Changed default of GLFW_REFRESH_RATE.
Fixes #354.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67a9545..b733fcb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
- Added `GLFW_FLOATING` for creating always-on-top windowed mode windows
- Added `GLFW_FOCUSED` window hint for controlling initial input focus
- Added *partial and experimental* support for Wayland
+ - Changed the default of `GLFW_REFRESH_RATE` to `GLFW_DONT_CARE` to maintain
+ the default behavior
- Bugfix: The debug context attribute was set from `GL_ARB_debug_output` even
when a debug context had not been requested
- Bugfix: The particles example was not linked against the threading library
diff --git a/docs/window.dox b/docs/window.dox
index 3823b0c..2e3b882 100644
--- a/docs/window.dox
+++ b/docs/window.dox
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
`GLFW_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS` | 0 | 0 to `INT_MAX` or `GLFW_DONT_CARE`
`GLFW_AUX_BUFFERS` | 0 | 0 to `INT_MAX` or `GLFW_DONT_CARE`
`GLFW_SAMPLES` | 0 | 0 to `INT_MAX` or `GLFW_DONT_CARE`
-`GLFW_REFRESH_RATE` | 0 | 0 to `INT_MAX` or `GLFW_DONT_CARE`
+`GLFW_REFRESH_RATE` | `GLFW_DONT_CARE` | 0 to `INT_MAX` or `GLFW_DONT_CARE`
`GLFW_STEREO` | `GL_FALSE` | `GL_TRUE` or `GL_FALSE`
`GLFW_SRGB_CAPABLE` | `GL_FALSE` | `GL_TRUE` or `GL_FALSE`
`GLFW_DOUBLEBUFFER` | `GL_TRUE` | `GL_TRUE` or `GL_FALSE`
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index b07d5a6..561671e 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@
_glfw.hints.focused = GL_TRUE;
_glfw.hints.autoIconify = GL_TRUE;
+ // The default is to select the highest available refresh rate
+ _glfw.hints.refreshRate = GLFW_DONT_CARE;
+
// The default is 24 bits of color, 24 bits of depth and 8 bits of stencil,
// double buffered
_glfw.hints.redBits = 8;
