NAME¶

SDL_GL_CreateContext - Create an OpenGL context for an OpenGL window, and make it current.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <SDL3/SDL_video.h>

SDL_GLContext SDL_GL_CreateContext(SDL_Window *window);

DESCRIPTION¶

Windows users new to OpenGL should note that, for historical reasons, GL functions added after OpenGL version 1.1 are not available by default. Those functions must be loaded at run-time, either with an OpenGL extension-handling library or with SDL_GL_GetProcAddress() and its related functions.

SDL_GLContext is opaque to the application.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

window

the window to associate with the context.

RETURN VALUE¶

Returns the OpenGL context associated with window or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

THREAD SAFETY¶

This function should only be called on the main thread.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SEE ALSO¶

SDL_GL_DestroyContext(3), SDL_GL_MakeCurrent(3)