# SDL_HINT_VIDEO_DRIVER

A variable that specifies a video backend to use.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_hints.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_hints.h)

## Syntax

```c
#define SDL_HINT_VIDEO_DRIVER "SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER"
```

## Remarks

By default, SDL will try all available video backends in a reasonable order
until it finds one that can work, but this hint allows the app or user to
force a specific target, such as "x11" if, say, you are on Wayland but want
to try talking to the X server instead.

This hint accepts a comma-separated list of driver names, and each will be
tried in the order listed during init, until one succeeds or all of them
fail.

This hint should be set before SDL is initialized.

## Version

This hint is available since SDL 3.2.0.

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