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

SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL

A variable controlling whether X11 should use GLX or EGL by default

Header File

Defined in SDL_hints.h

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL "SDL_VIDEO_X11_FORCE_EGL"

Remarks

This variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Use GLX
• "1": Use EGL

By default SDL will use GLX when both are present.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints