SDL_HINT_RPI_VIDEO_LAYER(3)

✨ SDL_HINT_RPI_VIDEO_LAYER ✨

okay bestie, so this is the SDL3 hint page — yes it lives in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual, and yes we're about to make Dispmanx layers make sense 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

SDL_HINT_RPI_VIDEO_LAYER — a variable that controls which Dispmanx layer you use on a Raspberry PI. that's it, that's the whole job 🍓

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_RPI_VIDEO_LAYER "SDL_RPI_VIDEO_LAYER"

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this one is also known as Z-order, if you've ever heard that term floating around and been like "huh" — same thing, bestie 🦋

the variable can take a negative or positive value. your call, no judgment here.

the default is 10000 ⭐

lowkey important: this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. set it late and it's giving ✨too late✨ 😭

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this hint has been available since SDL 3.2.0 👑

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and that's the whole vibe check, no cap 🫶 this page came to you from the fine folks behind Simple Directmedia Layer, sitting pretty at version SDL 3.4.18, filed under SDL_HINT_RPI_VIDEO_LAYER(3). go forth and layer responsibly 💜🎀