XmTextFieldGetSelection(X3mot)

XmTextFieldGetSelection -- a TextField function that retrieves the value of the primary selection

Synopsis

#include <Xm/TextF.h> 
 
char * XmTextFieldGetSelection (widget) 
Widget widget;

Description

XmTextFieldGetSelection retrieves the value of the primary selection. It returns a NULL pointer if no text is selected in the widget. The application is responsible for freeing the storage associated with the string by calling XtFree.

widget: Specifies the TextField widget ID

For a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, see XmTextField(X3mot).

Return values

Returns a character pointer to the string that is associated with the primary selection.

References

XmTextField(X3mot) and XmTextFieldGetSelectionWcs(X3mot).