SDL_FlipMode(3type)

💅 SDL_FlipMode — the flip mode bestie 💅

okay so this is SDL_FlipMode(3type), straight out of the SDL3 DATATYPES corner of the universe, and it is exactly what it sounds like: the flip mode. the how-do-i-flip-this-thing mode. the vibe check for whether your surface goes sideways, upside down, or both. iconic behavior tbh 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_FlipMode — the flip mode. that's it. that's the whole name. short, sweet, slays. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

first you gotta let the header in, like letting your bestie into the group chat:

#include <SDL3/SDL_surface.h>

and then boom, here's the whole enum, every single member, no cap:

typedef enum SDL_FlipMode
{
    SDL_FLIP_NONE,                                                                  /**< Do not flip */
    SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL,                                                            /**< flip horizontally */
    SDL_FLIP_VERTICAL,                                                              /**< flip vertically */
    SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL_AND_VERTICAL = (SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL | SDL_FLIP_VERTICAL)    /**< flip horizontally and vertically (not a diagonal flip) */
} SDL_FlipMode;

so let's break the roster down, one icon at a time:

• SDL_FLIP_NONE — do not flip. nothing. zero flipping. the surface stays exactly how it woke up this morning. 🛌
• SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL — flip horizontally. left becomes right, right becomes left. mirror moment. 🪞
• SDL_FLIP_VERTICAL — flip vertically. top becomes bottom, bottom becomes top. gravity said sike. 🙃
• SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL_AND_VERTICAL — flip horizontally and vertically. and bestie, read this part carefully: it is not a diagonal flip. it's the combo of both flips, defined as (SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL | SDL_FLIP_VERTICAL). do not come for me saying it's a diagonal, because it is literally not a diagonal. 💀

fr fr, the = (SDL_FLIP_HORIZONTAL | SDL_FLIP_VERTICAL) bit is the actual definition, so that value is just the two flags OR'd together. it is giving "both", not "diagonal". periodt.

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🎀 AVAILABILITY 🎀

this enum has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on something older, it's not ghosting you, it just didn't exist yet. 😭

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and that's the whole page, bestie. every flag, every comment, every number, all present and accounted for. you're so welcome. 🫶

this lil beauty comes to you from Simple Directmedia Layer, living in SDL 3.4.18, and it's filed under SDL_FlipMode(3type). mwah. 💖✨🎀