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SDL_CreateWindow

Create a window with the specified position, dimensions, and flags.

Syntax

SDL_Window * SDL_CreateWindow(const char *title,
                              int x, int y, int w,
                              int h, Uint32 flags);

Function Parameters

title the title of the window, in UTF-8 encoding
x the x position of the window, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, or SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED
y the y position of the window, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, or SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED
w the width of the window, in screen coordinates
h the height of the window, in screen coordinates
flags 0, or one or more SDL_WindowFlags OR'd together

Return Value

Returns the window that was created or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

flags may be any of the following OR'd together:

SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN is ignored by SDL_CreateWindow(). The SDL_Window is implicitly shown if SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN is not set. SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN may be queried later using SDL_GetWindowFlags().

On Apple's macOS, you must set the NSHighResolutionCapable Info.plist property to YES, otherwise you will not receive a High-DPI OpenGL canvas.

If the window is created with the SDL_WINDOW_ALLOW_HIGHDPI flag, its size in pixels may differ from its size in screen coordinates on platforms with high-DPI support (e.g. iOS and macOS). Use SDL_GetWindowSize() to query the client area's size in screen coordinates, and SDL_GL_GetDrawableSize() or SDL_GetRendererOutputSize() to query the drawable size in pixels. Note that when this flag is set, the drawable size can vary after the window is created and should be queried after major window events such as when the window is resized or moved between displays.

If the window is set fullscreen, the width and height parameters w and h will not be used. However, invalid size parameters (e.g. too large) may still fail. Window size is actually limited to 16384 x 16384 for all platforms at window creation.

If the window is created with any of the SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL or SDL_WINDOW_VULKAN flags, then the corresponding LoadLibrary function (SDL_GL_LoadLibrary or SDL_Vulkan_LoadLibrary) is called and the corresponding UnloadLibrary function is called by SDL_DestroyWindow().

If SDL_WINDOW_VULKAN is specified and there isn't a working Vulkan driver, SDL_CreateWindow() will fail because SDL_Vulkan_LoadLibrary() will fail.

If SDL_WINDOW_METAL is specified on an OS that does not support Metal, SDL_CreateWindow() will fail.

On non-Apple devices, SDL requires you to either not link to the Vulkan loader or link to a dynamic library version. This limitation may be removed in a future version of SDL.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.


CategoryAPI, CategoryVideo


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