SDL_HINT_JOY...BINE_JOY_CONS(3)

🎀 NAME 🎀

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_COMBINE_JOY_CONS — bestie, this is the variable that decides whether your Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers get combined into one single Pro-like controller when you're using the HIDAPI driver. like, do they become one iconic unit or stay two little guys? that's the whole vibe here 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_COMBINE_JOY_CONS "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_COMBINE_JOY_CONS"

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so this variable can be set to the following values, and you literally just pick one:

• "0" — Left and right Joy-Con controllers will not be combined, and each one will be a mini-gamepad. two separate little controllers, doing their own thing 🦋
• "1" — Left and right Joy-Con controllers will be combined into a single controller. one controller, main character energy 👑 (default)

⚠️ bestie listen — this hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. set it early or it's giving too late 😭

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

This hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. periodt ✨

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k that's the whole page, no cap 💜 huge shoutout to Simple Directmedia Layer for making it happen — this page is living in SDL 3.4.18, so go forth and combine those Joy-Cons (or don't, your call, the "0" option is right there 🫶). mwah 💋