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SDL_GetKeyboards(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_GetKeyboards(3)

NAME

SDL_GetKeyboards - Get a list of currently connected keyboards.

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
SDL_KeyboardID* SDL_GetKeyboards(int *count);

DESCRIPTION

Note that this will include any device or virtual driver that includes keyboard functionality, including some mice, KVM switches, motherboard power buttons, etc. You should wait for input from a device before you consider it actively in use.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

a pointer filled in with the number of keyboards returned

RETURN VALUE

Returns a 0 terminated array of keyboards instance IDs which should be freed with SDL_free (), or NULL on error; call

SDL_GetError () for more details.

AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO

SDL_GetKeyboardInstanceName(3), SDL_HasKeyboard(3)

SDL 3.1.0 SDL