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

SDL_HINT_LINUX_DIGITAL_HATS

A variable controlling whether joysticks on Linux will always treat 'hat' axis inputs (ABS_HAT0X - ABS_HAT3Y) as 8-way digital hats without checking whether they may be analog.

Header File

Defined in SDL_hints.h

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_LINUX_DIGITAL_HATS "SDL_LINUX_DIGITAL_HATS"

Remarks

This variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Only map hat axis inputs to digital hat outputs if the input axes appear to actually be digital (the default)
• "1": Always handle the input axes numbered ABS_HAT0X to ABS_HAT3Y as digital hats

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints