Qt Console Application Window Resizeable
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wrote on 8 May 2016, 02:25 last edited by
Hello,
I am trying to make the console application window be resizeable or at least be able to adjust the width as it currently only allows adjustable height -
Hello,
I am trying to make the console application window be resizeable or at least be able to adjust the width as it currently only allows adjustable heightwrote on 8 May 2016, 02:38 last edited byHi! Your console application runs within your operating system's terminal emulator. The window is owned by the terminal emulator. Your program can do nothing about it.
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wrote on 8 May 2016, 03:53 last edited by DannyL408 5 Aug 2016, 03:53
What would be the simplest way to be able to resize a Console application in windows then?
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wrote on 8 May 2016, 03:59 last edited by
Just to be sure what we are talking about: You want to resize a window of cmd.exe?
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wrote on 8 May 2016, 04:18 last edited by
@DannyL408 said:
What would be the simplest way to be able to resize a Console application in windows then?
You can wrap it in a Windows cmd script, that does something like:
mode con:cols=140 lines=70 my-console-app.exeIf you need to do it within the console application itself, you'll need to use Microsoft's Console Functions (obviously not portable), such as SetConsoleScreenBufferSize.
Some further reading:
- How to change Screen buffer size in Windows Command Prompt from batch script (Stack Overflow)
- CMD: Set buffer height independently of window height (Stack Overflow)
- tenox7/cmdmax/cmdmax.c (github)
Good luck.
Cheers.
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Just to be sure what we are talking about: You want to resize a window of cmd.exe?
wrote on 8 May 2016, 05:57 last edited by@Wieland
I have Qt basic console application in release mode with the .exe that i would like to have a wider window with -
@DannyL408 said:
What would be the simplest way to be able to resize a Console application in windows then?
You can wrap it in a Windows cmd script, that does something like:
mode con:cols=140 lines=70 my-console-app.exeIf you need to do it within the console application itself, you'll need to use Microsoft's Console Functions (obviously not portable), such as SetConsoleScreenBufferSize.
Some further reading:
- How to change Screen buffer size in Windows Command Prompt from batch script (Stack Overflow)
- CMD: Set buffer height independently of window height (Stack Overflow)
- tenox7/cmdmax/cmdmax.c (github)
Good luck.
Cheers.
Lifetime Qt Championwrote on 8 May 2016, 07:48 last edited by mrjj 5 Aug 2016, 07:50Hi starting your .exe with a bat file as @Paul-Colby mentions is the fastest
way to a bigger window.
Tested on win 10.
Not sure on win 7 as console window
had strict ideas about available sizes :) -
wrote on 8 May 2016, 18:15 last edited by
It seems i can just go to the properties of the .exe and edit the "layout"
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@DannyL408
Cool, where do u see such option ?
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