close console at the same time as window?

[TheHobHobbit]

so I've got my program working with a console (for debugging information) and the window (for my game) and I've got the basic outline I've found in tutorials and seen in the forums:

while(mainWindow.isOpen()){
sf::Event event;
while (mainWindow.pollEvent(event)){if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed){
mainWindow.close();
}

but I've added "quitEverything = true;" after "mainWindow.close();" to tell the other threads I'm using to terminate. this is all working as intended.

but when hit X to close the window, I have to go manually close the console as well. I know how to get rid of the console altogether, but I kind of need my debug info.

asking because I can't seem to find anything on forums or Google, can I tell the console to close as well when quitEverything is true?

something like

if (quitEverything){sf::Console::close();}  ? does this exist?

I know I can close the console first and they both close, but I often put the game window fullscreen, so it's mildly annoying to close it and then the console as well.

thanks in advance for answers!

[Laurent]

The console should close automatically when your app exits. Have you tried simple examples, and debugged what happens to your threads when you quit? Do they really exit as intended?

[av8r]

Are you using Visual Studio Community 2019?

The console window remains open with this prompt after debugging:

To automatically close the console when debugging stops, enable Tools->Options->Debugging->Automatically close the console when debugging stops.
Press any key to close this window . . .