sf::Clipboard Class Reference

Give access to the system clipboard. More...

#include <Clipboard.hpp>

Static Public Member Functions
static String	getString ()
	Get the content of the clipboard as string data. More...
static void	setString (const String &text)
	Set the content of the clipboard as string data. More...

Detailed Description

Give access to the system clipboard.

sf::Clipboard provides an interface for getting and setting the contents of the system clipboard.

Usage example:

// get the clipboard content as a string
sf::String string = sf::Clipboard::getString();

// or use it in the event loop
sf::Event event;
while(window.pollEvent(event))
{
    if(event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
        window.close();
    if(event.type == sf::Event::KeyPressed)
    {
        // Using Ctrl + V to paste a string into SFML
        if(event.key.control && event.key.code == sf::Keyboard::V)
            string = sf::Clipboard::getString();
    }
}

// set the clipboard to a string
sf::Clipboard::setString("Hello World!");

See also

sf::String, sf::Event

Definition at line 41 of file Clipboard.hpp.

Member Function Documentation

getString()

static String sf::Clipboard::getString ( )

static

Get the content of the clipboard as string data.

This function returns the content of the clipboard as a string. If the clipboard does not contain string it returns an empty sf::String object.

Returns

Clipboard contents as sf::String object

setString()

static void sf::Clipboard::setString ( const String &  text )

static

Set the content of the clipboard as string data.

This function sets the content of the clipboard as a string.

Parameters

text	sf::String containing the data to be sent to the clipboard

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Clipboard.hpp