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

SDL_SetWindowModalFor

Set the window as a modal for another window.

Header File

Defined in SDL_video.h

Syntax

int SDL_SetWindowModalFor(SDL_Window * modal_window, SDL_Window * parent_window);

Function Parameters

modal_window the window that should be set modal
parent_window the parent window for the modal window

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 2.0.5.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo