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

A variable that specifies a video backend to use.

## Header File

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

## Syntax

```c
#define SDL_HINT_VIDEO_DRIVER "SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER"
```

## Remarks

By default, SDL will try all available video backends in a reasonable order
until it finds one that can work, but this hint allows the app or user to
force a specific target, such as "x11" if, say, you are on Wayland but want
to try talking to the X server instead.

This hint should be set before SDL is initialized.

## Version

This hint is available since SDL 3.1.3.

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