TTF_GetTextDirection(3)

📦 version 3.2.2, in debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 TTF_GetTextDirection(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS corner of the manual, this one lives in the SDL_ttf family and it's genuinely so chill ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

TTF_GetTextDirection — get the direction that's gonna be used for text shaping a text object 🦋

🎀 HEADER FILE 🎀

Defined in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h, no cap. That's the file you're gonna #include, periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

TTF_Direction TTF_GetTextDirection(TTF_Text *text);

look at that. one function. one parameter. she's simple, she's elegant, she ate 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

This defaults to the direction of the font used by the text object. that's it, that's the whole vibe — if nobody's told the text object otherwise, it just inherits whatever direction its font is giving 🌈

🫶 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🫶

  • text — the text to query. like, the text object you're curious about. hand her over and she'll tell you things 👑

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

( TTF_Direction ) — returns the direction to be used for text shaping. so you get a TTF_Direction back, and that's your answer, fr fr ✨

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

This function should be called on the thread that created the text. 🚨

not me stressing this — do NOT go calling it from some random other thread, bestie. the thread that made the text is the thread that gets to ask about it. that's the rule 😭

👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

This function is available since SDL_ttf 3.0.0. so she's been here a minute, iconic behavior 🌟

and that's the whole page, you understood it, you're doing amazing, mwah 💖

signing off from the SDL_ttf 3.2.2 release of the SDL_ttf manual, love u, go shape some text 🎀🦋💅

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