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

SDL_HINT_LINUX_JOYSTICK_DEADZONES

A variable controlling whether joysticks on Linux adhere to their HID-defined deadzones or return unfiltered values.

Header File

Defined in SDL_hints.h

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_LINUX_JOYSTICK_DEADZONES "SDL_LINUX_JOYSTICK_DEADZONES"

Remarks

This variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Return unfiltered joystick axis values (the default)
• "1": Return axis values with deadzones taken into account

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints