NAME¶

SDL_StartTextInput - Start accepting Unicode text input events.

SYNOPSIS¶

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

void SDL_StartTextInput(void);

DESCRIPTION¶

This function will start accepting Unicode text input events in the focused SDL window, and start emitting SDL_TextInputEvent

( SDL_EVENT_TEXT_INPUT ) and

SDL_TextEditingEvent

( SDL_EVENT_TEXT_EDITING ) events. Please use this function in pair with SDL_StopTextInput ().

Text input events are received by default.

On some platforms using this function activates the screen keyboard.

AVAILABILITY¶

This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.

SEE ALSO¶

SDL_SetTextInputRect(3), SDL_StopTextInput(3)