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

SDL_SetWindowGrab

Set a window's input grab mode.

Header File

Syntax

void SDL_SetWindowGrab(SDL_Window * window,
                       SDL_bool grabbed);

Function Parameters

SDL_Window *	window	the window for which the input grab mode should be set.
SDL_bool	grabbed	SDL_TRUE to grab input or SDL_FALSE to release input.

Remarks

When input is grabbed, the mouse is confined to the window. This function will also grab the keyboard if SDL_HINT_GRAB_KEYBOARD is set. To grab the keyboard without also grabbing the mouse, use SDL_SetWindowKeyboardGrab().

If the caller enables a grab while another window is currently grabbed, the other window loses its grab in favor of the caller's window.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.