SDL_FlushEvent(3)

NAME
SDL_FlushEvent - Clear events of a specific type from the event queue.

HEADER FILE
Defined in SDL3/SDL_events.h

SYNOPSIS
#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

void SDL_FlushEvent(Uint32 type);

DESCRIPTION
This will unconditionally remove any events from the queue that match type . If you need to remove a range of event types, use

SDL_FlushEvents () instead.

It's also normal to just ignore events you don't care about in your event loop without calling this function.

This function only affects currently queued events. If you want to make sure that all pending OS events are flushed, you can call

SDL_PumpEvents () on the main thread immediately before the flush call.

If you have user events with custom data that needs to be freed, you should use SDL_PeepEvents () to remove and clean up those events before calling this function.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

type
    the type of event to be cleared; see SDL_EventType
     for details.

THREAD SAFETY
It is safe to call this function from any thread.

AVAILABILITY
This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SEE ALSO
•(3), SDL_FlushEvents(3)