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Péter Trombitás
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Reputation: 39

SDL1.2, Window in another window

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 here and developing an SDL1.2 app in c++. What I would like to achieve is that the user could open like a "Preferences" window or something from the "Main" window (both window should have a titlebar etc). I'd also like to have this program be able to run cross-platform, and SDL2 is not an option, either.

Is this achievable in any way? What I could think of so far is writing another SDL program that will be called from inside the 'main' program, but that would include some system() calls, and anyways, it's not the best solution IMO.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 505

Answers (1)

Collin Dauphinee
Collin Dauphinee

Reputation: 14003

SDL only supports a single window. If you upgrade to SDL2, it supports multiple windows, though you can't put one window inside of another window.

If you want this functionality without upgrading, you'll have to render the window-in-a-window yourself.

Upvotes: 1

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