CreateWindow

This function is used to create a new window.

Syntax

shared_ptr<Window> CreateWindow(const WString& title, const int x, const int y, const int width, const int height, shared_ptr<Display> display, const WindowStyle style = WINDOW_DEFAULT)
shared_ptr<Window> CreateWindow(const WString& title, const int x, const int y, const int width, const int height, shared_ptr<Window> parent, const WindowStyle style = WINDOW_DEFAULT)

Parameter	Description
title	text to display in the titlebar
x	initial x position of the window
y	initial y position of the window
width	initial width of the window
height	initial height of the window
display	Display to create the window on
parent	parent Window
style	can be any combination of WINDOW_TITLEBAR, WINDOW_RESiZABLE, WINDOW_CENTER, WINDOW_HIDDEN, WINDOW_CHILD, WINDOW_CLIENTCOORDS, WINDOW_FULLSCREEN, and WINDOW_ACCEPTFILES

Example

#include "Leadwerks.h"

using namespace Leadwerks;

int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
    //Get the display
    auto displays = GetDisplays();
    Vec2 displayscale = displays[0]->GetScale();

    //Create a window
    auto style = WINDOW_TITLEBAR | WINDOW_CENTER;
    auto window = CreateWindow("Example", 0, 0, 400 * displayscale.x, 300 * displayscale.y, displays[0], style);

    //Main loop
    while (window->Closed() == false)
    {
        if (window->KeyDown(KEY_ESCAPE)) break;
    }
    return 0;
}