diff --git a/testing/Makefile b/testing/Makefile
index 8ce91e4..b26eda4 100644
--- a/testing/Makefile
+++ b/testing/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 includes := $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0)
-executables :=  gtk_icon_example trayicon hide xtypes
+executables :=  gtk_icon_example trayicon hide xtypes x11XGetWindowProp window_state_event
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: $(executables)
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ hide: hide.c
 
 xtypes: xtypes.c
 	gcc $(includes) -o xtypes xtypes.c
+
+x11XGetWindowProp: x11XGetWindowProp.c
+	gcc -Wall x11XGetWindowProp.c -o x11XGetWindowProp -lm -lXext -lX11
+
+window_state_event: window_state_event.c
+	gcc $(includes) -o window_state_event window_state_event.c
diff --git a/testing/window_state_event.c b/testing/window_state_event.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..871c8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/window_state_event.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+
+static void trayIconActivated(GObject *trayIcon, gpointer data);
+static gboolean window_state_event (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventWindowState *event, gpointer user_data);
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
+
+    GtkWidget *window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
+    gtk_widget_set_size_request (window, 200, 200);
+
+    GtkStatusIcon *trayIcon  = gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name(GTK_STOCK_MEDIA_STOP);
+    gtk_status_icon_set_tooltip (trayIcon, "My trayicon test");
+    gtk_status_icon_set_visible(trayIcon, FALSE);
+    g_signal_connect(GTK_STATUS_ICON (trayIcon), "activate", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (trayIconActivated), window);
+   
+
+    g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "window-state-event", G_CALLBACK (window_state_event), trayIcon);
+
+   
+    gtk_widget_show(window);
+    gtk_main ();
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void trayIconActivated(GObject *trayIcon, gpointer window)
+{
+    gtk_window_deiconify(GTK_WINDOW(window));
+    gtk_widget_show(GTK_WIDGET(window));
+}
+
+static gboolean window_state_event (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventWindowState *event, gpointer trayIcon)
+{
+    if(event->changed_mask == GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED && (event->new_window_state == GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED || event->new_window_state == (GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_MAXIMIZED)))
+    {
+        gtk_widget_hide (GTK_WIDGET(widget));
+        gtk_status_icon_set_visible(GTK_STATUS_ICON(trayIcon), TRUE);
+    }
+    else if(event->changed_mask == GDK_WINDOW_STATE_WITHDRAWN && (event->new_window_state == GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED || event->new_window_state == (GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED | GDK_WINDOW_STATE_MAXIMIZED)))
+    {
+        gtk_status_icon_set_visible(GTK_STATUS_ICON(trayIcon), FALSE);
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+}
diff --git a/testing/x11XGetWindowProp.c b/testing/x11XGetWindowProp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d6795c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/x11XGetWindowProp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+    Compiled as:
+    gcc -Wall x11XGetWindowProp.c -o x11XGetWindowProp -lm -lXext -lX11
+*/
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#include <X11/Xutil.h>
+#include <X11/Xatom.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	int screen, idx, stride;
+	int X, Y, W, H;
+	Atom actual;
+	unsigned long count, remaining;
+	int format = 32;
+	int request_size = 4 * sizeof(long);
+	unsigned char *xywh;
+	Display *d = XOpenDisplay(0);
+
+	if (!d) printf("Can't open display: %s",XDisplayName(0));
+	Atom _NET_WORKAREA = XInternAtom(d, "_NET_WORKAREA", 0);
+	screen = DefaultScreen(d);
+
+	/* Find the total screen size (assume X = Y = 0)*/
+	W = DisplayWidth(d, screen);
+	H = DisplayHeight(d, screen);
+	printf("Display Area: W: %d, H: %d\n", W, H);
+	
+	/* New query the server to find the usable screen size */
+	if (XGetWindowProperty(d, RootWindow(d, screen),
+	_NET_WORKAREA, 0, request_size, False,
+	XA_CARDINAL, &actual, &format, &count, &remaining, &xywh) || !xywh)
+	{
+		printf("Get workarea failed\n");
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		printf("Got workarea OK\n");
+		printf("format: %d, count: %ld, remaining: %ld\n", format, count, remaining);
+		/* How many bytes per sample? */
+		stride = format / 8;
+		X = *(int*)&xywh[0];
+		Y = *(int*)&xywh[stride];
+		W = *(int*)&xywh[stride * 2];
+		H = *(int*)&xywh[stride * 3];
+		
+		/* Now print out the raw xywh byte array for checking */
+		for(idx = 0; idx < request_size; idx++)
+		{
+			printf("%02X ", xywh[idx]);
+			if(!((idx +1)%8)) puts(" ");
+		}
+		/* release the xywh resources */
+		XFree(xywh);
+		printf("Usable Area: X: %d, Y: %d   W: %d, H: %d\n", X, Y, W, H);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* End of File */