gtkWidgetGetRootWindow {RGtk2} | R Documentation

## gtkWidgetGetRootWindow

### Description

Get the root window where this widget is located. This function can only be called after the widget has been added to a widget hierarchy with `GtkWindow` at the top.

### Usage

    gtkWidgetGetRootWindow(object)

### Arguments

``object`` | a `GtkWidget`

### Details

The root window is useful for such purposes as creating a popup `GdkWindow` associated with the window. In general, you should only create display specific resources when a widget has been realized, and you should free those resources when the widget is unrealized. Since 2.2

### Value

[`GdkWindow`] the `GdkWindow` root window for the toplevel for this widget. [ transfer none ]

### Author(s)

Derived by RGtkGen from GTK+ documentation

[Package RGtk2 version 2.20.36.3 Index]