Question

I need to find window position and size, but I cannot figure out how. For example if I try:

id.get_geometry()    # "id" is Xlib.display.Window

I get something like this:

data = {'height': 2540,
'width': 1440,
'depth': 24,
'y': 0, 'x': 0,
'border_width': 0
'root': <Xlib.display.Window 0x0000026a>
'sequence_number': 63}

I need to find window position and size, so my problem is: “y”, “x” and “border_width” are always 0; even worse, “height” and “width” are returned without window frame.

In this case on my X screen (its dimensions are 4400×2560) I expected x=1280, y=0, width=1440, height=2560.

In other words I’m looking for python equivalent for:

#!/bin/bash
id=$1
wmiface framePosition $id
wmiface frameSize $id

If you think Xlib is not what I want, feel free to offer non-Xlib solution in python if it can take window id as argument (like the bash script above). Obvious workaround to use output of the bash script in python code does not feel right.

Answer 1

You are probably using reparenting window manager, and because of this id window has zero x and y. Check coordinates of parent window (which is window manager frame)