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

Copy areas of the window surface to the screen.

## Header File

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

## Syntax

```c
int SDL_UpdateWindowSurfaceRects(SDL_Window * window,
                                 const SDL_Rect * rects,
                                 int numrects);
```

## Function Parameters

|                              |              |                                                                                                   |
| ---------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [SDL_Window](SDL_Window) *   | **window**   | the window to update.                                                                             |
| const [SDL_Rect](SDL_Rect) * | **rects**    | an array of [SDL_Rect](SDL_Rect) structures representing areas of the surface to copy, in pixels. |
| int                          | **numrects** | the number of rectangles.                                                                         |

## Return Value

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

## Remarks

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

This function is equivalent to the SDL 1.2 API
[SDL_UpdateRects](SDL_UpdateRects)().

Note that this function will update _at least_ the rectangles specified,
but this is only intended as an optimization; in practice, this might
update more of the screen (or all of the screen!), depending on what method
SDL uses to send pixels to the system.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

## See Also

- [SDL_GetWindowSurface](SDL_GetWindowSurface)
- [SDL_UpdateWindowSurface](SDL_UpdateWindowSurface)

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryVideo](CategoryVideo)