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SDL_GetClipboardText(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_GetClipboardText(3)

SDL_GetClipboardText - Get UTF-8 text from the clipboard.

Defined in SDL3/SDL_clipboard.h

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
char * SDL_GetClipboardText(void);

This functions returns an empty string if there was not enough memory left for a copy of the clipboard's content.

Returns the clipboard text on success or an empty string 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_HasClipboardText(3), (3), SDL_SetClipboardText(3)

SDL 3.2.10 Simple Directmedia Layer