SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT(3)

SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT3

A macro for defining custom non-fourcc pixel formats.

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

#define SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT(type, order, layout, bits, bytes) .BI ((1<<28)|((type)<<24)|((order)<<20)|((layout)<<16)|.BI ((bits) << 8) | ((bytes) << 0))

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_pixels.h

Overview

For example, defining SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8888

looks like this:

SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT(SDL_PIXELTYPE_PACKED32, SDL_PACKEDORDER_RGBA, SDL_PACKEDLAYOUT_8888, 32, 4)

Return value

Returns a format value in the style of SDL_PixelFormat .

Thread safety

It is safe to call this macro from any thread.

Availability

This macro is available since SDL 3.2.0.

From libsdl3-doc 3.2.10+ds-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.