SDL_ShowCursor(3)

✨ SDL_ShowCursor ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_ShowCursor(3) page, part of the SDL3 FUNCTIONS collection 🎀 this one is literally about making the cursor show up again, and it's giving "where did my little arrow go" energy fr fr 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_ShowCursor — Show the cursor. 🖱️✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <SDL3/SDL_mouse.h>

bool SDL_ShowCursor(void);

no cap, that's the whole signature. she takes no arguments, she returns a bool, she's lowkey iconic like that 😌

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💖 RETURN VALUE 💖

Returns true on success or false on failure 🫶 and if it fails, bestie, call SDL_GetError() for more information. don't just sit there wondering, the error message is right there waiting for you 💀

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🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

⚠️ This function should only be called on the main thread. periodt. do not try to be cute and call it from some random worker thread, that's not the vibe 🙈

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0 💜 so if you're on something older, sorry babe, it's not gonna be there.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• SDL_CursorVisible(3) — the "is it even visible tho" check 👀
• SDL_HideCursor(3) — the opposite slay, for when you want the cursor gone 💨

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Simple Directmedia Layer · SDL 3.4.18 · page SDL_ShowCursor(3) — mwah, thanks for reading bestie, go show that cursor its main character moment 🖱️👑💖