Using a Resizeable AWT Frame with LWJGL

There are two ways to approach this, the first is an AWT workaround that gets the job done but is not ideal. The second (at the time of writing) is currently available in the nightly builds but not officially released.

AWT Workaround
With this method, an AWT Frame containing a Canvas is used. The AWT Frame provides the native functionality we would expect from a resizeable window, and using some events we can feed LWJGL the size of the Canvas within and adjust the Display accordingly. Credits go to Matthias Mann for his implementation of this in TWL.

Example implementation below: /*  * Copyright (c) 2008-2011, Matthias Mann *  * All rights reserved. *  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: *  *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, *      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. *    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright *      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the *      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. *    * Neither the name of Matthias Mann nor the names of its contributors may *      be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software *      without specific prior written permission. *  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR  * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR   * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF   * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING   * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */  private static boolean closeRequested = false; private final static AtomicReference newCanvasSize = new AtomicReference; /**   * @author Matthias Mann */  public static void main(String[] args) {     Frame frame = new Frame("Test"); frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout); final Canvas canvas = new Canvas; canvas.addComponentListener(new ComponentAdapter {        @Override         public void componentResized(ComponentEvent e)         { newCanvasSize.set(canvas.getSize); }      }); frame.addWindowFocusListener(new WindowAdapter {        @Override         public void windowGainedFocus(WindowEvent e)         { canvas.requestFocusInWindow; }      }); frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter {        @Override         public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)         { closeRequested = true; }      }); frame.add(canvas, BorderLayout.CENTER); try { Display.setParent(canvas); Display.setVSyncEnabled(true); frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1024, 786)); frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(800, 600)); frame.pack; frame.setVisible(true); Display.create; LWJGLRenderer renderer = new LWJGLRenderer; Dimension newDim; while(!Display.isCloseRequested && !closeRequested) {           newDim = newCanvasSize.getAndSet(null); if (newDim != null) {              GL11.glViewport(0, 0, newDim.width, newDim.height); renderer.syncViewportSize; }           GL11.glClear(GL11.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); Display.update; }        Display.destroy; frame.dispose; System.exit(0); } catch (LWJGLException e) { e.printStackTrace; } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace; }  }