Centering the dream seeker window in BYOND Discussion

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Dec 28 2011, 12:59 am
Will there be any sort of robust native support for centering the main window?

Thanks
#1 Dec 28 2011, 8:06 pm
You can just create your own method.

Get the user's screen resolution and position your window accordingly.

winset(src, "window", "size=5000x5000") //window will auto-adjust to your screen's resolution
 var
  window_res=winget(src, "window", "size") //get the window's resolution, ex: 1000x500
  res_width=text2num(copytext(window_res, 1, findtext(window_res, "x"))) //get the first portion of the resolution (1000)
  res_height=text2num(copytext(window_res, findtext(window_res, "x") + 1)) //the height portion (500)
 winset(src, "window", "size=[WINDOW_WIDTH]x[WINDOW_HEIGHT]; pos=[(res_width - WINDOW_WIDTH) / 2], [(res_height - WINDOW_HEIGHT) / 2]") //center it


A built-in feature would be nice, but not really necessary.
#2 Dec 28 2011, 10:16 pm
In response to Ruben7 (#1)
Ruben7 wrote:
You can just create your own method.

Get the user's screen resolution and position your window accordingly.

> winset(src, "window", "size=5000x5000") //window will auto-adjust to your screen's resolution
>  var
>   window_res=winget(src, "window", "size") //get the window's resolution, ex: 1000x500
>   res_width=text2num(copytext(window_res, 1, findtext(window_res, "x"))) //get the first portion of the resolution (1000)
>   res_height=text2num(copytext(window_res, findtext(window_res, "x") + 1)) //the height portion (500)
>  winset(src, "window", "size=[WINDOW_WIDTH]x[WINDOW_HEIGHT]; pos=[(res_width - WINDOW_WIDTH) / 2], [(res_height - WINDOW_HEIGHT) / 2]") //center it
>


A built-in feature would be nice, but not really necessary.

cool this works (as long as you remove the space after the comma in the pos= part)...

there's a little flash at the beginning (the window resizing)... im sure this is more evident on older slower machines

so yeah like you said, it would be nice to see this as a built-in feature.
#3 Dec 29 2011, 3:18 am
In response to FIREking (#2)
Set the visibility of the window to false/hidden until you set the position.