How to make a nice snapped mode in Windows 8?

Hello,

I'm using the latest beta release of Construct 2 and I'm wondering how to handle snapped mode. As it is now the game is just letterboxed with huge black spaces above and under. This is not optimal and what I want is for the game to be paused and a screen showing up (that takes upp all the height of the snapped mode, preferably in metro style) that says the game is paused with a button to make it fullscreen again. Is this possible with the official Windows 8 implementation? I saw the "on viewstate snapped" event and "try unsnap" action but I'm not sure how to use them correctly. I suspect I might have to combine those with a css media query, right?

If you want to pause the game, when snapped, just set the timescale to 0 and display a hidden layer saying something like "Paused". When unsnapped set the timescale back to 1 and hide the layer again.

Thanks for the fast answer, but how would I make the hidden layer take upp the full height of the snapped mode?

It's difficult in letterbox mode unless you just use straightforward scale mode and implement the letterboxing yourself. The easiest thing to do is just let it remain letterboxed.

Oh I see, thank you.