SDL_GetJoystickVendor(3)

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

💖 SDL_GetJoystickVendor(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the man pages, where we find out who actually made your controller 🎮✨

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GetJoystickVendor — get the USB vendor ID of an opened joystick, if it's available 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_joystick.h>

Uint16 SDL_GetJoystickVendor(SDL_Joystick *joystick);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, this function goes and grabs the USB vendor ID for you. iconic behaviour, no notes.

but if the vendor ID isn't available, this function returns 0. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. zero. nada. the void 🕳️

🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

  • joystick — the SDL_Joystick you got from SDL_OpenJoystick(). like, you gotta have actually opened it first, bestie, we can't read the aura of a joystick that doesn't exist yet 🙈

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns the USB vendor ID of the selected joystick, or 0 if it's unavailable. that's the tea ☕

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

It is safe to call this function from any thread. any thread!! go wild, queen 👑

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older... girl. upgrade. 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Simple Directmedia Layer really said "here's your joystick lore" and dropped SDL 3.4.18 on us — that's the source and the version, mwah, slay, periodt 💖✨🎀🦋

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