SDL_SetScancodeName(3)

✨ SDL_SetScancodeName ✨

okay bestie, we're deep in the SDL3 FUNCTIONS section of the manual and this one is a lil cutie 💖 it lives in SDL_keyboard.h and it's all about giving a scancode a human-readable name, like giving your blorbo a nickname. iconic behavior honestly.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_SetScancodeName — set a human-readable name for a scancode. no cap, that's literally the whole job 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_keyboard.h>

bool SDL_SetScancodeName(SDL_Scancode scancode, const char *name);

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🦋 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🦋

• scancode — the desired SDL_Scancode. like, which key are we naming, bestie? 👀
• name — the name to use for the scancode, encoded as UTF-8. and okay listen, this part is important: the string is not copied, so the pointer you hand to this function has to stay valid for as long as SDL is being used. like it's not taking a screenshot of your string, it's holding your hand the whole time. don't let go 🫶

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💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

Returns true on success or false on failure. and if it fails? call SDL_GetError() for more info, she'll tell you what went wrong 😭

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🌈 THREAD SAFETY 🌈

This function is not thread safe. so pls don't be sharing her across threads, that's giving chaos 💀

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. vintage-ish but not ancient, we love a recent queen 👑

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💫 SEE ALSO 💫

• SDL_GetScancodeName(3) — the read-only sibling, the getter to this setter, the other half of the duo 💞

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! go forth and name ur scancodes, just keep that pointer alive fr fr 🧚‍♀️

mwah 💋 this was Simple Directmedia Layer, SDL 3.4.18, and the page is dated SDL_SetScancodeName(3). periodt. 💅✨