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

SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver

Get the name of the currently initialized video driver.

Header File

Defined in SDL_video.h

Syntax

const char* SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver(void);

Return Value

Returns the name of the current video driver or NULL if no driver has been initialized.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

• SDL_GetNumVideoDrivers
• SDL_GetVideoDriver

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo