How can i maximize a Tk application on win32 ?

[Vennis]

I want my Tk application to be maximized.
(That is not screensize resized, i found that already)

Has anyone succeeded on this ?

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[kschwab]

You are probably looking for Tk::Wm, which came with Tk. See: the docs.

In particular, have a look at the geometry and maxsize methods. You may also end up needing the iconify method.

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[eserte]

Win32::API's ShowWindow provides access to the Win32 native API function which does this.

I might suggest the Win32Util module; it has a maximize function which conveniently tries to maximize in one of two ways: using ShowWindow if Win32::API is installed, or, as a fallback, resizing the window to the screen size.

[schweini]

it's not really maximized, but kinda does the trick for me:


(my $xres, my $yres) = $mainwin->maxsize;

$mainwin->geometry("=".$xres."x".$yres);

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[Mr. Muskrat]

I don't remember where I found this snippet but here goes:

$mw->geometry($mw->screenwidth . "x" . $mw->screenheight . "+0+0");

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[kelan]

I don't think it's possible through Tk. Being maximized or not isn't a property of the application, it's a property of the window, and windows are "owned" by the GUI (Windows), not by the application (Tk).

I think you'd have to find some way to send a maximization request to the GUI so that it will maximize the window for you. Something somewhere in the Win32 modules might have something you could use.

Update: My intuition was right, but eserte provided the concrete answer.

[Anonymous Monk]

I have found a bizarre way of getting around... here it goes, instead of writing :: $mw->geometry($mw->screenwidth . "x" . $mw->screenheight . "+0+0");

go for ::

$mw->geometry($mw->screenwidth . "x" . $mw->screenheight . "-0-0");




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