al_set_new_display_adapter(3)

al_set_new_display_adapter3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
void al_set_new_display_adapter(int adapter)

Overview

Sets the adapter to use for new displays created by the calling thread. The adapter has a monitor attached to it. Information about the monitor can be gotten using al_get_num_video_adapters(3) and al_get_monitor_info(3).

To return to the default behaviour, pass ALLEGRO_DEFAULT_DISPLAY_ADAPTER.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.