SDL_HINT_POLL_SENTINEL(3)

SDL_HINT_POLL_SENTINEL3

A variable controlling the use of a sentinel event when polling the event queue.

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

#define SDL_HINT_POLL_SENTINEL SDL_POLL_SENTINEL"

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_hints.h

Overview

When polling for events, SDL_PumpEvents
is used to gather new events from devices. If a device keeps producing new events between calls to SDL_PumpEvents , a poll loop will become stuck until the new events stop. This is most noticeable when moving a high frequency mouse.

The variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Disable poll sentinels.

• "1": Enable poll sentinels. (default)

This hint can be set anytime.

Availability

This hint 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.