glutFullScreen(3GLUT) GLUT glutFullScreen(3GLUT)
NAME
glutFullScreen - requests that the current window be made full screen.
SYNTAX
void glutFullScreen(void);
DESCRIPTION
glutFullScreen requests that the current window be made full screen. The exact semantics of what full screen means may vary by window sys-
tem. The intent is to make the window as large as possible and disable any window decorations or borders added the window system. The win-
dow width and height are not guaranteed to be the same as the screen width and height, but that is the intent of making a window full
screen.
glutFullScreen is defined to work only on top-level windows.
The glutFullScreen requests are not processed immediately. The request is executed after returning to the main event loop. This allows mul-
tiple glutReshapeWindow, glutPositionWindow, and glutFullScreen requests to the same window to be coalesced.
Subsequent glutReshapeWindow and glutPositionWindow requests on the window will disable the full screen status of the window.
X IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
In the X implementation of GLUT, full screen is implemented by sizing and positioning the window to cover the entire screen and posting the
_MOTIF_WM_HINTS property on the window requesting absolutely no decorations. Non-Motif window managers may not respond to _MOTIF_WM_HINTS.
SEE ALSO
glutReshapeWindow, glutPositionWindow
AUTHOR
Mark J. Kilgard (mjk@nvidia.com)
GLUT
3.7 glutFullScreen(3GLUT)