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

SDL_RenderDrawRect

Draw a rectangle on the current rendering target.

Header File

Defined in SDL_render.h

Syntax

int SDL_RenderDrawRect(SDL_Renderer * renderer,
                       const SDL_Rect * rect);

Function Parameters

renderer the rendering context
rect an SDL_Rect structure representing the rectangle to draw, or NULL to outline the entire rendering target

Return Value

Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryRender