- Closes#18610
This PR addresses the same issue as PR #18578. After a full day of
research and testing, I believe I’ve found the best solution to resolve
this issue. With this PR, the window creation behavior on Windows
becomes more consistent with macOS:
- When `params.show` is `true`: The window is created and immediately
displayed.
- When `params.show` is `false`: The window is created but remains
hidden until the first call to `activate_window`.
As I mentioned in #18578, `winit` creates hidden windows by setting the
window's `exstyle` to `WS_EX_NOACTIVATE | WS_EX_TRANSPARENT |
WS_EX_LAYERED | WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW`, which is different from the method
used in this PR. Here, the window is created with normal parameters, but
we do not call `ShowWindow` so the window is not shown.
I'm not sure why `winit` doesn't use a smilliar approach like this PR to
create hidden windows. My guess is that `winit` is creating this hidden
window to function as a "DispatchWindow" — serving a purpose similar to
`WindowsPlatform` in `zed`. To ensure the window stays hidden even if
`ShowWindow` is called, they use the `exstyle` approach.
With the method used in this PR, my initial tests haven't revealed any
issues.
Release Notes:
- N/A