WindowTitle
VTKExamples/Cxx/Visualization/WindowTitle
Description
This example shows how to change the title of the window.
Code
WindowTitle.cxx
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
int main(int, char *[])
{
// Create a sphere
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
sphereSource->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
sphereSource->SetRadius(5.0);
sphereSource->Update();
// Create a mapper and actor
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
mapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
actor->SetMapper(mapper);
// Visualize
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
renderWindow->SetWindowName("Test"); // Set the title
renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
renderer->AddActor(actor);
renderer->SetBackground(1,1,1); // Background color white
renderWindow->Render();
renderWindowInteractor->Start();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
PROJECT(WindowTitle)
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
add_executable(WindowTitle MACOSX_BUNDLE WindowTitle.cxx)
target_link_libraries(WindowTitle ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
Download and Build WindowTitle
Click here to download WindowTitle and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball WindowTitle.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd WindowTitle/build
If VTK is installed:
cmake ..
If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:
cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..
Build the project:
make
and run it:
./WindowTitle
WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.