SDL_HINT_GDK...UT_MAX_LENGTH(3)

💖 SDL_HINT_GDK_TEXTINPUT_MAX_LENGTH 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the SDL3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_HINT_GDK_TEXTINPUT_MAX_LENGTH. yes it's a long name. yes it's worth it. let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_HINT_GDK_TEXTINPUT_MAX_LENGTH — this variable sets the maximum input length of the TextInput window on GDK platforms. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_hints.h>

#define SDL_HINT_GDK_TEXTINPUT_MAX_LENGTH "SDL_GDK_TEXTINPUT_MAX_LENGTH"

look at her. iconic. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the value has to be a stringified integer, okay? like, if you want up to 10 characters of text input, you write "10". quoted. a string. not the number 10, the string "10". i know. i know. but that's the assignment and she ate. ✨

heads up bestie: this hint is only available if SDL_GDK_TEXTINPUT is defined. no define, no hint, no cap. 😭

and this hint should be set before calling SDL_StartTextInput(). before, okay? before. if you set it after, you're giving chaos energy and we don't do that here. 🦋

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✨ AVAILABILITY ✨

this hint has been available since SDL 3.2.0. she's not new new, but she's not ancient either. a classic. 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! go set your text input length, go be great, go slay 💜

mwah 💋 this has been brought to you by the Simple Directmedia Layer girlies, SDL 3.4.18, and yes the manual page is literally named SDL_HINT_GDK...UT_MAX_LENGTH(3) because even the filename got truncated and honestly? relatable. bye bestie!! 🎀✨🌸