[Wish] Borderless Window Mode
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:25 am
A bit of a low-priority feature, but it would be nice to have Windowed mode without borders as an option alongside Fullscreen and Windowed mode
Don't quote me on any of the following... It has been a while since I programmed with DirectX. The last version I could even get to work, with VB6, was DX-10. But that was back when windows-10 first came out.
I would second this option, as it is more multi-screen friendly, and allows the user to ALT-TAB with better ability and control. I believe it is also faster than exclusive dedicated full-screen, which, I believe is now 100% emulated in win-10 and higher.
For various windows-control purposes, I think this is standard for DX-10 and higher. I think DX-9 was the last version that truly even allowed a real "dedicated full-screen" mode. I think DX-10/11 used an emulated "exclusive mode", which was really "windowed borderless", but in a virtual-space or some old WDM garbage. Now, with DX being PART of windows, 100%, WDM really controls every DX aspect. (Unless you are explicitly ONLY using DX-9, which still has that mode, which may still be emulated on win-10+, but actually real on anything lower than windows-10. Due to compatibility with all the older games.)