PlatformCapabilities

Remarks

Every capability here is absent on at least one supported target: a dedicated server has no display, a browser has no native file dialogs, a phone has no free-floating windows, and a Linux box under Wayland cannot position a window at all. Code that needs one asks; code that does not, does not care.

The rule from docs/plan/10 § Cross-platform discipline is that feature detection is always a runtime query with a fallback and never a compile-time branch. This enum is where that rule is cashed in.

Fields and properties (15)

• None

  Nothing — a platform that is only a clock and a file system.

• Windowing

  Windows can be created and will be shown to somebody.

• MultiWindow

  More than one window may exist at a time.

• WindowPositioning

  Window position can be read and set in desktop coordinates.

• DisplayEnumeration

  Displays can be enumerated, with bounds, refresh rates and scale factors.

• Cursor

  The mouse cursor can be hidden, confined, or put into relative mode.

• Clipboard

  The system clipboard is readable and writable.

• NativeDialogs

  Native open/save/folder pickers and message boxes.

• TextInput

  Composed text input with an IME, and an on-screen keyboard where there is one.

• GameControllers

  Gamepads, joysticks and other hot-pluggable input devices.

• Haptics

  At least one input device can produce force feedback.

• PowerInfo

  Battery level, charging state and thermal pressure are reported.

• Suspension

  The process can be suspended and resumed by the OS.

• DragAndDrop

  Files and text can be dropped onto a window.

• GlContext

  Windows can produce an OpenGL context — see IGlContextSource.

Used by (17)

• DesktopGlContextTestsVixen.Platform.Desktop.Tests
• DesktopPlatformVixen.Platform.Desktop
• DesktopPlatformTestsVixen.Platform.Desktop.Tests
• DesktopSupplementTestsVixen.Platform.Desktop.Tests
• HeadlessPlatformVixen.Platform.Headless
• HeadlessPlatformTestsVixen.Platform.Headless.Tests
• IPlatformVixen.Platform
• LinuxPlatformSupplementVixen.Platform.Linux
• MacOSPlatformSupplementVixen.Platform.MacOS
• MacOSSupplementTestsVixen.Platform.MacOS.Tests
• PlatformExtensionsVixen.Platform
• PlatformServicesVixen.Platform
• PlatformWindowHostVixen.Platform.Ui
• PlatformWindowHostTestsVixen.Platform.Ui.Tests
• RecordingSupplementVixen.Platform.Desktop.Tests
• WindowsPlatformSupplementVixen.Platform.Windows
• EditorServicesVixen.Editor.App