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.TH SDL_GL_CreateContext 3 "SDL 3.1.0" "SDL" "SDL3 FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
SDL_GL_CreateContext \- Create an OpenGL context for an OpenGL window, and make it current\[char46]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include \(dqSDL3/SDL.h\(dq
.PP
.BI "SDL_GLContext SDL_GL_CreateContext(SDL_Window *window);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Windows users new to OpenGL should note that, for historical reasons, GL
functions added after OpenGL version 1\[char46]1 are not available by default\[char46]
Those functions must be loaded at run-time, either with an OpenGL
extension-handling library or with

.BR SDL_GL_GetProcAddress
() and its related functions\[char46]


.BR SDL_GLContext
 is an alias for
.BR void *
\[char46] It's opaque to the
application\[char46]

.SH FUNCTION PARAMETERS
.TP
.I window
the window to associate with the context
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns the OpenGL context associated with
.BR window
or NULL on error; call

.BR SDL_GetError
() for more details\[char46]

.SH AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL 3\[char46]0\[char46]0\[char46]

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR SDL_GL_DeleteContext (3),
.BR SDL_GL_MakeCurrent (3)