Function SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText

pub unsafe extern "C" fn SDL_GetPrimarySelectionText() -> *mut i8

Available on crate feature dep_sdl3 only.

Get UTF-8 text from the primary selection.

This functions returns an empty string if there was not enough memory left for a copy of the primary selection’s content.

Return value

Returns the primary selection 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_HasPrimarySelectionText
• SDL_SetPrimarySelectionText