# VkDescriptorSet(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkDescriptorSet - Opaque handle to a descriptor set object

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## C Specification

Descriptor sets are allocated from descriptor pool objects, and are represented by `VkDescriptorSet` handles:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE(VkDescriptorSet)

## See Also

VK_DEFINE_NON_DISPATCHABLE_HANDLE, VK_VERSION_1_0, VkBindDescriptorSetsInfo, VkCopyDescriptorSet, VkWriteDescriptorSet, vkAllocateDescriptorSets, vkCmdBindDescriptorSets, vkFreeDescriptorSets, vkGetDescriptorSetHostMappingVALVE, vkUpdateDescriptorSetWithTemplate, vkUpdateDescriptorSetWithTemplateKHR

## 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.

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