[A5] Changing window flags

[A5] Changing window flags

Matias Persson

Member #15,093

May 2013

Hey, how would I go by changing the window flags while the program is running?
Right now, the program is operating in fullscreen mode, but I want the user to be able to push F1 to switch between Windowed || Fullscreen mode.

I tried this, but it didn't seem to work;
al_set_new_display_flags(ALLEGRO_WINDOWED || ALLEGRO_FULLSCREEN);

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  1if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN)
  2{
  3  //handle key presses
  4  switch(ev.keyboard.keycode)
  5  {
  6  case ALLEGRO_KEY_F1:
  7    {
  8      al_set_new_display_flags(ALLEGRO_WINDOWED);
  9    }
 10    break;
 11  }
 12}

Edgar Reynaldo

Major Reynaldo

May 2007

You need al_toggle_display_flag(display , ALLEGRO_FULLSCREEN_WINDOW , fullscreen = !fullscreen); Or you can destroy and recreate the display. But that means converting bitmaps to be compatible with the new display or reloading everything.

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Matias Persson

Member #15,093

May 2013

Thanks.

torhu

Member #2,727

September 2002

Allegro 5.1 is supposed to do the bitmap conversion automatically for you, but with 5.0 you have to do it manually, using al_clone_bitmap. You don't need to do this when using the "fullscreen window" mode, though.

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