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💖 SDL_HINT_ENABLE_STEAM_SCREEN_KEYBOARD 💖

okay bestie, so this page is literally all about SDL_HINT_ENABLE_STEAM_SCREEN_KEYBOARD — it's a hint (a variable, a lil vibe switch) that controls whether the Steam on-screen keyboard should be shown when text input is active. that's it. that's the whole gig. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_ENABLE_STEAM_SCREEN_KEYBOARD "SDL_ENABLE_STEAM_SCREEN_KEYBOARD"

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here's the tea: Steam will set this hint via environment variable for games launched in Big Picture mode. that's Steam doing it for you, unprompted, like a friend who already ordered for the table. 🫶

but if you wanna be the main character and override that? you gotta call SDL_SetHintWithPriority() with priority SDL_HINT_OVERRIDE. no cap, that's the move. 💅

the variable can be set to these values, and there are exactly two of them, so no choosing struggle:

• "0" — do not show the Steam on-screen keyboard. keyboard? never met her. 💀
• "1" — show the Steam on-screen keyboard. slay, keyboard is up. 👑

⚠️ important bestie alert: this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. like, set it early. if you set it after, that's giving too-late energy and it won't do the thing. 🙈

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this hint is available since SDL 3.4.12. so if you're on anything older... yeah, she's not there yet. 😭

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Simple Directmedia Layer • SDL 3.4.18

okay that's the whole page, you ate it, go forth and keyboard responsibly 🦋⭐💜 periodt.