NAME¶

SDL_HINT_VIDEO_DRIVER - A variable that specifies a video backend to use.

HEADER FILE¶

Defined in SDL3/SDL_hints.h

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

#define SDL_HINT_VIDEO_DRIVER SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER"

DESCRIPTION¶

By default, SDL will try all available video backends in a reasonable order until it finds one that can work, but this hint allows the app or user to force a specific target, such as "x11" if, say, you are on Wayland but want to try talking to the X server instead.

This hint should be set before SDL is initialized.

AVAILABILITY¶

This hint is available since SDL 3.1.3.