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

SDL_UpdateWindowSurface

Copy the window surface to the screen.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_video.h>

Syntax

int SDL_UpdateWindowSurface(SDL_Window *window);

Function Parameters

Return Value

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

Remarks

This is the function you use to reflect any changes to the surface on the screen.

This function is equivalent to the SDL 1.2 API SDL_Flip().

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

See Also

• SDL_GetWindowSurface
• SDL_UpdateWindowSurfaceRects

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryVideo