Narrow Windows Borders with SDL and D

Kapps opantm2+spam at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 19:02:04 PDT 2012


On Monday, 25 June 2012 at 18:08:09 UTC, Bernard Helyer wrote:
> Perhaps someone more Windows savvy than I can figure this 
> mystery out. When creating windows through SDL via D, the 
> windows created -- when viewed with Windows Classic, Aero 
> Basic, or Luna (on XP) -- have minimal border padding, like so:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/48atZ.png (basic)
> http://i.imgur.com/47R38.png (classic)
>
> and looking hale and healthy
>
> http://i.imgur.com/xNchn.png (aero)
>
> Now. I seem to dimly recall that this has something to do with 
> the window style -- but AFAIK that shouldn't change because 
> SDL's code doesn't change in this instance. So could OPTLINK 
> have some influence on such things? Aside from that it works 
> fine, so it's just an aesthetic matter -- and not a huge one as 
> it looks fine with full Aero.

I can't find the post that I'm thinking of, but I remember this 
being discussed before. Essentially, it's something with Optlink 
that you can disable that makes Windows think it should use 
outdated styles.


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