From 84fe074d06e66c84e6f7bf6464c5ecd5adf61f81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sasha Szpakowski <slime73@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:32:35 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] vulkan+windows: tell the driver we don't want exclusive
 fullscreen, when in desktop-fullscreen mode.

---
 src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp    | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++
 src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h      |  4 ++
 src/modules/graphics/vulkan/VulkanWrapper.h |  6 +++
 3 files changed, 70 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
index 5767d78d7..04a1254f1 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,24 @@ VmaAllocator Graphics::getVmaAllocator() const
 	return vmaAllocator;
 }
 
+// Calling Window::getSettings is the correct abstracted way to do this, but
+// it also does a bunch more work which we want to avoid.
+static bool isWindowFullscreenExclusive()
+{
+	auto window = Module::getInstance<love::window::Window>(Module::M_WINDOW);
+	if (window == nullptr)
+		return false;
+
+	SDL_Window *handle = (SDL_Window *)window->getHandle();
+	if (handle == nullptr)
+		return false;
+
+	if ((SDL_GetWindowFlags(handle) & SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN) != SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN)
+		return false;
+
+	return SDL_GetWindowFullscreenMode(handle) != nullptr;
+}
+
 static void checkOptionalInstanceExtensions(OptionalInstanceExtensions& ext)
 {
 	uint32_t count;
@@ -592,6 +610,21 @@ void Graphics::present(void *screenshotCallbackdata)
 		}
 	}
 
+#ifdef VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
+	if (optionalDeviceExtensions.fullscreenExclusive)
+	{
+		// TODO: We really don't want to query this every frame, it has performance
+		// costs including calling into system code. But SDL doesn't yet provide an
+		// event for it: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/15850
+		bool fullscreenExclusive = isWindowFullscreenExclusive();
+		if (windowIsFullscreenExclusive != fullscreenExclusive)
+		{
+			windowIsFullscreenExclusive = fullscreenExclusive;
+			requestSwapchainRecreation();
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (result == VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR || result == VK_SUBOPTIMAL_KHR || swapChainRecreationRequested)
 	{
 		swapChainRecreationRequested = false;
@@ -1783,6 +1816,10 @@ static void findOptionalDeviceExtensions(VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice, Option
 			optionalDeviceExtensions.shaderFloatControls = true;
 		if (strcmp(extension.extensionName, VK_KHR_SPIRV_1_4_EXTENSION_NAME) == 0)
 			optionalDeviceExtensions.spirv14 = true;
+#ifdef VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
+		if (strcmp(extension.extensionName, VK_EXT_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_EXTENSION_NAME) == 0)
+			optionalDeviceExtensions.fullscreenExclusive = true;
+#endif
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1845,6 +1882,10 @@ void Graphics::createLogicalDevice()
 		enabledExtensions.push_back(VK_KHR_SHADER_FLOAT_CONTROLS_EXTENSION_NAME);
 	if (optionalDeviceExtensions.spirv14)
 		enabledExtensions.push_back(VK_KHR_SPIRV_1_4_EXTENSION_NAME);
+#ifdef VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
+	if (optionalDeviceExtensions.fullscreenExclusive)
+		enabledExtensions.push_back(VK_EXT_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_EXTENSION_NAME);
+#endif
 	if (deviceApiVersion >= VK_API_VERSION_1_1)
 		enabledExtensions.push_back(VK_KHR_BIND_MEMORY_2_EXTENSION_NAME);
 
@@ -2023,6 +2064,25 @@ void Graphics::createSwapChain()
 		createInfo.clipped = VK_TRUE;
 		createInfo.oldSwapchain = swapChain;
 
+#ifdef VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
+		VkSurfaceFullScreenExclusiveInfoEXT exclusiveInfo = {};
+		exclusiveInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SURFACE_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_INFO_EXT;
+
+		if (optionalDeviceExtensions.fullscreenExclusive)
+		{
+			// This should in theory help Windows graphics drivers avoid treating
+			// desktop-fullscreen like exclusive-fullscreen, which should reduce
+			// issues with programs that interact with the window (e.g. screen recorders).
+			windowIsFullscreenExclusive = isWindowFullscreenExclusive();
+			if (windowIsFullscreenExclusive)
+				exclusiveInfo.fullScreenExclusive = VK_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_ALLOWED_EXT;
+			else
+				exclusiveInfo.fullScreenExclusive = VK_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_DISALLOWED_EXT;
+
+			createInfo.pNext = &exclusiveInfo;
+		}
+#endif
+
 		VkSwapchainKHR newSwapChain = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 		VkResult result = vkCreateSwapchainKHR(device, &createInfo, nullptr, &newSwapChain);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h
index 33f887379..e8a79d045 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/Graphics.h
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ struct OptionalDeviceExtensions
 
 	// VK_KHR_spirv_1_4
 	bool spirv14 = false;
+
+	// VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
+	bool fullscreenExclusive = false;
 };
 
 struct QueueFamilyIndices
@@ -403,6 +406,7 @@ private:
 	uint32_t imageIndex = 0;
 	uint64 realFrameIndex = 0;
 	bool swapChainRecreationRequested = false;
+	bool windowIsFullscreenExclusive = false;
 	bool transitionColorDepthLayouts = false;
 	VmaAllocator vmaAllocator = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 	StrongRef<love::graphics::Buffer> defaultVertexBuffer;
diff --git a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/VulkanWrapper.h b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/VulkanWrapper.h
index d235dae1c..116b0edd9 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/VulkanWrapper.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphics/vulkan/VulkanWrapper.h
@@ -20,7 +20,13 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include "common/config.h"
+
 #define VK_NO_PROTOTYPES
+#ifdef LOVE_WINDOWS
+	#define VK_USE_PLATFORM_WIN32_KHR
+	#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#endif
 #include "libraries/vulkanheaders/vulkan.h"
 
 #include "libraries/volk/volk.h"