## NAME

Tk_SetWindowVisual - change visual characteristics of window

## SYNOPSIS

#include <tk.h>

int Tk_SetWindowVisual(tkwin, visual, depth, colormap)

## ARGUMENTS

`Tk_Window tkwin` (in)
  Token for window.
`Visual *visual` (in)
  New visual type to use for tkwin.
`int depth` (in)
  Number of bits per pixel desired for tkwin.
`Colormap colormap` (in)
  New colormap for tkwin, which must be compatible with visual and depth.

## DESCRIPTION

When Tk creates a new window it assigns it the default visual characteristics (visual, depth, and colormap) for its screen. Tk_SetWindowVisual may be called to change them. Tk_SetWindowVisual must be called before the window has actually been created in X (e.g. before Tk_MapWindow or Tk_MakeWindowExist has been invoked for the window). The safest thing is to call Tk_SetWindowVisual immediately after calling Tk_CreateWindow. If tkwin has already been created before Tk_SetWindowVisual is called then it returns 0 and doesn't make any changes; otherwise it returns 1 to signify that the operation completed successfully.

Note: Tk_SetWindowVisual should not be called if you just want to change a window's colormap without changing its visual or depth; call Tk_SetWindowColormap instead.

## KEYWORDS

colormap, depth, visual