NAME¶

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

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.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¶

Returns the retrieved data buffer or NULL on failure; call

SDL_GetError () for more information. Caller must call

SDL_free () on the returned pointer when done with it.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO¶

SDL_SetClipboardData(3)