Re: [gtkmm] simple window size question part 2

[Anastasios Bassoukos <abas aix meng auth gr>]

On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 15:52, Bevis Peters wrote:
> OK, let me clarify that a bit.  This code:
>
>   mc_image_window.set_size_request(400, 400);
>   mc_image_window.move(0, 0);
>   mc_image_window.maximize();
>   int w=0, h=0;
>   mc_image_window.get_size(w, h);
>   cout << w<<", "<<h<<endl;
>
> gets back 400x400, not the windows true maximised size.
>
> what have i missed?

By the time you get to the get_size(), the resize request has not even been sent to the window manager. You will need to add a slot to the "size-allocate" signal , and only then will your window be maximized. Also read the documentation on that method.

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