(This is the legacy documentation for stable SDL2, the current stable version; SDL3 is the current development version.)

SDL_HINT_ENABLE_SCREEN_KEYBOARD

A variable that controls whether the on-screen keyboard should be shown when text input is active

Header File

Defined in SDL_hints.h

Syntax

#define SDL_HINT_ENABLE_SCREEN_KEYBOARD "SDL_ENABLE_SCREEN_KEYBOARD"

Remarks

The variable can be set to the following values:

• "0": Do not show the on-screen keyboard
• "1": Show the on-screen keyboard

The default value is "1". This hint must be set before text input is activated.

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIMacro, CategoryHints