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SDL3: Generic Keyboard/Mouse names #12319

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TheMode opened this issue Feb 18, 2025 · 1 comment · Fixed by #12330
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SDL3: Generic Keyboard/Mouse names #12319

TheMode opened this issue Feb 18, 2025 · 1 comment · Fixed by #12330
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TheMode commented Feb 18, 2025 •
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SDL_GetKeyboardNameForID and SDL_GetMouseNameForID don't work very well to differentiate devices.

On Windows, everything is HID Keyboard Device (same as shown in the Device Manager).

On MacOS there is always only a single unnamed keyboard/mouse (although I have both the internal laptop keyboard/trackpad and 2 USB keyboards + 1 USB mouse)

Names should probably be changed to include some sort of differentiator (manufacturer, unique id, product id), and MacOS properly list connected devices.

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@TheMode TheMode changed the title Generic Keyboard/Mouse names SDL3: Generic Keyboard/Mouse names Feb 18, 2025
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slouken commented Feb 18, 2025

Pull requests are welcome!

@slouken slouken added this to the 3.x milestone Feb 18, 2025
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