SDL_hid_open(3)

SDL_hid_open3

Open a hid device using a vendor id (vid), product id (pid) and optionally a serial number.

Usage

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

SDL_hid_device * SDL_hid_open(unsigned short vendor_id, unsigned short product_id, const wchar_t *serial_number);

Header file

Defined in SDL3/SDL_hidapi.h

Overview

If serial_number is NULL, the first device with the specified VID and PID is opened.

Function parameters

vendor_id

the Vendor ID (VID) of the device to open.

product_id

the Product ID (PID) of the device to open.

serial_number

the Serial Number of the device to open (Optionally NULL).

Return value

( SDL_hid_device
*) Returns a pointer to a

SDL_hid_device
object on success or NULL on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information.

Availability

This function 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.