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Multi-monitor Support


Josh

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New commands in Turbo Engine will add better support for multiple monitors. The new Display class lets you iterate through all your monitors:

for (int n = 0; n < CountDisplays(); ++n)
{
	auto display = GetDisplay(n);
	Print(display->GetPosition()); //monitor XY coordinates
	Print(display->GetSize()); //monitor size
	Print(display->GetScale()); //DPI scaling
}

The CreateWindow() function now takes a parameter for the monitor to create the window on / relative to.

auto display = GetDisplay(0);
Vec2 scale = display->GetScale();
auto window = CreateWindow(display, "My Game", 0, 0, 1280.0 * scale.x, 720.0 * scale.y, WINDOW_TITLEBAR | WINDOW_RESIZABLE);

The WINDOW_CENTER style can be used to center the window on one display.

You can use GetDisplay(DISPLAY_PRIMARY) to retrieve the main display. This will be the same as GetDisplay(0) on systems with only one monitor.

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Great start but this is a little confusing to me.  Some questions:

  • What does GetSize return?  Is it the number of pixels across and down on the given monitor (the monitor's resolution)?
  • What does GetPosition return?  What are the XY coordinates on a monitor?  Or, how does the display have a position?
  • How would you make a full screen window over two or more displays of your choice?
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-Yes.

-A monitor has a position relative to the other monitors. They all make up one big virtual screen.

-I’m not sure yet.

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Thanks.

1 hour ago, Josh said:

-A monitor has a position relative to the other monitors. They all make up one big virtual screen.

Ah, makes sense.

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