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

SDL_GetWindowPosition

Get the position of a window.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_video.h>

Syntax

int SDL_GetWindowPosition(SDL_Window *window, int *x, int *y);

Function Parameters

window the window to query
x a pointer filled in with the x position of the window, may be NULL
y a pointer filled in with the y position of the window, may be NULL

Return Value

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

Remarks

This is the current position of the window as last reported by the windowing system.

If you do not need the value for one of the positions a NULL may be passed in the x or y parameter.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo