SDL_GetGamepadVendorForID(3)

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version 3.4.18 · 9 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 SDL_GetGamepadVendorForID 💖

okay bestie, so this one lives in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS family and it's literally the glow-up you call when you wanna know who made this gamepad — specifically its USB vendor ID. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetGamepadVendorForID — get the USB vendor ID of a gamepad, if it's available 🎮

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_gamepad.h>

Uint16 SDL_GetGamepadVendorForID(SDL_JoystickID instance_id);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the tea is: you can call this before any gamepads are even opened. like, no setup era required, she's ready whenever you are 💅

but if the vendor ID just isn't available? she returns 0. that's it, that's the vibe.

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

  • instance_id — the joystick instance ID. that's the little number that tells her which gamepad you're asking about, bestie.

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

she hands you back the USB vendor ID of the selected gamepad 🫶

and if you call her on an invalid index? zero. 0. nothing. so if you get a 0, that's your sign something's off, not me being dramatic 😭

🌈 THREAD SAFETY 🌈

it is safe to call this function from any thread. periodt. go off, multithreaded queen 👑

💜 AVAILABILITY 💜

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0 ✨ so if you're on something older, that's a no from her.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this one's brought to you by Simple Directmedia Layer, version SDL 3.4.18 — go get that vendor ID, bestie, ily 🧚💖

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