Hiding a Window view

[HezkoreParticipant]

I’m trying to hide a Window view.
It starts out hidden using ‘WindowFlags.Hidden’ and I’m using ‘myWindow.Visible=True’ to show it.
But when I try to hide it with ‘myWindow.Visible=False’ I get the debug message “Windows cannot be deactivated”
It’s not my main window, I have a separate window that is always open.

Mistake, or am I doing something wrong?

Also, is there a way to make a “tool” window?

[Mark SiblyKeymaster]

Monkey2 only currently supports a single window. Multiple windows may or may not work to varying degrees depending on target – they are totally untested. By all means feel free to get in there and try to get them working – the basic framework is there –  but I wont be able to address this myself for a while yet.

[HezkoreParticipant]

Ah okay, I hadn’t even thought about it working on other targets…

I’ve been poking about, trying to figure it out myself, atleast on desktop targets since that’s all I need.
But I’m not quite getting the results I want.

Here’s a simple example if anyone’s interested:

Monkey

#Import "<std>" #Import "<mojo>" Using std.. Using mojo.. Class BigWindow Extends Window Method New() Super.New("Big Window", 640, 480) End End Class SmallWindow Extends Window Method New() Super.New("Small Window (Close Me)", 320, 240, WindowFlags.Hidden) Local appearTimer:Timer=New Timer(1, Lambda() Self.Visible=True End) End Method OnWindowEvent( event:WindowEvent ) Override Select event.Type Case EventType.WindowClose Self.Visible=False End End End Function Main() New AppInstance New BigWindow New SmallWindow App.Run() End

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#Import "<std>" #Import "<mojo>" Using std.. Using mojo..   Class BigWindow Extends Window Method New() Super.New("Big Window", 640, 480) End End   Class SmallWindow Extends Window Method New() Super.New("Small Window (Close Me)", 320, 240, WindowFlags.Hidden) Local appearTimer:Timer=New Timer(1, Lambda() Self.Visible=True End) End Method OnWindowEvent( event:WindowEvent ) Override Select event.Type Case EventType.WindowClose Self.Visible=False End End End   Function Main() New AppInstance New BigWindow New SmallWindow App.Run() End

Wait for the small window to appear, then try to close it (which should just hide it)
Hidden windows do work if they’re created with ‘WindowFlags.Hidden’, but showing them and then hiding them manually causes the error “Windows cannot be deactivated”

[HezkoreParticipant]

sdl2.SDL_HideWindow( Self.SDLWindow ) and sdl2.SDL_ShowWindow( Self.SDLWindow ) seems to do the trick.
Things get a bit weird at places, and you may need to redraw the window when shown… but overall it works.

[nerobotParticipant]

And… we can use real windows for showing dialogs, and for hints to be able to go beyond the boundaries of main window.

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