# Sharing OpenGL context

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/sharing-opengl-context/388>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [July 13, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/sharing-opengl-context/388 "2006-07-13T09:58:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/sharing-opengl-context/388/1 "2006-07-13T09:58:10Z")

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**[shadowice](https://sourceforge.net/u/shadowice/)** wrote on [Thursday, July 13, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/e8dd29fc/#23a2):

I’m currently using fltk to create an OpenGL window, but I would also like to use some of the GLFW features (especially for extensions). Is there any way to give the GL context to GLFW? Or any workaround?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/glfw/original/1X/b8cdefe6b61b8d5aee6c43b2c56e9cf5eabecfe4.svg) [@system](https://discourse.glfw.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/sharing-opengl-context/388/2 "2006-08-16T00:54:43Z")

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**[elmindreda](https://sourceforge.net/u/elmindreda/)** wrote on [Wednesday, August 16, 2006](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/e8dd29fc/#23a2/61d1):

GLFW doesn’t play well with UI toolkits, and isn’t designed to do so. A better way for you to get portable access to extensions whilst using FLTK would be to use GLEW[1].

[1] [http://glew.sourceforge.net/](http://glew.sourceforge.net/)