SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG(3)

💖 SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 hint files, this one's literally about controllers and it's lowkey iconic. (manual name: SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG, in case u were wondering what we're even doing here 🎀)

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG — a variable that lets you manually hint extra gamecontroller db entries. yes bestie, u get to hand-feed the gamepad database ur own little rows. it's giving custom controller lore 🌈

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG "SDL_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG"

so u pull in the header, and the hint's actual string name is "SDL_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG" — note that the macro is SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLERCONFIG but the value it expands to drops the HINT_. classic SDL move, iykyk 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The variable should be newline delimited rows of gamecontroller config data. one row per line, bestie, that's the whole vibe. see SDL_gamepad.h for the actual format details 🎮

You can update mappings after SDL is initialized with:

• SDL_GetGamepadMappingForGUID()
• SDL_AddGamepadMapping()

so like, if u forgot to set this before init (no judgment, we've all been there 😭), those two functions are ur backup besties.

⚠️ but listen — this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. that's the main character move. do it early, do it first, do it before anything else wakes up 🫶

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👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

This hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if ur on something older... bestie. update. periodt ✨

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and that's the whole page!! go forth and map ur weird little controllers, u absolute icon 🎀💜

Simple Directmedia Layer · SDL 3.4.18 · mwah, ty for reading, slay 💖🦋