TTF_GetTextProperties(3)

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

💖 TTF_GetTextProperties(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_ttf3 FUNCTIONS corner of the internet ✨ this one's short, sweet, and lowkey kinda powerful.

🌸 NAME 🌸

TTF_GetTextProperties — she gets the properties that are associated with a text object, periodt 💅

🎀 HEADER FILE 🎀

she lives in SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h, no cap. include her or she's not showing up to the party 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include "SDL3_ttf/SDL_ttf.h"

SDL_PropertiesID TTF_GetTextProperties(TTF_Text *text);

🦋 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🦋

  • text — the TTF_Text you wanna query. like, the text object in question, the one you're asking about 👀

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

on success she hands you a valid property ID ✨ and on failure you get 0 😭 if you got that zero, call SDL_GetError() for more info, she'll tell you what went wrong fr fr.

🧚 THREAD SAFETY 🧚

ngl this one's important: call this function on the thread that created the text. same thread, bestie. don't be out here crossing threads, it's giving chaos 🌈

👑 AVAILABILITY 👑

this icon has been serving since SDL_ttf 3.0.0 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie!! short queen, but she ate 🍓

this lil' writeup ships with SDL_ttf 3.2.2, mwah 💋 go query some properties, you got this 🫶✨

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