Why not use gtk_window_fullscreen? I've only tried it on a Gnome
desktop, it works well.
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Carlos Pereira
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> The small working code below shows
> how my app goes fullscreen and back.
>
> 1) Is there a better way of doing this?
>
> 2) This code works fine in Enlightenment,
> KDE, BlackBox, IceWM, etc. In Gnome and XFCE
> it works, but the desktop bars are still visible
> (I suppose it should be possible to change this?).
>
> However, in GNOME and only in GNOME, I have to
> subtract 1 pixel, on width or height, for this to work.
> In other words, if I replace this:
>
> gdk_window_move_resize (window->window,
> 0, 0, gdk_screen_width (), gdk_screen_height () - 1);
>
> by this:
> gdk_window_move_resize (window->window,
> 0, 0, gdk_screen_width (), gdk_screen_height ());
>
> poor Gnome WM gets confused, indeed goes fullscreen,
> but does not come back... :-(
>
> What is the best way to handle this?
> going fullscreen is a very useful feature
> in many scientific/engineering apps.
>
> Many thanks,
> Carlos
>
> *** working code: going fullscreen and back ***
> #include <gtk/gtk.h>
> #include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
>
> int x, y, w, h;
>
> int press_event (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventKey *event, GtkWidget *window)
> {
> static int fullscreen = FALSE;
>
> switch (event->keyval)
> {
> case GDK_Escape:
> if (fullscreen == FALSE)
> {
> gtk_window_get_position (GTK_WINDOW (window), &x, &y);
> gtk_window_get_size (GTK_WINDOW (window), &w, &h);
>
> gtk_window_set_decorated (GTK_WINDOW (window), FALSE);
> gdk_window_raise (window->window);
> gdk_window_move_resize (window->window,
> 0, 0, gdk_screen_width (), gdk_screen_height () - 1);
> fullscreen = TRUE;
> }
> else
> {
> gtk_window_set_decorated (GTK_WINDOW (window), TRUE);
> gdk_window_move_resize (window->window, x, y, w, h);
> fullscreen = FALSE;
> }
> }
>
> return FALSE;
> }
>
> int main (int argc, char **argv)
> {
> GtkWidget *window;
>
> gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
> window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
> gtk_widget_set_size_request (window, 200, 200);
> g_signal_connect_after (G_OBJECT (window),
> "key_press_event", G_CALLBACK (press_event), window);
> gtk_widget_show (window);
>
> gtk_main ();
> return 0;
> }
>
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