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SDL_GetClipboardData(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_GetClipboardData(3)

SDL_GetClipboardData - Get the data from clipboard for a given mime type.

Defined in SDL3/SDL_clipboard.h

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
void * SDL_GetClipboardData(const char *mime_type, size_t *size);

The size of text data does not include the terminator, but the text is guaranteed to be null terminated.

the mime type to read from the clipboard.
a pointer filled in with the length of the returned data.

Returns the retrieved data buffer or NULL on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information. This should be freed with SDL_free () when it is no longer needed.

This function should only be called on the main thread.

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

(3), SDL_HasClipboardData(3), (3), SDL_SetClipboardData(3)

SDL 3.2.10 Simple Directmedia Layer