How to catch window resize event

[greenya]

Hello.

When we create device in window mode, and do device.SetWindowResize(true), we get resize-able window. But how to catch the event when the window actually resized, so we can react properly if needed?

The only way i currently found is:

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// somewhere in device' event handling routine:

			if (evnt.Type == EventType.Log)
			{
				// we check for log message like "Resizing window (640 480)"
				string b = "Resizing window (";
				string s = evnt.Log.Text;
				if (s.StartsWith(b))
				{
					s = s.Substring(b.Length, s.Length - b.Length - 1);
					string[] v = s.Split(' ');
					int w = int.Parse(v[0]);
					int h = int.Parse(v[1]);
					// HERE WE KNOW THAT WINDOW HAS BEEN RESIZED TO w x h
				}
			}

or another way: check device.VideoDriver.ScreenSize in main loop each time after device.Run().

I don't know which method is better, they both looks to me quite ugly

Please, let me know is there any other way to catch the moment when user has changed window size.

[Iyad]

If I was you, i would simply check out if the window size has been changed each loop. I looked quickly at the irrlicht api and I didnt find anything related. Yes it may look ugly, but its a really simple solution.

[Lonesome Ducky]

I agree with Iyad, it sounds to be the best solution. If you're on Windows, you can always check for the Windows event.

[hybrid]

This is why we want to create the system events, which would cover issues like this. It's indeed currrently not possible besides the mentioned two ways.