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VkLayerProperties(3)
====================

Name
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VkLayerProperties - Structure specifying layer properties

C Specification
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// refBegin VkLayerProperties - Structure specifying layer properties

The sname:VkLayerProperties structure is defined as:

include::../api/structs/VkLayerProperties.txt[]


Members
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  * pname:layerName is a null-terminated UTF-8 string specifying the name of
    the layer. Use this name in the pname:ppEnabledLayerNames array passed
    in the slink:VkInstanceCreateInfo structure to enable this layer for an
    instance.
  * pname:specVersion is the Vulkan version the layer was written to,
    encoded as described in the <<fundamentals-versionnum,API Version
    Numbers and Semantics>> section.
  * pname:implementationVersion is the version of this layer. It is an
    integer, increasing with backward compatible changes.
  * pname:description is a null-terminated UTF-8 string providing additional
    details that can: be used by the application to identify the layer.


Description
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include::../validity/structs/VkLayerProperties.txt[]


See Also
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flink:vkEnumerateDeviceLayerProperties, flink:vkEnumerateInstanceLayerProperties


Document Notes
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For more information, see the Vulkan Specification at URL

https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.0/xhtml/vkspec.html#VkLayerProperties

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

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