atkTextGetSelection: atkTextGetSelection

In RGtk2: R Bindings for Gtk 2.8.0 and Above

Description

Gets the text from the specified selection.

Usage

atkTextGetSelection(object, selection.num)

Arguments

object	[AtkText] an AtkText
selection.num	[integer] The selection number. The selected regions are assigned numbers that correspond to how far the region is from the start of the text. The selected region closest to the beginning of the text region is assigned the number 0, etc. Note that adding, moving or deleting a selected region can change the numbering.

Value

A list containing the following elements:

retval	[character] the selected text.
start.offset	[integer] passes back the start position of the selected region
end.offset	[integer] passes back the end position of (e.g. offset immediately past) the selected region

Author(s)

Derived by RGtkGen from GTK+ documentation

RGtk2 documentation built on Oct. 14, 2021, 5:08 p.m.