---
name: "SDL_TextEditingEvent"
section: "3type"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsdl3-doc"
version: "3.2.10+ds-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SDL_TextEditingEvent"
---

# SDL\_TextEditingEvent(3type)

Keyboard text editing event structure (event.edit.\*)

## NAME

SDL\_TextEditingEvent - Keyboard text editing event structure (event.edit.\*)

## HEADER FILE

Defined in SDL3/SDL\_events.h

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include "SDL3/SDL.h"
```

**typedef struct SDL\_TextEditingEvent** **{**     **SDL\_EventType type;         /\*\*\< SDL\_EVENT\_TEXT\_EDITING \*/**     **Uint32 reserved;**     **Uint64 timestamp;           /\*\*\< In nanoseconds, populated using SDL\_GetTicksNS() \*/**     **SDL\_WindowID windowID;      /\*\*\< The window with keyboard focus, if any \*/**     **const char \*text;           /\*\*\< The editing text \*/**     **Sint32 start;               /\*\*\< The start cursor of selected editing text, or -1 if not set \*/**     **Sint32 length;              /\*\*\< The length of selected editing text, or -1 if not set \*/** **} SDL\_TextEditingEvent;**

## DESCRIPTION

The start cursor is the position, in UTF-8 characters, where new typing will be inserted into the editing text. The length is the number of UTF-8 characters that will be replaced by new typing.

## AVAILABILITY

This struct is available since SDL 3.2.0.