NAME¶

SDL_DuplicateSurface - Creates a new surface identical to the existing surface.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <SDL3/SDL_surface.h>

SDL_Surface * SDL_DuplicateSurface(SDL_Surface *surface);

DESCRIPTION¶

If the original surface has alternate images, the new surface will have a reference to them as well.

The returned surface should be freed with SDL_DestroySurface().

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

surface

the surface to duplicate.

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns a copy of the surface or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

THREAD SAFETY¶

This function is not thread safe.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SEE ALSO¶

SDL_DestroySurface(3)