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

SDL_SetClipboardText

Put UTF-8 text into the clipboard.

Header File

Defined in SDL_clipboard.h

Syntax

int SDL_SetClipboardText(const char *text);

Function Parameters

text the text to store in the clipboard

Return Value

Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Version

This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.

See Also

CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryClipboard