selection_convert

Description:


public bool selection_convert (Widget widget, Atom selection, Atom target, uint32 time_)

Requests the contents of a selection.

When received, a “selection-received” signal will be generated.

Parameters:

widget

The widget which acts as requestor
selection

Which selection to get
target

Form of information desired (e.g., STRING)
time_

Time of request (usually of triggering event) In emergency, you could use CURRENT_TIME

Returns:

true if requested succeeded. false if we could not process request. (e.g., there was already a request in process for this widget).

Namespace: Gtk
Package: gtk+-3.0