Re: full screen graphics display

[Robert Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

Thanks so very much!  You gtkmm user guys are the best.

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Alexander Gehlert wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> just call pWindow->fullscreen() (Gtk::Window::fullscreen)
> 
> the window will try to become fullscreen, so the decoration get removed,
> and the window will expand,
> but make sure to track the state of your window may the windowmanager
> don't put you to fullscreen mode, use :
> 
>    on_window_state_event(GdkEventWindowState* stateevent){
> 
>           ...
>       switch(stateevent->changed_mask)
>          ...
>            case Gdk::WINDOW_STATE_FULLSCREEN:
> 
>           ...
>    }
> to check if your window is in fullscreen mode, beside that you don't
> need to care about other things, everything should work as intended
> 
> Regards Alex
> 
> 
> Robert Caryl wrote:
>> Greetings everyone,
>>
>> My boss wants me to port an application that currently runs on windows
>> in a full screen mode to linux.  I have done a fair amount of gtkmm
>> programming, but have not attempted anything full screen.
>>
>> Basically, I will need to display an image and then get information on
>> the mouse coordinates when the user presses the left button (or in
>> reality touches the screen).
>>
>> I would appreciate someone pointing me towards the documentation that
>> deals with this.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>   
> 
>