SDL_HINT_JOY...PI_STEAM_HORI(3)

💖 SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM_HORI 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, this one's a hint page and it's short but it's important, let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM_HORI — it's a variable that controls whether the HIDAPI driver for HORI licensed Steam controllers should be used or not. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM_HORI "SDL_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM_HORI"

like yes, it's a #define, and yes, the string is literally the same name as the macro. iconic behavior honestly. 💅

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so this variable can be set to the following values, and there are exactly two of them, so no pressure:

• "0" — the HIDAPI driver is not used. 🙈
• "1" — the HIDAPI driver is used. 🔥

the default is the value of SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI. (so like, it inherits the vibe from its parent hint, very nepo baby of it, we respect it 🫶)

⚠️ real talk though: this hint should be set before initializing joysticks and gamepads. set it late and it just… won't do the thing. the way that timing matters here is lowkey stressful 😭

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, bestie, it's not there. upgrade time. ✨

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mwah, that's the whole page, you ate that 💜 this little gem lives in the Simple Directmedia Layer collection, version SDL 3.4.18, and yeah — it's from the SDL3 functions fam. go forth and hint responsibly, queen 👑💖