A.J. Venter wrote: >>> Basically I don't know if lazarus CAN do what I need for this part... and >>> before I can finalize design, I need to know if this will be a form >>> inside the app or a sepperate program altogether acting as a plugin. >> I'm not sure that X/The Window manager can do what you want ? >> This is not a Lazarus matter alone. > That part at least I CAN answer. It can, there is a wm hint for this. > The reason I know is that I have done it before. > If you use SDL and create your screen with OR SDL_FullScreen it does exactly > that . > The real question is if you can do this in lazarus - I am pretty sure GTK > ALSO > has a function for it (not ABSOLUTELY sure in this case though). > > I used the SDL plugin mechanism in direqcafe up to and including version 3.x > - > as I am starting on version 4.0 (with new name zycafe) I would LIKE if > possible to do that WITHOUT the SDL dependency though. > > In theory somebody with sufficient knowledge of C and xlib should be able to > figure out how it's done by looking at the SDL code, and possibly > implementing something like an fs_FullScreen or perhaps a TFullScreen > component based on it (e.g. a nonvisual component you can drop on a form to > make the form fullscreen which also lets you set parameters like 'grab > keyboard' or such) ? > For windows the sheer AMOUNT of existing full-screen apps suggest there is a > almost certainly a win32 API call for it. > > I won't lie and pretend I am good enough at C and Xlib to do it by myself (I > could but I don't have the TIME for all the research I would need to do > first) but if anybody else would have a use for such a function, we could > work together on it. > I have done some xlib work in lazarus before TScreenSize uses it under Linux. > > Either way - the consensus seems to be that lazarus cannot do it at present ? > > A.J. >
Hi, the attached tar.bz2 project shows how to use a lcl x11/gtk1 form fullscreen and have exclusivly the mouse and keyboard. Gtk2 is possible as well, you just need to make minor changes to Form2X11Window HTH, Andrew
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