SDL_GetTrayEntryParent(3)

💖 SDL_GetTrayEntryParent(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, we're doing SDL_GetTrayEntryParent today and honestly? it's giving "short and sweet and does exactly what it says" ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_GetTrayEntryParent — gets the menu containing a certain tray entry. that's it. that's the whole job. no cap 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_tray.h>

SDL_TrayMenu * SDL_GetTrayEntryParent(SDL_TrayEntry *entry);

like, look at that signature. one param in, one menu out. iconic 💅

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🦋 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🦋

• entry — the entry for which to get the parent menu. you hand it a tray entry, it tells you which menu that entry is living in 🏠

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💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

Returns the parent menu. the menu that contains your entry, fr fr. that's the whole return value, she's not complicated 🌈

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

⚠️ bestie listen — this function should be called on the thread that created the tray. don't be out here calling it from some random other thread, that's not the vibe 😭

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, sorry babe, she's not there yet 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_InsertTrayEntryAt(3) — go read that one too, it's the sibling energy you're looking for 🫶

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and that's the whole page, you ate it, no crumbs left 🍓

mwah — this was Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18, and yes this gorgeous page is literally named SDL_GetTrayEntryParent(3). go get that parent menu, main character 💖✨