COMMITMENTS (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2011
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net, Total	$ 437,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	$ 304,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet
Operating Leases Costs Capitalized	0xgti_OperatingLeasesCostsCapitalized	83,000xgti_OperatingLeasesCostsCapitalized
Operating Leases Expiration Term	2015 through 2019
Purchase Obligation	1,634,000us-gaap_PurchaseObligation
Employment Agreement [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Officers' Compensation			$ 250,000

Expenditures for salaries of officers. Does not include allocated share-based compensation, pension and post-retirement benefit expense or other labor-related non-salary expense. For commercial and industrial companies, excludes any direct and overhead labor that is included in cost of goods sold.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_OfficersCompensation
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41499-112717

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_OtherCommitmentsLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_PurchaseObligation
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Amount of operating lease expenses capitalized during the period.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	xgti_OperatingLeasesCostsCapitalized
Namespace Prefix:	xgti_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Description of the expiration terms of operating lease.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	xgti_OperatingLeasesExpirationTerm
Namespace Prefix:	xgti_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Details

Name:	xgti_AgreementAxis=xgti_EmploymentAgreementMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: