hi,

Does allegro provide a way to recieve a signal that the fullscreen button has been pressed or do we need to use platform specific code for that.

You know what I mean : the middle button on the top of the window.

using A5

Sorry if this has already been asked somewhere else.

Thanks. Switch to fullsreen.

That's not what it does though. The maximize button tells the window manager (even on windows) to make the window fill the available screen area that isn't taken up by any docks (start bar) or the window frame itself.

No. Does it mean al_create_display() has to be recalled ?

I suppose it'd be nice to get a new event for the maximize button. But how many people would actually expect the maximize button to do anything other than maximize? I think its a bad design call.

use ALLEGRO_FULLSCREEN_WINDOW instead of ALLEGRO_FULLSCREEN and you can switch between fullscreen and windowed modes. Note though, it means you're stuck with what ever resolution the user has set at the time, so you'll have to handle all kinds of resolutions and sizes.

As easy as that ? Cool.

only thing - in order to call the toggle function I need a way to do :

if( middle resize button pressed )
{
   toggle();
}

Is there a specifc event for that button ?

It would nice to be able to use the button for switching to fullscreen but then if it was used only for that then they'd be no way to set a maximum windowed mode.

As it stands then the only way to switch to a proper fullscreen mode is via some button of one's own making. Is that right ?

Without some kind of hacks like checking the new screen size is the full screen (with decorations), I think that's right.