From 13f8201dbe8ad1e1de6d48bec79e81838d51eff6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nintorch <[EMAIL REDACTED]>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:51:39 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for joystick LED for Switch controllers
Co-Authored-By: Thiago Lelles Fernandes <125714191+thilelito@users.noreply.github.com>
(cherry picked from commit 90dabda3b4ca85715e6108ed4f20310c680f06e5)
---
src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_switch.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_switch.c b/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_switch.c
index 69e74a852ccfb..d285118c1a378 100644
--- a/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_switch.c
+++ b/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_switch.c
@@ -1811,16 +1811,29 @@ static Uint32 HIDAPI_DriverSwitch_GetJoystickCapabilities(SDL_HIDAPI_Device *dev
if (ctx->m_eControllerType == k_eSwitchDeviceInfoControllerType_ProController && !ctx->m_bInputOnly) {
// Doesn't have an RGB LED, so don't return SDL_JOYSTICK_CAP_RGB_LED here
result |= SDL_JOYSTICK_CAP_RUMBLE;
+ // But has the HOME LED, so treat it like a mono LED
+ result |= SDL_JOYSTICK_CAP_MONO_LED;
} else if (ctx->m_eControllerType == k_eSwitchDeviceInfoControllerType_JoyConLeft ||
ctx->m_eControllerType == k_eSwitchDeviceInfoControllerType_JoyConRight) {
result |= SDL_JOYSTICK_CAP_RUMBLE;
+ if (ctx->m_eControllerType == k_eSwitchDeviceInfoControllerType_JoyConRight) {
+ result |= SDL_JOYSTICK_CAP_MONO_LED; // Right JoyCon also have the HOME LED
+ }
}
return result;
}
static bool HIDAPI_DriverSwitch_SetJoystickLED(SDL_HIDAPI_Device *device, SDL_Joystick *joystick, Uint8 red, Uint8 green, Uint8 blue)
{
- return SDL_Unsupported();
+ SDL_DriverSwitch_Context *ctx = (SDL_DriverSwitch_Context *)device->context;
+
+ if (!(ctx->m_eControllerType == k_eSwitchDeviceInfoControllerType_ProController && !ctx->m_bInputOnly) &&
+ ctx->m_eControllerType != k_eSwitchDeviceInfoControllerType_JoyConRight) {
+ return SDL_Unsupported();
+ }
+
+ int value = (int)((SDL_max(red, SDL_max(green, blue)) / 255.0f) * 100.0f); // The colors are received between 0-255 and we need them to be 0-100
+ return SetHomeLED(ctx, (Uint8)value);
}
static bool HIDAPI_DriverSwitch_SendJoystickEffect(SDL_HIDAPI_Device *device, SDL_Joystick *joystick, const void *data, int size)