NAME¶

SDL_GL_CreateContext - Create an OpenGL context for an OpenGL window, and make it current.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_video.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_GLContext SDL_GL_CreateContext(SDL_Window *window);

DESCRIPTION¶

Windows users new to OpenGL should note that, for historical reasons, GL functions added after OpenGL version 1.1 are not available by default. Those functions must be loaded at run-time, either with an OpenGL extension-handling library or with

SDL_GL_GetProcAddress () and its related functions.

SDL_GLContext
is opaque to the application.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

window

the window to associate with the context.

RETURN VALUE¶

( SDL_GLContext ) Returns the OpenGL context associated with window or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError () for more information.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_GL_DestroyContext(3), •(3), SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(3)