SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver(3)

SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver3

Get the name of the currently initialized video driver.

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

const char * SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver(void);

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_video.h

Overview

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.

From libsdl3-doc 3.2.10+ds-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.