NAME¶

SDL_GetScancodeFromKey - Get the scancode corresponding to the given key code according to the current keyboard layout.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_keyboard.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_Scancode SDL_GetScancodeFromKey(SDL_Keycode key, SDL_Keymod *modstate);

DESCRIPTION¶

Note that there may be multiple scancode+modifier states that can generate this keycode, this will just return the first one found.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

key

the desired SDL_Keycode
to query.

modstate

a pointer to the modifier state that would be used when the scancode generates this key, may be NULL.

RETURN VALUE¶

( SDL_Scancode ) Returns the SDL_Scancode

that corresponds to the given SDL_Keycode .

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

SEE ALSO¶

•(3), SDL_GetKeyFromScancode(3), •(3), SDL_GetScancodeName(3)