SDL_GL_GetCurrentContext(3)

💖 SDL_GL_GetCurrentContext 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_GL_GetCurrentContext(3) page, part of the SDL3 functions lineup ✨ — this one is short, sweet, and honestly iconic for what it does.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GL_GetCurrentContext — get the currently active OpenGL context, fr fr.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_video.h>

SDL_GLContext SDL_GL_GetCurrentContext(void);

like. that's it. no args. she takes nothing and gives you everything 💅

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns the currently active OpenGL context, or NULL if it failed 😭. If you get NULL, do not just sit there spiraling — call SDL_GetError() for more information, she will tell you what went wrong 🫶

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🔥 THREAD SAFETY 🔥

This function should only be called on the main thread. no cap. don't be out here calling her from a side thread, she's not about that life 🙈

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🦋 AVAILABILITY 🦋

This function has been available since SDL 3.2.0 — so if you're on anything older, sorry bestie, you're getting nothing 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(3) — the other half of this duo, go read her next 🌈

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and that's the whole page, you ate it 💖 mwah. this cutie lives in Simple Directmedia Layer (that's the source, she's fancy like that) and this is SDL 3.4.18, periodt ✨🎀🦋