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

SDL_GetVideoDriver

Get the name of a built in video driver.

Header File

Defined in SDL_video.h

Syntax

const char* SDL_GetVideoDriver(int index);

Function Parameters

Return Value

Returns the name of the video driver with the given index.

Remarks

The video drivers are presented in the order in which they are normally checked during initialization.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

• SDL_GetNumVideoDrivers

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo