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Hide desktop window icon from the Dock and adjust window creation parameters #1

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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions choc/gui/choc_DesktopWindow.h
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Expand Up @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ struct DesktopWindow::Pimpl
{
using namespace choc::objc;
CHOC_AUTORELEASE_BEGIN
call<void> (getSharedNSApplication(), "setActivationPolicy:", NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular);
call<void> (getSharedNSApplication(), "setActivationPolicy:", 1); // NSApplicationActivationPolicyAccessory - hides from Dock

window = call<id> (callClass<id> ("NSWindow", "alloc"),
"initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer:",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -765,11 +765,21 @@ struct DesktopWindow::Pimpl
{
Pimpl (DesktopWindow& w, Bounds b) : owner (w)
{
hwnd = windowClass.createWindow (WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 640, 480, this);
hwnd = HWNDHolder (CreateWindowExW (WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW,
windowClass.getClassName(),
L"",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT,
b.width > 0 ? b.width : 640,
b.height > 0 ? b.height : 480,
nullptr, nullptr,
windowClass.moduleHandle,
nullptr));

if (hwnd.hwnd == nullptr)
return;

SetWindowLongPtr (hwnd.hwnd, GWLP_USERDATA, (LONG_PTR) this);
setBounds (b);
ShowWindow (hwnd, SW_SHOW);
UpdateWindow (hwnd);
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