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Bug 2531

Summary: maximizing and restoring windows don't respect the maximum and minimum sizes
Product: SDL Reporter: Adam M. <adam>
Component: videoAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: 2.0.3   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Windows 7   

Description Adam M. 2014-05-09 23:29:25 UTC 
When setting a maximum size with SDL_SetWindowMaximumSize, the window cannot be programmatically enlarged beyond the size with SDL_SetWindowSize, nor can the user make it larger than that by resizing or maximizing the window. (It is possible to have a maximized window that does not take up the full screen.) However, SDL_MaximizeWindow ignores the limit. This is inconsistent. If it's okay to programmatically make windows larger than the maximum, then SDL_SetWindowSize should not be restricted. If it's not okay, then SDL_MaximizeWindow should be restricted.

Similarly, restoring a window with SDL_RestoreWindow does not respect the minimum size set with SDL_SetWindowMinimumSize.
Comment 1 Sam Lantinga 2017-08-14 13:52:59 UTC 
I agree this is confusing and I'm not sure what the right application behavior is. I typically don't see windows on the OS that are both size limited and allow maximizing. I think the proper behavior is to limit the window size when maximizing (and restoring) but I'm not sure if every platform will let you do that.

This is a duplicate of the more recent bug 3567

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3567 ***