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# SDL_GetNaturalDisplayOrientation

Get the orientation of a display when it is unrotated.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_video.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_video.h)

## Syntax

```c
SDL_DisplayOrientation SDL_GetNaturalDisplayOrientation(SDL_DisplayID displayID);
```

## Function Parameters

|                                |               |                                          |
| ------------------------------ | ------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| [SDL_DisplayID](SDL_DisplayID) | **displayID** | the instance ID of the display to query. |

## Return Value

([SDL_DisplayOrientation](SDL_DisplayOrientation)) Returns the
[SDL_DisplayOrientation](SDL_DisplayOrientation) enum value of the display,
or [`SDL_ORIENTATION_UNKNOWN`](SDL_ORIENTATION_UNKNOWN) if it isn't
available.

## Thread Safety

This function should only be called on the main thread.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

## See Also

- [SDL_GetDisplays](SDL_GetDisplays)

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