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= SDL_StartTextInput =
Use this function to start accepting Unicode text input events.

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== Syntax ==
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void SDL_StartTextInput(void)
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== Code Examples ==
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== Remarks ==

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

On some platforms using this function activates the screen keyboard.

There is a [[Tutorials/TextInput|tutorial]].

== Related Functions ==
 .[[SDL_SetTextInputRect]]
 .[[SDL_StopTextInput]]

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[[CategoryAPI]], [[CategoryKeyboard]]