SDL_HINT_VID...SIZE_DRAWABLE(3)

💅 NAME 💅

SDL_HINT_VIDEO_METAL_AUTO_RESIZE_DRAWABLE — bestie, it's a variable that says whether the metal layer drawable size should get updated for the SDL_EVENT_WINDOW_PIXEL_SIZE_CHANGED event on macOS. That's the whole vibe. ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

okay so first you gotta bring it in:

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_VIDEO_METAL_AUTO_RESIZE_DRAWABLE "SDL_VIDEO_METAL_AUTO_RESIZE_DRAWABLE"

literally just a #define, nothing scary, she's lowkey iconic for that. 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this variable can be set to these values, and the way that you pick one matters:

• "0" — the metal layer drawable size will not be updated on the SDL_EVENT_WINDOW_PIXEL_SIZE_CHANGED event. she's giving "I'll handle it myself, thanks." 💅
• "1" — the metal layer drawable size will be updated on the SDL_EVENT_WINDOW_PIXEL_SIZE_CHANGED event. this one is the default, so if you do nothing at all, you already get this. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🫶 heads up bestie: this hint should be set before SDL_Metal_CreateView called. not after, not during, before. the order is not optional, I don't make the rules, SDL does. 😭

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this hint is available since SDL 3.4.0. if your SDL is older than that, she simply does not exist yet, no cap. 🙈

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and that's the whole page, babe — straight out of the Simple Directmedia Layer docs, SDL 3.4.18 era, so go forth and resize those drawables responsibly. mwah, ily, bye. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸