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SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText(3) SDL3 FUNCTIONS SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText(3)

SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText - Get UTF-8 text from the primary selection.

Defined in SDL3/SDL_clipboard.h

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

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

Returns the primary selection 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_HasPrimarySelectionText(3), (3), SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText(3)

SDL 3.2.10 Simple Directmedia Layer