SDL_OpenHapticFromMouse(3)

💖 SDL_OpenHapticFromMouse(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_OpenHapticFromMouse. she's niche, she's specific, and honestly? she ate. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_OpenHapticFromMouse — try to open a haptic device from the current mouse. yes, the mouse. your lil cursor buddy. she has feelings now. 🐭💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3/SDL_haptic.h>

SDL_Haptic * SDL_OpenHapticFromMouse(void);

so you pull in the header, you call the function with literally no arguments (she takes zero, she's low maintenance ✨), and she hands you back a pointer. iconic behavior.

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🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

she returns the haptic device identifier 💜 on success — that's your shiny new handle, go wild.

on failure she returns NULL 😭 and if that happens, bestie, do not just sit there guessing. call SDL_GetError() for more information. fr fr, she'll tell you what went wrong. the way that function always has the tea. 🔥

no cap: NULL means it did not work. don't dereference it, don't get attached, just go read the error. 💀

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🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

this function is available since SDL 3.2.0 ✨ — so if you're on something older, sorry babe, she's not there yet. upgrade and come back. 🦋

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_CloseHaptic(3) — the breakup function. you opened it, now close it. balance. 🎀
• SDL_IsMouseHaptic(3) — the vibe check. peep this one first if you wanna know whether the mouse is even haptic before you go opening stuff. 😌

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ngl, the way this whole thing is just "is the mouse haptic? cool, open it" is giving minimal effort, maximum payoff. obsessed. 💅

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Simple Directmedia Layer • SDL 3.4.18 • SDL_OpenHapticFromMouse(3)

and that's the whole page, bestie — mwah, go forth and vibrate responsibly 🧚💖🌸