utility function to find the biggest area: BKE_screen_find_big_area(...), was being done with static functions that were copied about.

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_screen.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_screen.h
index 5b6d7e3cd96..77a351d534e 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_screen.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_screen.h
@@ -34,22 +34,23 @@
  */
 
 struct ARegion;
-struct bContext;
-struct bContextDataResult;
-struct bScreen;
-struct ListBase;
-struct Panel;
 struct Header;
+struct ListBase;
 struct Menu;
+struct Panel;
+struct Scene;
 struct ScrArea;
 struct SpaceType;
-struct Scene;
+struct View3D;
+struct bContext;
+struct bContextDataResult;
+struct bScreen;
+struct uiLayout;
+struct uiMenuItem;
+struct wmKeyConfig;
 struct wmNotifier;
 struct wmWindow;
 struct wmWindowManager;
-struct wmKeyConfig;
-struct uiLayout;
-struct uiMenuItem;
 
 #include "RNA_types.h"
 
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ void	BKE_area_region_free(struct SpaceType *st, struct ARegion *ar);
 void	BKE_screen_area_free(struct ScrArea *sa);
 
 struct ARegion *BKE_area_find_region_type(struct ScrArea *sa, int type);
+struct ScrArea *BKE_screen_find_big_area(struct bScreen *sc, const int spacetype, const short min);
 
 void BKE_screen_view3d_sync(struct View3D *v3d, struct Scene *scene);
 void BKE_screen_view3d_scene_sync(struct bScreen *sc);
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/screen.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/screen.c
index 02e6fe945f3..b7f49bbab47 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/screen.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/screen.c
@@ -351,6 +351,29 @@ ARegion *BKE_area_find_region_type(ScrArea *sa, int type)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* note, using this function is generally a last resort, you really want to be
+ * using the context when you can - campbell
+ * -1 for any type */
+struct ScrArea *BKE_screen_find_big_area(struct bScreen *sc, const int spacetype, const short min)
+{
+	ScrArea *sa, *big= NULL;
+	int size, maxsize= 0;
+
+	for(sa= sc->areabase.first; sa; sa= sa->next) {
+		if ((spacetype == -1) || sa->spacetype == spacetype) {
+			if (min >= sa->winx && min >= sa->winy) {
+				size= sa->winx*sa->winy;
+				if (size > maxsize) {
+					maxsize= size;
+					big= sa;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return big;
+}
+
 void BKE_screen_view3d_sync(struct View3D *v3d, struct Scene *scene)
 {
 	int bit;