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SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode(3)

NAME

SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode - Get information about the desktop's display mode.

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
const SDL_DisplayMode* SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode(SDL_DisplayID displayID);

DESCRIPTION

There's a difference between this function and

SDL_GetCurrentDisplayMode () when SDL runs fullscreen and has changed the resolution. In that case this function will return the previous native display mode, and not the current display mode.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

the instance ID of the display to query

RETURN VALUE

Returns a pointer to the desktop display mode or NULL on error; call

SDL_GetError () for more information.

AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO

SDL_GetCurrentDisplayMode(3), SDL_GetDisplays(3)

SDL 3.1.0 SDL