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💖 Gtk2::Gdk::Event::WindowState 💖

okay bestie so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — it's Gtk2::Gdk::Event::WindowState(3) and it's literally the cutest lil event object you ever met. it's a Gdk event, but specifically the one that shows up when a window's state changes. window said "i'm maximized now" and this is the receipt. periodt. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

Gtk2::Gdk::Event::WindowState

that's it, that's the name, she's serving exactly what it says on the tin 💅

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🦋 HIERARCHY 🦋

so like, family tree moment. here's where she sits:

Gtk2::Gdk::Event
+----Gtk2::Gdk::Event::WindowState

she's a Gtk2::Gdk::Event, and this class is the special lil branch that handles window state stuff. the way that inheritance ate 💅

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✨ METHODS ✨

two methods, both iconic, both taking an optional value that defaults to 0:

• windowstate = $eventwindowstate->new_window_state ($newvalue=0)
  • $newvalue is a Gtk2::Gdk::WindowState (so, one of those flags down below 👀)
• windowstate = $eventwindowstate->changed_mask ($newvalue=0)
  • $newvalue is a Gtk2::Gdk::WindowState (yes, same type, she's consistent like that 🎀)

ngl both of them hand you back a windowstate, and both of them let you pass in a new value if you wanna set one. lowkey flexible fr fr 🫶

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🌈 ENUMS AND FLAGS 🌈

🎀 flags Gtk2::Gdk::WindowState 🎀

okay so this is the whole menu of window moods. every single one of them, no cap:

• 'withdrawn' / 'GDK_WINDOW_STATE_WITHDRAWN'
• 'iconified' / 'GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED'
• 'maximized' / 'GDK_WINDOW_STATE_MAXIMIZED'
• 'sticky' / 'GDK_WINDOW_STATE_STICKY'
• 'fullscreen' / 'GDK_WINDOW_STATE_FULLSCREEN'
• 'above' / 'GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ABOVE'
• 'below' / 'GDK_WINDOW_STATE_BELOW'

seven flags, seven vibes, each one comes with its Perl-side short name and its C-side GDK_-prefixed name. they're flags, so like, they can be combined — it's giving choose-your-own-adventure but for window states 🧚

these are flags, not a plain enum, so don't go treating them like a single pick-one value, bestie 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Gtk2

that's the one. the mothership. go look there if you need the full picture 🌟

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

Copyright (C) 2003-2011 by the gtk2-perl team.

This software is licensed under the LGPL. See Gtk2 for a full notice.

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tl;dr — she's a Gtk2::Gdk::Event subclass that tells you a window's state changed, she's got new_window_state and changed_mask, and there's a seven-flag Gtk2::Gdk::WindowState set to play with. obsessed, honestly 😭💖

and that's a wrap, bestie!! this page came to you from perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the manual. mwah 💅🦋🌸