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SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText

Get UTF-8 text from the primary selection.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_clipboard.h>

Syntax

char * SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText(void);

Return Value

(char *) 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.

Remarks

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

Thread Safety

This function should only be called on the main thread.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

See Also


CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryClipboard


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