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xprop — Display window and font properties in an X server. More information: <https://manned.org/xprop>.

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Problem

How to use the xprop command: Display window and font properties in an X server. More information: <https://manned.org/xprop>.

Solution

xprop — Display window and font properties in an X server. More information: <https://manned.org/xprop>.

Display the name of the root window:
xprop -root WM_NAME


Display the window manager hints for a window:
xprop -name "{{window_name}}" WM_HINTS


Display the point size of a font:
xprop -font "{{font_name}}" POINT_SIZE


Display all the properties of the window with the ID 0x200007:
xprop -id {{0x200007}}

Code Snippets

Display the name of the root window

xprop -root WM_NAME

Display the window manager hints for a window

xprop -name "{{window_name}}" WM_HINTS

Display the point size of a font

xprop -font "{{font_name}}" POINT_SIZE

Display all the properties of the window with the ID 0x200007

xprop -id {{0x200007}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/xprop

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