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SDL_HINT_TRACKPAD_IS_TOUCH_ONLY(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_HINT_TRACKPAD_IS_TOUCH_ONLY(3)

NAME

SDL_HINT_TRACKPAD_IS_TOUCH_ONLY - A variable controlling whether trackpads should be treated as touch devices.

SYNOPSIS

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>
#define SDL_HINT_TRACKPAD_IS_TOUCH_ONLY "SDL_TRACKPAD_IS_TOUCH_ONLY"

DESCRIPTION

On macOS (and possibly other platforms in the future), SDL will report touches on a trackpad as mouse input, which is generally what users expect from this device; however, these are often actually full multitouch-capable touch devices, so it might be preferable to some apps to treat them as such.

The variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Trackpad will send mouse events. (default)

• "1": Trackpad will send touch events.

This hint should be set before SDL is initialized.

AVAILABILITY

This hint is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SDL 3.2.22 Simple Directmedia Layer