You can easily grab the handle of the Window using a single function inside SDL. Please note, I don’t recommend you do this unless you really need to do something OS specific. This will almost certainly break cross-platform compatibility.
SDL_SysWMinfo SysInfo; //Will hold our Window information
SDL_VERSION(&SysInfo.version); //Set SDL version
if(SDL_GetWMInfo(&SysInfo) <= 0) {
printf("%s : %d\n", SDL_GetError(), SysInfo.window);
return false;
}
HWND WindowHandle = SysInfo.window; //There it is, Win32 handle
SDL_VERSION(&SysInfo.version); //Set SDL version
if(SDL_GetWMInfo(&SysInfo) <= 0) {
printf("%s : %d\n", SDL_GetError(), SysInfo.window);
return false;
}
HWND WindowHandle = SysInfo.window; //There it is, Win32 handle
You can check out the other possible values to grab here:
http://sdl.beuc.net/sdl.wiki/SDL_SysWMInfo
If this is something you want to do, but you still want your game/application to be cross platform, then you can use pre-processor directives:
#ifdef __WIN32__
HWND WindowHandle = SysInfo.window; //Win32 window handle
#else
Window WindowHandle = SysInfo.window; //X11 window handle
#endif
HWND WindowHandle = SysInfo.window; //Win32 window handle
#else
Window WindowHandle = SysInfo.window; //X11 window handle
#endif
Note: This might be useful if you are making an application that you want to sit in the tray, or you want the window to dock (just a few examples).
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