Invisible window creation

[REiNDEeR]

Would it be possible to implement somekind of feature to create an invisible window?

I've implemented it for OpenGL but I dont know much about linux so thats why I didnt make a patch.

This is how I implemented it:

Code: Select all

//usage
Ogre::NameValuePairList params; 
params["visible"] = Ogre::StringConverter::toString(false); 
root->createRenderWindow("MyWindow", 0, 0, false, &params); 

Code: Select all

//impl
bool visible = true;

//.............

if ((opt = miscParams->find("visible")) != end)
			{
				visible = StringConverter::parseBool(opt->second);
			}

//.............

if (!mIsExternal)
		{
			DWORD dwStyle = WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS;

			if (visible) 
				dwStyle |= WS_VISIBLE;
//...........

I'm sure you guys can do it alot better

[Wolfmanfx]

Dont know if this possible under linux cause gtk+ gives you no window if ur Window is not visible u only get one if ur window gets realized so i dont think its really possible under linux but maybe things handeld other with GLX.

[REiNDEeR]

Well its basicly the same as calling setVisible(false). The only difference is that in this case the window is created invisible, so if youd call setVisible(true) it would show up.