SDL_HINT_VIT...LE_BACK_TOUCH(3)

💅 SDL_HINT_VITA_ENABLE_BACK_TOUCH 💅

okay bestie, so this one lives in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS manual, and it's genuinely the cutest tiny hint — it's literally just a switch for whether the back panel of your PlayStation Vita does touch stuff or not. yes, the BACK. the side you don't look at. iconic behavior honestly. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_HINT_VITA_ENABLE_BACK_TOUCH — a variable that controls whether touch should be enabled on the back panel of the PlayStation Vita. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_VITA_ENABLE_BACK_TOUCH "SDL_VITA_ENABLE_BACK_TOUCH"

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. you pull in the header, you get the define, and the string value it holds is literally "SDL_VITA_ENABLE_BACK_TOUCH". no cap. 💖

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

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

• "0" — Disable touch on the back panel. 🙈
• "1" — Enable touch on the back panel. (this is the default, so if you do nothing at all, this is what you get 💅)

⚠️ super important, do NOT sleep on this: this hint should be set before SDL is initialized. like, before. if you set it after, that's on you, not me. 😭

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✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

this hint is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, sorry babe, she's not there yet. 🌸

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and that's the whole page, you're welcome, go touch a back panel (consensually) 🫶

this little love letter came to you from the Simple Directmedia Layer girlies, running SDL 3.4.18, page SDL_HINT_VIT...LE_BACK_TOUCH(3). mwah. 💖✨🎀