SDL_WindowSu...inComposition(3)

✨ SDL_WindowSupportsGPUSwapchainComposition ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the man pages, where we answer the big questions like "can this window even do that swapchain composition tho?" 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_WindowSupportsGPUSwapchainComposition — literally just vibes-checks whether a swapchain composition is supported by the window. That's it. That's the whole job. 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>

bool SDL_WindowSupportsGPUSwapchainComposition(
    SDL_GPUDevice *device,
    SDL_Window *window,
    SDL_GPUSwapchainComposition swapchain_composition);

like, copy it exactly, don't freestyle the signature, i'm watching 👀

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the one thing you gotta know before you even think about calling this:

The window must be claimed before calling this function. no claim, no answer, periodt. 🔥

That's the whole description. Short, sweet, iconic. Claim your window first (iykyk) and then come ask.

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👑 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 👑

• device — a GPU context. your GPU device, your main character. 🫶
• window — an SDL_Window. the window in question, the one we're checking on. 🪟
• swapchain_composition — the swapchain composition to check. like, the specific one you wanna know about. 💜

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🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

• Returns true if supported ✅
• Returns false if unsupported ❌

that's it, that's the tea. no secret third option. 💀

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older, sorry babe, not for you 🙈

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• SDL_ClaimWindowForGPUDevice(3) — go claim that window first, bestie, you literally have to 🌸

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Simple Directmedia Layer • SDL 3.4.18 — mwah, that's the version and the source, love that for us 💖 and yes this was the SDL_WindowSu...inComposition(3) page the whole time, the title was just being shy. bye bestie, go claim your windows! 🎀✨