AFAIK, minimization is a window manager feature and hence it is NOT handled by X. I know that there are different protocols for communicating with the window manager but which I do not know. You could always try to use hide/show the window and use a show/hide an icon or something. HTH W _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86