rust-windowing / rust-windowing/winit
Support querying the current video mode
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- Rust
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Description
It seems like this was discussed initially when exclusive full screen was added but it doesn't appear to have been implemented yet. This would be really helpful for selecting a default video mode.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked discussion in pull request #925, then inspect winit's existing exclusive-fullscreen and video-mode handling. The issue is done when callers can query the current video mode and use it to select a default mode, with behavior covered across the relevant supported platforms.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100