NAME

SDL_GetClipboardText - Get UTF-8 text from the clipboard.

SYNOPSIS

#include <SDL3/SDL_clipboard.h>

char * SDL_GetClipboardText(void);

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUE

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.

THREAD SAFETY

This function should only be called on the main thread.

AVAILABILITY

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.

SEE ALSO

SDL_HasClipboardText(3), SDL_SetClipboardText(3)