# VkPhysicalDeviceToolProperties(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceToolProperties - Structure providing information about an active tool

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## C Specification

The VkPhysicalDeviceToolProperties structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_3
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceToolProperties {
        VkStructureType       sType;
        void*                 pNext;
        char                  name[VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE];
        char                  version[VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE];
        VkToolPurposeFlags    purposes;
        char                  description[VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE];
        char                  layer[VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE];
    } VkPhysicalDeviceToolProperties;

or the equivalent

    // Provided by VK_EXT_tooling_info
    typedef VkPhysicalDeviceToolProperties VkPhysicalDeviceToolPropertiesEXT;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `name` is a null-terminated UTF-8 string containing the name of the tool.

- `version` is a null-terminated UTF-8 string containing the version of the tool.

- `purposes` is a bitmask of VkToolPurposeFlagBits which is populated with purposes supported by the tool.

- `description` is a null-terminated UTF-8 string containing a description of the tool.

- `layer` is a null-terminated UTF-8 string containing the name of the layer implementing the tool, if the tool is implemented in a layer - otherwise it may be an empty string.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceToolProperties-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TOOL_PROPERTIES`

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceToolProperties-pNext-pNext
  `pNext` must be `NULL`

## See Also

VK_EXT_tooling_info, VK_VERSION_1_3, VkStructureType, VkToolPurposeFlags, vkGetPhysicalDeviceToolProperties, vkGetPhysicalDeviceToolPropertiesEXT

## 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

Copyright 2014-2025 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0