<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>This is my first email to this mailing list and I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to draw a root window on the display using xlib with a 32-bit color depth so that I can use RGBA colors on the child windows. As far as I know, I could be wrong though, the child window cannot use the alpha channel if it is not a 32-bit color depth window, and for it to be a 32-bit depth window it's parent has to also be a 32-bit depth window. Basically what I'm trying to do is I'm trying to set a root window with a color depth of 32-bit that has a scaled 24-bit image loaded as the background, and I want another window that will be the child of this parent, or root, window, which will have a translucent effect similar to the window borders in Microsoft windows 7. if you need more details I have posted a similar question on stack overflow with more details on the code that I'm using to create the root window. Hopefully I was clear on my question.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br><div>Sajeeb Roy</div></div><div><br></div><div>Stack overflow link: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41524843/create-a-32-bit-root-window-in-xlib">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41524843/create-a-32-bit-root-window-in-xlib</a></div></body></html>