From f35869190bf79afc6352ae5275cdae8e92dff7de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Logan McNaughton <848146+loganmc10@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:55:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gather controller input even without focus (#360)

---
 src/ui/video.rs | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ui/video.rs b/src/ui/video.rs
index 68a944a..df13354 100644
--- a/src/ui/video.rs
+++ b/src/ui/video.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ pub fn init(device: &mut device::Device) {
     if !unsafe { sdl3_sys::video::SDL_ShowWindow(device.ui.video.window) } {
         panic!("Could not show window");
     }
-    unsafe { sdl3_sys::everything::SDL_HideCursor() };
+    unsafe {
+        sdl3_sys::everything::SDL_HideCursor();
+        sdl3_sys::everything::SDL_SetHint(
+            sdl3_sys::everything::SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_ALLOW_BACKGROUND_EVENTS,
+            std::ffi::CString::new("1").unwrap().as_ptr(),
+        );
+    }
 
     let gfx_info = GFX_INFO {
         RDRAM: device.rdram.mem.as_mut_ptr(),