Broadcast window mode changes

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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
rust
Domain
desktop, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing resize events and WindowEvent API, then compare how fullscreen, maximized, and minimized state changes are observed across supported platforms. Define how state changes should be bundled with resize events and what the public WindowAttrs representation should contain; done means applications can reliably react to these transitions.

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C - needs discussion S - api

When the widnow changes state, like it goes fullscreen, maximized, etc, winit should broadcast window state. I'd suggest to bundle it with resize events, and probably rename it.

pub struct WindowAttrs {
  maximized: bool,
  fullscreen: bool,
  minimized: bool,
}

enum WindowEvent {
  Configure(size: PhysicalSize<u32>, attrs: WindowAttrs)
}

This api is essential to know when the window gets fullscreened and disable things like opacity or change buttons if they're drawn by the window. Also the app could change layout in fullscreen (hide status bar, like browser).

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