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

SDL_GetWindowID

Get the numeric ID of a window.

Header File

Defined in SDL_video.h

Syntax

Uint32 SDL_GetWindowID(SDL_Window * window);

Function Parameters

window the window to query

Return Value

Returns the ID of the window on success or 0 on failure; 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

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo