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

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI

A variable controlling whether the HIDAPI joystick drivers should be used.

Header File

Defined in SDL_hints.h

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI"

Remarks

This variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": HIDAPI drivers are not used
• "1": HIDAPI drivers are used (the default)

This variable is the default for all drivers, but can be overridden by the hints for specific drivers below.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints