C Specification

To acquire exclusive full-screen access for a swapchain, call:

// Provided by VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
VkResult vkAcquireFullScreenExclusiveModeEXT(
    VkDevice                                    device,
    VkSwapchainKHR                              swapchain);

Parameters

  • device is the device associated with swapchain.

  • swapchain is the swapchain to acquire exclusive full-screen access for.

Description

Valid Usage

  • VUID-vkAcquireFullScreenExclusiveModeEXT-swapchain-02674
    swapchain must not be in the retired state

  • VUID-vkAcquireFullScreenExclusiveModeEXT-swapchain-02675
    swapchain must be a swapchain created with a VkSurfaceFullScreenExclusiveInfoEXT structure, with fullScreenExclusive set to VK_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_APPLICATION_CONTROLLED_EXT

  • VUID-vkAcquireFullScreenExclusiveModeEXT-swapchain-02676
    swapchain must not currently have exclusive full-screen access

A return value of VK_SUCCESS indicates that the swapchain successfully acquired exclusive full-screen access. The swapchain will retain this exclusivity until either the application releases exclusive full-screen access with vkReleaseFullScreenExclusiveModeEXT, destroys the swapchain, or if any of the swapchain commands return VK_ERROR_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_MODE_LOST_EXT indicating that the mode was lost because of platform-specific changes.

If the swapchain was unable to acquire exclusive full-screen access to the display then VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED is returned. An application can attempt to acquire exclusive full-screen access again for the same swapchain even if this command fails, or if VK_ERROR_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_MODE_LOST_EXT has been returned by a swapchain command.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkAcquireFullScreenExclusiveModeEXT-device-parameter
    device must be a valid VkDevice handle

  • VUID-vkAcquireFullScreenExclusiveModeEXT-swapchain-parameter
    swapchain must be a valid VkSwapchainKHR handle

  • VUID-vkAcquireFullScreenExclusiveModeEXT-swapchain-parent
    swapchain must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from device

Return Codes
On success, this command returns

  • VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED

  • VK_ERROR_SURFACE_LOST_KHR

See Also

VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive, VkDevice, VkSwapchainKHR

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

Copyright

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