SDL steals mouse after killing app

[ManSizeRooster]

Hi all,

I've just started working with SDL, and have encountered an odd problem.

I'm programming a fullscreen application, and want to hide the mouse cursor. However, when I call SDL_ShowCursor(1) to hide it, after I have killed the application all mouse functionality is dead. I'm stumped. I'm using SDL_Quit();, and have tried using SDL_ShowCursor(0); at the end of my program to undo what SDL_ShowCursor(0) does.

Thanks for any help,

ManSizeRooster

PS

Can anyone recommend an OpenGL tutorial better than, or at least comparable to, the NeHe ones?

[DoktorSeven]

From the SDL docs:

int SDL_ShowCursor(int toggle);

Description
Toggle whether or not the cursor is shown on the screen. Passing SDL_ENABLE displays the cursor and passing SDL_DISABLE hides it. The current state of the mouse cursor can be queried by passing SDL_QUERY, either SDL_DISABLE or SDL_ENABLE will be returned.
The cursor starts off displayed, but can be turned off.

So you need to do SDL_DISABLE and SDL_ENABLE rather than 0 and 1.

The following code works fine for me:

#include <SDL/SDL.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
int leaveprogram = 0;
SDL_Surface *screen;
SDL_Event event;
if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0)
{
fprintf (stderr, "SDL init error: %\n", SDL_GetError());
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
atexit (SDL_Quit);
screen = SDL_SetVideoMode (1024, 768, 24, SDL_HWSURFACE | SDL_FULLSCREEN);
if (screen == NULL)
{
fprintf (stderr, "Could not set 1024x768x24 surface: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
SDL_ShowCursor(SDL_DISABLE);

while (!leaveprogram)
{
while (SDL_PollEvent(&event))
{
switch (event.type)
{
case SDL_KEYUP:
leaveprogram = 1;
break;
}
}
}
SDL_ShowCursor (SDL_ENABLE);
SDL_Quit();
return 0;
}