C Specification

To query the supported presentation modes for a surface, call:

// Provided by VK_KHR_surface
VkResult vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfacePresentModesKHR(
    VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
    VkSurfaceKHR                                surface,
    uint32_t*                                   pPresentModeCount,
    VkPresentModeKHR*                           pPresentModes);

Parameters

  • physicalDevice is the physical device that will be associated with the swapchain to be created, as described for vkCreateSwapchainKHR.

  • surface is the surface that will be associated with the swapchain.

  • pPresentModeCount is a pointer to an integer related to the number of presentation modes available or queried, as described below.

  • pPresentModes is either NULL or a pointer to an array of VkPresentModeKHR values, indicating the supported presentation modes.

Description

If pPresentModes is NULL, then the number of presentation modes supported for the given surface is returned in pPresentModeCount. Otherwise, pPresentModeCount must point to a variable set by the user to the number of elements in the pPresentModes array, and on return the variable is overwritten with the number of values actually written to pPresentModes. If the value of pPresentModeCount is less than the number of presentation modes supported, at most pPresentModeCount values will be written, and VK_INCOMPLETE will be returned instead of VK_SUCCESS, to indicate that not all the available modes were returned.

If the VK_GOOGLE_surfaceless_query extension is enabled and surface is VK_NULL_HANDLE, the values returned in pPresentModes will only indicate support for VK_PRESENT_MODE_FIFO_KHR, VK_PRESENT_MODE_SHARED_DEMAND_REFRESH_KHR, and VK_PRESENT_MODE_SHARED_CONTINUOUS_REFRESH_KHR. To query support for any other present mode, a valid handle must be provided in surface.

Valid Usage
Valid Usage (Implicit)

  • VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfacePresentModesKHR-physicalDevice-parameter
    physicalDevice must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle

  • VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfacePresentModesKHR-surface-parameter
    If surface is not VK_NULL_HANDLE, surface must be a valid VkSurfaceKHR handle

  • VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfacePresentModesKHR-pPresentModeCount-parameter
    pPresentModeCount must be a valid pointer to a uint32_t value

  • VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfacePresentModesKHR-pPresentModes-parameter
    If the value referenced by pPresentModeCount is not 0, and pPresentModes is not NULL, pPresentModes must be a valid pointer to an array of pPresentModeCount VkPresentModeKHR values

  • VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfacePresentModesKHR-commonparent
    Both of physicalDevice, and surface that are valid handles of non-ignored parameters must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkInstance

Return Codes
On success, this command returns

  • VK_SUCCESS

  • VK_INCOMPLETE

On failure, this command returns

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  • VK_ERROR_SURFACE_LOST_KHR

See Also

VK_KHR_surface, VkPhysicalDevice, VkPresentModeKHR, VkSurfaceKHR

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

Copyright

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