(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is under heavy development and the API is changing! SDL2 is the current stable version!)

SDL_DisableScreenSaver

Prevent the screen from being blanked by a screen saver.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_video.h>

Syntax

int SDL_DisableScreenSaver(void);

Return Value

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

Remarks

If you disable the screensaver, it is automatically re-enabled when SDL quits.

The screensaver is disabled by default, but this may by changed by SDL_HINT_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

See Also

• SDL_EnableScreenSaver
• SDL_ScreenSaverEnabled

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo