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

SDL_SetWindowData

Associate an arbitrary named pointer with a window.

Header File

Defined in SDL_video.h

Syntax

void* SDL_SetWindowData(SDL_Window * window,
                        const char *name,
                        void *userdata);

Function Parameters

window the window to associate with the pointer
name the name of the pointer
userdata the associated pointer

Return Value

Returns the previous value associated with name.

Remarks

name is case-sensitive.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo