###### (This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; [SDL3](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/) is the current development version.)
# SDL_LogCategory

The predefined log categories

## Header File

Defined in [SDL_log.h](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/SDL2/include/SDL_log.h)

## Syntax

```c
typedef enum SDL_LogCategory
{
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ERROR,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_ASSERT,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_SYSTEM,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_AUDIO,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_VIDEO,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RENDER,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_INPUT,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_TEST,

    /* Reserved for future SDL library use */
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED1,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED2,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED3,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED4,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED5,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED6,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED7,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED8,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED9,
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_RESERVED10,

    /* Beyond this point is reserved for application use, e.g.
       enum {
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME1 = SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_CUSTOM,
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME2,
           MYAPP_CATEGORY_AWESOME3,
           ...
       };
     */
    SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_CUSTOM
} SDL_LogCategory;
```

## Remarks

By default the application category is enabled at the INFO level, the
assert category is enabled at the WARN level, test is enabled at the
VERBOSE level and all other categories are enabled at the ERROR level.

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIEnum](CategoryAPIEnum), [CategoryLog](CategoryLog)