SDL_GetVideoDriver - Man Page

Get the name of a built in video driver.

Header File

Defined in SDL3/SDL_video.h

Synopsis

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

const char * SDL_GetVideoDriver(int index);

Description

The video drivers are presented in the order in which they are normally checked during initialization.

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.

Function Parameters

index

the index of a video driver.

Return Value

Returns the name of the video driver with the given index .

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)

Referenced By

SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver(3), SDL_GetNumVideoDrivers(3).

SDL 3.2.2 Simple Directmedia Layer SDL3 FUNCTIONS