Showing and Hiding Windows

Sawfish provides two low-level functions for withdrawing client windows from the display. These are used to implement both virtual workspaces (see Workspaces) and iconification (see Iconifying Windows).

hide-window window

Function

Prevent object window from being displayed. See show-window.

show-window window

Function

Ensure that window (if it has been mapped, and is within the screen boundary) is visible. See hide-window.

window-visible-p window

Function

Returns t if object window has not been hidden by the hide-window function.