SDL_HINT_FORCE_RAISEWINDOW(3)

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

💖 SDL_HINT_FORCE_RAISEWINDOW(3) 💖

ok so bestie, this is a page from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual and it's all about one lil hint that decides whether your window gets assertively yeeted to the front or whether you just politely wait your turn. spoiler: it's giving "please notice me" energy. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_HINT_FORCE_RAISEWINDOW</purgle> — a variable controlling whether raising the window should be done more forcefully.

(like, a whole variable whose entire job is "how hard do we push this window forward". iconic honestly. 👑)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_FORCE_RAISEWINDOW "SDL_FORCE_RAISEWINDOW"

so you pull in the header, and the macro SDL_HINT_FORCE_RAISEWINDOW literally just expands to the string "SDL_FORCE_RAISEWINDOW"</cyan>. that's the actual name you hand to the hint functions. no cap. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

this variable can be set to the following values, and there are literally only two so you can't mess it up bestie:

  • "0" — Honor the OS policy for raising windows. (default) — like, you behave, you let the operating system be the main character and decide.
  • "1" — Force the window to be raised, overriding any OS policy. — you're not asking anymore, you're telling. 💅

At present, this is only an issue under MS Windows, which makes it nearly impossible to programmatically move a window to the foreground, for "security" reasons. (the scare quotes are in the original, they're doing a lot of heavy lifting, iykyk 😭)

if you want the whole discussion, it's over at http://stackoverflow.com/a/34414846 — go read it, it's a vibe.

🌸 good news: this hint can be set anytime. no setup window, no prerequisites, just send it.

✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older than that... babe. upgrade. 🙈

and that's the whole page fr fr. this manual page came to you from the legends at Simple Directmedia Layer, shipped with SDL 3.4.18, and it's the SDL_HINT_FORCE_RAISEWINDOW(3) page — go raise some windows, forcefully or not, your call bestie. ✨🦋💖

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