al_get_monitor_info(3)

💖 al_get_monitor_info(3) 💖

okay so bestie, this one is from the Library Functions Manual, and it's giving “where is that monitor actually sitting on the desktop?” energy. Let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

al_get_monitor_info - Allegro 5 API

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

bool al_get_monitor_info(int adapter, ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO *info)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this function gets you information about a monitor's position on the desktop, periodt. adapter is a number from 0 to al_get_num_video_adapters()-1 — like, that's the range, no cap.

On Windows, use al_set_new_display_flags(3) to switch between Direct3D and OpenGL backends, which will often have different adapters available. iykyk, the adapter situation can lowkey change depending on the backend 💀

It returns true on success, false on failure. That's the vibe check right there ✨

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• ALLEGRO_MONITOR_INFO(3)
• al_get_num_video_adapters(3)

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xoxo, this page came from the Allegro reference manual footer, bestie — no date shown on this one, and that's iconic in its own way 💖🫶