###### (This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. [SDL2](https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL2/) was the previous version!)
# SDL_GetPixelFormatDetails

Create an [SDL_PixelFormatDetails](SDL_PixelFormatDetails) structure corresponding to a pixel format.

## Header File

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

## Syntax

```c
const SDL_PixelFormatDetails * SDL_GetPixelFormatDetails(SDL_PixelFormat format);
```

## Function Parameters

|                                    |            |                                                       |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| [SDL_PixelFormat](SDL_PixelFormat) | **format** | one of the [SDL_PixelFormat](SDL_PixelFormat) values. |

## Return Value

(const [SDL_PixelFormatDetails](SDL_PixelFormatDetails) *) Returns a
pointer to a [SDL_PixelFormatDetails](SDL_PixelFormatDetails) structure or
NULL on failure; call [SDL_GetError](SDL_GetError)() for more information.

## Remarks

Returned structure may come from a shared global cache (i.e. not newly
allocated), and hence should not be modified, especially the palette. Weird
errors such as `Blit combination not supported` may occur.

## Thread Safety

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

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[CategoryAPI](CategoryAPI), [CategoryAPIFunction](CategoryAPIFunction), [CategoryPixels](CategoryPixels)