NAME¶

SDL_GetClipboardData - Get the data from clipboard for a given mime type.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <SDL3/SDL_clipboard.h>

void * SDL_GetClipboardData(const char *mime_type, size_t *size);

DESCRIPTION¶

The size of text data does not include the terminator, but the text is guaranteed to be null terminated.

FUNCTION PARAMETERS¶

mime_type

the mime type to read from the clipboard.

size

a pointer filled in with the length of the returned data.

RETURN VALUE¶

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_HasClipboardData(3), SDL_SetClipboardData(3)