Removing the maximize button from a window created using glfw

Question

How do you remove the maximize button from a window created usingg the glfwopenWindow functionn call ?

Currently, what I'm doing is:

windowHandle = GetForegroundWindow();
long Style = GetWindowLong(windowHandle, GWL_STYLE);
Style ^= WS_MAXIMIZEBOX;
SetWindowLong(windowHandle, GWL_STYLE, WS_MAXIMIZEBOX);

Where, I get the window handle and then toggle the maximize bit. Then I re-apply the window style. But this doesn't work an it makes the window completely blank without any buttons or title bar. is there anyway to remove the maximize button. I dont want to change the window size whenever the resize function is called

Answer 1

you code is bugged, as you don't pass back the old style, thus clearing all the style flags except WS_MAXIMIZEBOX, it should read:

windowHandle = GetForegroundWindow();
long Style = GetWindowLong(windowHandle, GWL_STYLE);
Style &= ~WS_MAXIMIZEBOX; //this makes it still work when WS_MAXIMIZEBOX is actually already toggled off
SetWindowLong(windowHandle, GWL_STYLE, Style);

also, you should really use the GetWindowlongPtr based functions if you plan on any future x64 compatability