Description

By using the native access functions you assert that you know what you're doing and how to fix problems caused by using them. If you don't, you shouldn't be using them.

Before the inclusion of glfw3native.h, you may define zero or more window system API macro and zero or more context creation API macros.

The chosen backends must match those the library was compiled for. Failure to do this will cause a link-time error.

The available window API macros are:

GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WIN32
GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_COCOA
GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_X11
GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WAYLAND

The available context API macros are:

GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WGL
GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_NSGL
GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_GLX
GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_EGL
GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_OSMESA

These macros select which of the native access functions that are declared and which platform-specific headers to include. It is then up your (by definition platform-specific) code to handle which of these should be defined.

If you do not want the platform-specific headers to be included, define GLFW_NATIVE_INCLUDE_NONE before including the glfw3native.h header.

#define GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WIN32
#define GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_WGL
#define GLFW_NATIVE_INCLUDE_NONE
#include <GLFW/glfw3native.h>

Functions
const char *	glfwGetWin32Adapter (GLFWmonitor *monitor)
	Returns the adapter device name of the specified monitor.

const char *	glfwGetWin32Monitor (GLFWmonitor *monitor)
	Returns the display device name of the specified monitor.

HWND	glfwGetWin32Window (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `HWND` of the specified window.

HGLRC	glfwGetWGLContext (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `HGLRC` of the specified window.

CGDirectDisplayID	glfwGetCocoaMonitor (GLFWmonitor *monitor)
	Returns the `CGDirectDisplayID` of the specified monitor.

id	glfwGetCocoaWindow (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `NSWindow` of the specified window.

id	glfwGetCocoaView (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `NSView` of the specified window.

id	glfwGetNSGLContext (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `NSOpenGLContext` of the specified window.

Display *	glfwGetX11Display (void)
	Returns the `Display` used by GLFW.

RRCrtc	glfwGetX11Adapter (GLFWmonitor *monitor)
	Returns the `RRCrtc` of the specified monitor.

RROutput	glfwGetX11Monitor (GLFWmonitor *monitor)
	Returns the `RROutput` of the specified monitor.

Window	glfwGetX11Window (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `Window` of the specified window.

void	glfwSetX11SelectionString (const char *string)
	Sets the current primary selection to the specified string.

const char *	glfwGetX11SelectionString (void)
	Returns the contents of the current primary selection as a string.

GLXContext	glfwGetGLXContext (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `GLXContext` of the specified window.

GLXWindow	glfwGetGLXWindow (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `GLXWindow` of the specified window.

struct wl_display *	glfwGetWaylandDisplay (void)
	Returns the `struct wl_display*` used by GLFW.

struct wl_output *	glfwGetWaylandMonitor (GLFWmonitor *monitor)
	Returns the `struct wl_output*` of the specified monitor.

struct wl_surface *	glfwGetWaylandWindow (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the main `struct wl_surface*` of the specified window.

EGLDisplay	glfwGetEGLDisplay (void)
	Returns the `EGLDisplay` used by GLFW.

EGLContext	glfwGetEGLContext (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `EGLContext` of the specified window.

EGLSurface	glfwGetEGLSurface (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `EGLSurface` of the specified window.

int	glfwGetOSMesaColorBuffer (GLFWwindow window, int width, int height, int format, void **buffer)
	Retrieves the color buffer associated with the specified window.

int	glfwGetOSMesaDepthBuffer (GLFWwindow window, int width, int height, int bytesPerValue, void **buffer)
	Retrieves the depth buffer associated with the specified window.

OSMesaContext	glfwGetOSMesaContext (GLFWwindow *window)
	Returns the `OSMesaContext` of the specified window.

Function Documentation

◆ glfwGetWin32Adapter()

const char * glfwGetWin32Adapter ( GLFWmonitor * monitor )

Returns: The UTF-8 encoded adapter device name (for example \\.\DISPLAY1) of the specified monitor, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.1.

◆ glfwGetWin32Monitor()

const char * glfwGetWin32Monitor ( GLFWmonitor * monitor )

Returns: The UTF-8 encoded display device name (for example \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0) of the specified monitor, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.1.

◆ glfwGetWin32Window()

HWND glfwGetWin32Window ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The HWND of the specified window, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Remarks: The HDC associated with the window can be queried with the GetDC function.
HDC dc = GetDC(glfwGetWin32Window(window));

glfwGetWin32Window
HWND glfwGetWin32Window(GLFWwindow *window)
Returns the HWND of the specified window.

This DC is private and does not need to be released.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetWGLContext()

HGLRC glfwGetWGLContext ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The HGLRC of the specified window, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED, GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE and GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT.

Remarks: The HDC associated with the window can be queried with the GetDC function.
HDC dc = GetDC(glfwGetWin32Window(window));

This DC is private and does not need to be released.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetCocoaMonitor()

CGDirectDisplayID glfwGetCocoaMonitor ( GLFWmonitor * monitor )

Returns: The CGDirectDisplayID of the specified monitor, or kCGNullDirectDisplay if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.1.

◆ glfwGetCocoaWindow()

id glfwGetCocoaWindow ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The NSWindow of the specified window, or nil if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetCocoaView()

id glfwGetCocoaView ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The NSView of the specified window, or nil if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.4.

◆ glfwGetNSGLContext()

id glfwGetNSGLContext ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The NSOpenGLContext of the specified window, or nil if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED, GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE and GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetX11Display()

Display * glfwGetX11Display ( void )

Returns: The Display used by GLFW, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetX11Adapter()

RRCrtc glfwGetX11Adapter ( GLFWmonitor * monitor )

Returns: The RRCrtc of the specified monitor, or None if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.1.

◆ glfwGetX11Monitor()

RROutput glfwGetX11Monitor ( GLFWmonitor * monitor )

Returns: The RROutput of the specified monitor, or None if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.1.

◆ glfwGetX11Window()

Window glfwGetX11Window ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The Window of the specified window, or None if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwSetX11SelectionString()

void glfwSetX11SelectionString ( const char * string )

Parameters

[in] string A UTF-8 encoded string.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED, GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE and GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR.

Pointer lifetime: The specified string is copied before this function returns.

Thread safety: This function must only be called from the main thread.

See also: Clipboard input and output; glfwGetX11SelectionString; glfwSetClipboardString

Since: Added in version 3.3.

◆ glfwGetX11SelectionString()

const char * glfwGetX11SelectionString ( void )

If the selection is empty or if its contents cannot be converted, NULL is returned and a GLFW_FORMAT_UNAVAILABLE error is generated.

Returns: The contents of the selection as a UTF-8 encoded string, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED, GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE and GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR.

Pointer lifetime: The returned string is allocated and freed by GLFW. You should not free it yourself. It is valid until the next call to glfwGetX11SelectionString or glfwSetX11SelectionString, or until the library is terminated.

Thread safety: This function must only be called from the main thread.

See also: Clipboard input and output; glfwSetX11SelectionString; glfwGetClipboardString

Since: Added in version 3.3.

◆ glfwGetGLXContext()

GLXContext glfwGetGLXContext ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The GLXContext of the specified window, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED, GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetGLXWindow()

GLXWindow glfwGetGLXWindow ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The GLXWindow of the specified window, or None if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED, GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.2.

◆ glfwGetWaylandDisplay()

struct wl_display * glfwGetWaylandDisplay ( void )

Returns: The struct wl_display* used by GLFW, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.2.

◆ glfwGetWaylandMonitor()

struct wl_output * glfwGetWaylandMonitor ( GLFWmonitor * monitor )

Returns: The struct wl_output* of the specified monitor, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.2.

◆ glfwGetWaylandWindow()

struct wl_surface * glfwGetWaylandWindow ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The main struct wl_surface* of the specified window, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_PLATFORM_UNAVAILABLE.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.2.

◆ glfwGetEGLDisplay()

EGLDisplay glfwGetEGLDisplay ( void )

Returns: The EGLDisplay used by GLFW, or EGL_NO_DISPLAY if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED.

Remarks: Because EGL is initialized on demand, this function will return EGL_NO_DISPLAY until the first context has been created via EGL.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetEGLContext()

EGLContext glfwGetEGLContext ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The EGLContext of the specified window, or EGL_NO_CONTEXT if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetEGLSurface()

EGLSurface glfwGetEGLSurface ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The EGLSurface of the specified window, or EGL_NO_SURFACE if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.0.

◆ glfwGetOSMesaColorBuffer()

int glfwGetOSMesaColorBuffer	(	GLFWwindow *	window,
		int *	width,
		int *	height,
		int *	format,
		void **	buffer
	)

Parameters

[in]	window	The window whose color buffer to retrieve.
[out]	width	Where to store the width of the color buffer, or `NULL`.
[out]	height	Where to store the height of the color buffer, or `NULL`.
[out]	format	Where to store the OSMesa pixel format of the color buffer, or `NULL`.
[out]	buffer	Where to store the address of the color buffer, or `NULL`.

Returns: GLFW_TRUE if successful, or GLFW_FALSE if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.3.

◆ glfwGetOSMesaDepthBuffer()

int glfwGetOSMesaDepthBuffer	(	GLFWwindow *	window,
		int *	width,
		int *	height,
		int *	bytesPerValue,
		void **	buffer
	)

Parameters

[in]	window	The window whose depth buffer to retrieve.
[out]	width	Where to store the width of the depth buffer, or `NULL`.
[out]	height	Where to store the height of the depth buffer, or `NULL`.
[out]	bytesPerValue	Where to store the number of bytes per depth buffer element, or `NULL`.
[out]	buffer	Where to store the address of the depth buffer, or `NULL`.

Returns: GLFW_TRUE if successful, or GLFW_FALSE if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.3.

◆ glfwGetOSMesaContext()

OSMesaContext glfwGetOSMesaContext ( GLFWwindow * window )

Returns: The OSMesaContext of the specified window, or NULL if an error occurred.

Errors: Possible errors include GLFW_NOT_INITIALIZED and GLFW_NO_WINDOW_CONTEXT.

Thread safety: This function may be called from any thread. Access is not synchronized.

Since: Added in version 3.3.

Description

Functions

Function Documentation

◆ glfwGetWin32Adapter()

◆ glfwGetWin32Monitor()

◆ glfwGetWin32Window()

◆ glfwGetWGLContext()

◆ glfwGetCocoaMonitor()

◆ glfwGetCocoaWindow()

◆ glfwGetCocoaView()

◆ glfwGetNSGLContext()

◆ glfwGetX11Display()

◆ glfwGetX11Adapter()

◆ glfwGetX11Monitor()

◆ glfwGetX11Window()

◆ glfwSetX11SelectionString()

◆ glfwGetX11SelectionString()

◆ glfwGetGLXContext()

◆ glfwGetGLXWindow()

◆ glfwGetWaylandDisplay()

◆ glfwGetWaylandMonitor()

◆ glfwGetWaylandWindow()

◆ glfwGetEGLDisplay()

◆ glfwGetEGLContext()

◆ glfwGetEGLSurface()

◆ glfwGetOSMesaColorBuffer()

◆ glfwGetOSMesaDepthBuffer()

◆ glfwGetOSMesaContext()