VideoMode taking XY positions

[slotdev]

Hi

I'd like to request that a VideoMode's constructor be modified to take an xy position, with a default parameter of 0,0 (?). On certain hardware platforms we use, we cannot open a window, and then move it using setPosition. So we have had to modify SFML to create a window at its final position, which others may find useful too.

e.g. in VideoMode.cpp

VideoMode::VideoMode(int xPos, int yPos, unsigned int modeWidth, unsigned int modeHeight, unsigned int modeBitsPerPixel) :
XPos            (xPos),
YPos            (yPos),
width       (modeWidth),
height      (modeHeight),
bitsPerPixel(modeBitsPerPixel)
{
}
 

and in WindowImplWin32.cpp constructor:

    int left   = mode.XPos;
    int top    = mode.YPos;
 

[Laurent]

This has already been requested before, and is more or less planned for a future version. However the position of the window has nothing to do with the video mode

What I had in mind was to allow calling sf::Window's functions before creating it (in this case, calling Window::setPosition), and to use all the stored properties when Window::create is called. This would also solve another problem (inconsistency of window state when calling Window::create again).

[slotdev]

Sounds good to me!