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Edited by ZBethel, 22 July 2012 - 01:18 PM.
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Unexpected behavior with ALT-TAB in Fullscreen Mode (DXGI)
Started by ZBethel, Jul 22 2012 01:17 PM
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Posted 22 July 2012 - 01:17 PM
I am setting my DirectX11 application to run in fullscreen mode when I create the swap chain. This works fine until I ALT-TAB to minimize. All it does is undo the fullscreen mode and place the window in the background (i.e. not minimized, just a background window). Maximizing the window or refocusing the window doesn't cause it to switch back to fullscreen mode. Does DXGI expect me to do something that I'm not? I've read the MSDN documentation online and it doesn't explain how to handle this case.
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Posted 22 July 2012 - 06:24 PM
ALT-TAB doesn't minimise anything. It simply swaps focus from one window to another.
If that other window isn't using fullscreen mode, Windows HAS to go into non-fullscreen mode - it has no choice.
When your app gets foreground status it's up to you to do whatever is necessary (ie switching back to fullscreen mode).
If that other window isn't using fullscreen mode, Windows HAS to go into non-fullscreen mode - it has no choice.
When your app gets foreground status it's up to you to do whatever is necessary (ie switching back to fullscreen mode).
