SDL_HINT_ROG_GAMEPAD_MICE(3)

💖 SDL_HINT_ROG_GAMEPAD_MICE(3) 💖

okay bestie, buckle up, this one lives in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual and it's all about telling SDL which mice are ✨special✨. Let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_HINT_ROG_GAMEPAD_MICE — it's a variable that holds a whole list of mice that are ROG gamepad capable. yes, mice that cosplay as gamepads. iconic behavior honestly 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_ROG_GAMEPAD_MICE "SDL_ROG_GAMEPAD_MICE"

like, that's the whole thing. include the header, use the define, slay 🦋

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so the string you pass in? it's a comma separated list of USB VID/PID pairs, all in hexadecimal form. for example:

0xAAAA/0xBBBB,0xCCCC/0xDDDD

see how each pair is VID/PID with a slash between them, and commas between the pairs? yeah, that's the vibe 🌈

plot twist tho: the variable can also take the form "@file" — and when it does, that named file gets loaded and interpreted as the value of the variable. so instead of cramming everything into the string, you point it at a file and it just... reads it. main character energy fr fr 📁✨

⚠️ heads up bestie: this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. like, do it early or it's not gonna hit the same 😭

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🫶 AVAILABILITY 🫶

this hint has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, sorry babes, it's not there 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_HINT_ROG_GAMEPAD_MICE_EXCLUDED(3) — the opposite-energy sibling, for when you wanna exclude mice instead. go read it too, iykyk 💖

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Simple Directmedia Layer · SDL 3.4.18 — that's the tea, bestie, mwah 💋 go set those hints before init, ok? love u, byeee 🎀✨