---
name: "SDL_SensorEvent"
section: "3type"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsdl3-doc"
version: "3.2.10+ds-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SDL_SensorEvent"
---

# SDL\_SensorEvent(3type)

Sensor event structure (event.sensor.\*)

## NAME

SDL\_SensorEvent - Sensor event structure (event.sensor.\*)

## HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3/SDL\_events.h

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
```

**typedef struct SDL\_SensorEvent** **{**     **SDL\_EventType type; /\*\*\< SDL\_EVENT\_SENSOR\_UPDATE \*/**     **Uint32 reserved;**     **Uint64 timestamp;   /\*\*\< In nanoseconds, populated using SDL\_GetTicksNS() \*/**     **SDL\_SensorID which; /\*\*\< The instance ID of the sensor \*/**     **float data\[6\];      /\*\*\< Up to 6 values from the sensor - additional values can be queried using SDL\_GetSensorData() \*/**     **Uint64 sensor\_timestamp; /\*\*\< The timestamp of the sensor reading in nanoseconds, not necessarily synchronized with the system clock \*/** **} SDL\_SensorEvent;**

## AVAILABILITY

This struct is available since SDL 3.2.0.