GLUTSETWINDOWTITLE(3)

💖 GLUTSETWINDOWTITLE 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the OpenGLUT manual, section 3, and today's main character is glutSetWindowTitle — the glow-up your window's title bar has been waiting for. ✨

📚 LIBRARY

OpenGLUT — the window module, bb. 🪟

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

#include <openglut.h>

void
glutSetWindowTitle(const char* title);

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🎀 PARAMETERS

• title — the new window title, queen. this is the string that's gonna live up in your title bar. 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so glutSetWindowTitle() requests that the window system change the title of the window. that's it, that's the whole job. 💅

ngl, normally a window system shows a title for every top-level window in the system — like, that little bar up top with the name on it? yeah, that. the initial title gets set when you call glutCreateWindow(). and by means of this function, you can set the titles for your top-level OpenGLUT windows. icon behavior. 🦋

lowkey important caveat though: some window systems just do not provide titles for windows at all?? in which case this function may have no useful effect. it's giving "sent into the void." 💀

and because the effect may be delayed or lost, you should not count on the effect of this function. fr fr. that said, it can be a nice touch to use the window title bar as a one-line status bar in some cases — main character energy for your status updates, honestly. use discretion tho. 🫶

if you just want one title for the window over the window's entire life, you should set it when you open the window with glutCreateWindow(). simple as that, no cap. 🍓

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😭 CAVEATS

okay bestie, read this part. seriously. 🙈

• only for managed, onscreen, top-level windows. that's the vibe check.
• not all window systems display titles. some of them just don't. it's not you, it's them. 💔
• may be ignored or delayed by the window manager. so like... temper your expectations, bb.

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👀 SEE ALSO

• glutCreateWindow(3)
• glutSetIconTitle(3)

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀✨ this one's UNDATED and it came from the UNTITLED() source, so like... no date, no name, just vibes. 💖 go forth and title your windows, you icon. 👑🦋