SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver - Man Page

Get the name of the currently initialized video driver.

Header File

Defined in SDL3/SDL_video.h

Synopsis

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

const char * SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver(void);

Description

The names of drivers are all simple, low-ASCII identifiers, like "cocoa", "x11" or "windows". These never have Unicode characters, and are not meant to be proper names.

Return Value

Returns the name of the current video driver or NULL if no driver has been initialized.

Thread Safety

This function should only be called on the main thread.

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

See Also

·(3), SDL_GetNumVideoDrivers(3), ·(3), SDL_GetVideoDriver(3)

Info

SDL 3.2.2 Simple Directmedia Layer SDL3 FUNCTIONS