Declaring SFML Window as a member in a class

[BnMcG]

Hi there,

I'm trying to declare my SFML window as a "class-wide" variable so that I can use it in all of the class' methods (forgive me if this isn't the correct way of doing things, I'm coming from Java!)

I tried adding it as a private variable in my header like so:

private:
        sf::Window windowMenu;

However my program then throws various errors about how Window is non-copyable? Is there any way to declare a window such that its scope is class-wide?

[AlexAUT]

You have to make sure that the class which contains the sf::Window does not get copied too (e.g. define your own copy constructor for the class (or delete it/make it private))

btw: a better thread name would be "Declaring SFML Window as a member in a class" or something like that.

AlexAUT

[BnMcG]

You have to make sure that the class which contains the sf::Window does not get copied too (e.g. define your own copy constructor for the class (or delete it/make it private))

btw: a better thread name would be "Declaring SFML Window as a member in a class" or something like that.

AlexAUT

Thanks! I'll give this a go and report back. I've also updated the title, too.

[BlueCobold]

Your exact problem is that you are copying your class instances somewhere. Either you pass them by value to another function/method or you are assigning it directly to another variable. What you most likely want to use are references. These must be declared explicitly in C++ whereas in Java they are implicitly everywhere (for class types).