(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_CreateWindowFrom

Create an SDL window from an existing native window.

Header File

Defined in SDL_video.h

Syntax

SDL_Window * SDL_CreateWindowFrom(const void *data);

Function Parameters

data a pointer to driver-dependent window creation data, typically your native window cast to a void*

Return Value

Returns the window that was created or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

In some cases (e.g. OpenGL) and on some platforms (e.g. Microsoft Windows) the hint SDL_HINT_VIDEO_WINDOW_SHARE_PIXEL_FORMAT needs to be configured before using SDL_CreateWindowFrom().

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo