NAME

SDL_GetCurrentDisplayMode - Get information about the current display mode.

HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3/SDL_video.h

SYNOPSIS

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

const SDL_DisplayMode * SDL_GetCurrentDisplayMode(SDL_DisplayID displayID);

DESCRIPTION

There's a difference between this function and

SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode () when SDL runs fullscreen and has changed the resolution. In that case this function will return the current display mode, and not the previous native display mode.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

displayID

the instance ID of the display to query.

RETURN VALUE

(const SDL_DisplayMode
*) Returns a pointer to the desktop display mode or NULL on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information.

THREAD SAFETY

This function should only be called on the main thread.

AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SEE ALSO

•(3), SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode(3), •(3), SDL_GetDisplays(3)