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

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_VERTICAL_JOY_CONS

A variable controlling whether Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers will be in vertical mode when using the HIDAPI driver

Header File

Defined in SDL_hints.h

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_VERTICAL_JOY_CONS "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_VERTICAL_JOY_CONS"

Remarks

This variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Left and right Joy-Con controllers will not be in vertical mode (the default)
• "1": Left and right Joy-Con controllers will be in vertical mode

This hint must be set before calling SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER)

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints