2009-02-03, 23:16
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/5836
This patch adds a "fittoscreen" option to advanced settings, which when set true causes XBMC to run with SDL_NOFRAME at the current desktop resolution, ignoring the other screen settings. The advantage of this over SDL_FULLSCREEN is that the mouse is not captured. The mouse grab problem has been discussed
here.
I have only tested the patch with separate screen type dual heading in Linux. I suspect it will work with TwinView/Xinerama/MergedFB also. If <fittoscreen>true</fittoscreen> is set on Mac OSX or Windows, it may cause strange things to happen. This should be easy to address; however I do not have Mac or Windows setup to test changes and I decided to leave the other calls to SDL_SetVideoMode untouched.
The method is a bit heavy handed, but it's a small patch, addresses a real user need (see the forum thread above), and will not have any effect when fittoscreen is unset.
Note: I split part of my patch off as ticket #5834, because it's a bugfix and this ticket is a new feature. Without the other patch, the desktop resolution is set wrong on my second monitor and "fit to screen" makes the window too small.
This patch adds a "fittoscreen" option to advanced settings, which when set true causes XBMC to run with SDL_NOFRAME at the current desktop resolution, ignoring the other screen settings. The advantage of this over SDL_FULLSCREEN is that the mouse is not captured. The mouse grab problem has been discussed
here.
I have only tested the patch with separate screen type dual heading in Linux. I suspect it will work with TwinView/Xinerama/MergedFB also. If <fittoscreen>true</fittoscreen> is set on Mac OSX or Windows, it may cause strange things to happen. This should be easy to address; however I do not have Mac or Windows setup to test changes and I decided to leave the other calls to SDL_SetVideoMode untouched.
The method is a bit heavy handed, but it's a small patch, addresses a real user need (see the forum thread above), and will not have any effect when fittoscreen is unset.
Note: I split part of my patch off as ticket #5834, because it's a bugfix and this ticket is a new feature. Without the other patch, the desktop resolution is set wrong on my second monitor and "fit to screen" makes the window too small.
