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## Draft

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# SDL_StartTextInput

Start accepting Unicode text input events.

## Header File

Defined in [<SDL3/SDL_keyboard.h>](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/include/SDL3/SDL_keyboard.h)

## Syntax

```c
void SDL_StartTextInput(void);

```

## Remarks

This function will start accepting Unicode text input events in the focused
SDL window, and start emitting [SDL_TextInputEvent](SDL_TextInputEvent)
([SDL_EVENT_TEXT_INPUT](SDL_EVENT_TEXT_INPUT)) and
[SDL_TextEditingEvent](SDL_TextEditingEvent)
([SDL_EVENT_TEXT_EDITING](SDL_EVENT_TEXT_EDITING)) events. Please use this
function in pair with [SDL_StopTextInput](SDL_StopTextInput)().

Text input events are received by default.

On some platforms using this function activates the screen keyboard.

## Version

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

## See Also

* [SDL_SetTextInputRect](SDL_SetTextInputRect)
* [SDL_StopTextInput](SDL_StopTextInput)

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