SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS page from the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual 💖 this is the lil hint that tells your app which way it's allowed to spin. screen rotation drama, but make it intentional.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS — a variable controlling which orientations are allowed on iOS/Android 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS "SDL_ORIENTATIONS"

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so like. sometimes you genuinely need to explicitly control which UI orientations are allowed. not vibes-based rotation. explicit control. no cap.

this variable is a space delimited list of the following values:

• "LandscapeLeft"
• "LandscapeRight"
• "Portrait"
• "PortraitUpsideDown"

and the way that this hint should be set before SDL is initialized? yeah. before. set it early or it's giving nothing, fr fr 🙈

⚠️ reminder: set this hint before SDL is initialized. not after. before. 💀

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👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. periodt. ✨

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Simple Directmedia Layer · SDL 3.4.18 · SDL_HINT_ORIENTATIONS(3) — k that's the whole page bestie, go set your hint before init and slay 💖🎀🦋🌈