[Lazarus] GetWindowSize misleading documentation or bug?

[Luca Olivetti]

El 26/09/14 22:45, Luca Olivetti ha escrit:
> El 26/09/14 20:47, Giuliano Colla ha escrit:
> 
>> I was too hasty in my reply. After some tests here are the results:
> 
> Yes, I was puzzled when you said it didn't work in an xp vm, since
> that's exactly the configuration I tested
> 
>>
>> GetWindowSize returns the window client area in all platforms.
>>
>> GetWindowRect here returns the full window area (decoration and borders
>> included) in all the configurations tested:
>>
>> Windows XP running in a VM under Linux, with Lazarus 1.2.4
>> Linux CentOs 6, Gtk2 and Qt, desktop KDE and XFce, Lazarus 1.2.2 and
>> Lazarus 1.3 (trunk)
> 
> Strange, on mageia 4, kde, lazarus 1.2.4 it doesn't work. What I'm
> trying to do is to tile windows one next to the other. Using
> GetWindowRect under windows I can do it properly, while on linux gtk the
> windows overlap (i.e. with this layout
> 
> 
>      A  B  C
>      D  E
> 
> A overlaps D and B overlaps E, the amount of overlap seems to be equal
> to the height of the title bar).

Oh, and there's also a slight overlap between A-B, B-C and D-E


> 
> 
>>
>> Apparently the documentation isn't accurate, and there's a mix-up of the
>> two functions
> 
> So in theory GetWindowRect is the "right" function while GetWindowSize
> is redundant (since there's already width and height)?
> 
> 
> Bye
> 


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