument, the full range defined by the
                  argumentĀ“s type is accepted. Any argument defined as a
                  set of alternatives can generate this error.

           BadWindow
                  A value for a Window argument does not name a defined
                  Window.

SEE ALSO

           XAllowDeviceEvents(3), XGrabDevice(3), XGrabDeviceKey(3)

[FIXME: source]                   10/02/2009