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Bug 1479

Summary: Provide an efficient way of using SDL in a GTK/QT/etc. window.
Product: SDL Reporter: rayne <rayneolivetti>
Component: videoAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED ABANDONED QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2 CC: philipp.wiesemann, theicebreaker007
Version: HG 2.0   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   

Description rayne 2012-04-20 05:06:31 UTC 
In SDL 1.2, it can be achieved using the SDL_WINDOWID environment variable  [1], but the trick doesn't seem to be working in SDL 2.

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[1] http://sdl.beuc.net/sdl.wiki/FAQ_GUI
Comment 1 Philipp Wiesemann 2016-07-19 19:22:42 UTC 
In SDL 2.0, SDL_CreateWindowFrom() can be used in some of these cases.
Comment 2 c0d3rguy 2016-10-02 07:22:39 UTC 
I've been working on an SDL_SetWindowParent() implementation, which then could be used in the following way:

window = SDL_CreateWindow(..., SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS | SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN | SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL);
SDL_SetWindowParent(window, (void *) PARENT_HWND);
SDL_ShowWindow(window);

The PARENT_HWND is the "actual" OS specific window handle or id, similar to what one would pass to SDL_CreateWindowFrom().

I have a basic "proof of concept" working already and I intend to submit a patch sometime soon.
Comment 3 Ryan C. Gordon 2018-08-06 21:20:20 UTC 
Hello, and sorry if you're getting dozens of copies of this message by email.

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