xprop
A tool for displaying window and font properties in an X server. More information: https://manned.org/xprop.
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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}}
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