Support for multiple windows

[DBLouis]

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I could not find a way to instantiate multiple windows. Is this currently not possible?

[tronical]

It is possible, but it's a little tricky.

Suppose you have MyWindow1 := Window { ... } and MyWindow2 := Window { ... } and want to show them. To overcome #784 you could put say MyWindow2 into a helper crate, build it using build.rs and export it. Then in your main crate you can import MyWindow and then write something like this:

fn main() {
    let my_window_1 = MyWindow1::new();
    let my_window_2 = helper_create::MyWindow2::new();
    my_window_1.show();
    my_window_2.show();
    slint::run_event_loop();
}

I haven't tested this, but this might work as workaround until #784 is resolved.

[ogoffart]

Closing as the main issue is tracked in https://github.com/slint-ui/slint/issues/784

[Davidc2525]

It is possible, but it's a little tricky.

Suppose you have MyWindow1 := Window { ... } and MyWindow2 := Window { ... } and want to show them. To overcome #784 you could put say MyWindow2 into a helper crate, build it using build.rs and export it. Then in your main crate you can import MyWindow and then write something like this:

fn main() {
    let my_window_1 = MyWindow1::new();
    let my_window_2 = helper_create::MyWindow2::new();
    my_window_1.show();
    my_window_2.show();
    slint::run_event_loop();
}

I haven't tested this, but this might work as workaround until #784 is resolved.

I don't know how to do it, can you leave an example?

[Davidc2525]

It is possible, but it's a little tricky.

Suppose you have MyWindow1 := Window { ... } and MyWindow2 := Window { ... } and want to show them. To overcome #784 you could put say MyWindow2 into a helper crate, build it using build.rs and export it. Then in your main crate you can import MyWindow and then write something like this:

fn main() {
    let my_window_1 = MyWindow1::new();
    let my_window_2 = helper_create::MyWindow2::new();
    my_window_1.show();
    my_window_2.show();
    slint::run_event_loop();
}

I haven't tested this, but this might work as workaround until #784 is resolved.

I loved slint until I saw that you can create multiple windows, I tried the popupwindow and it turns out that if you open one popup inside another the app freezes