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

SDL_GetWindowFromID

Get a window from a stored ID.

Header File

Defined in SDL_video.h

Syntax

SDL_Window * SDL_GetWindowFromID(Uint32 id);

Function Parameters

Return Value

Returns the window associated with id or NULL if it doesn't exist; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

The numeric ID is what SDL_WindowEvent references, and is necessary to map these events to specific SDL_Window objects.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

• SDL_GetWindowID

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo