xcb_get_selection_owner(3) XCB Requests xcb_get_selection_owner(3)

NAME

xcb_get_selection_owner - Gets the owner of a selection

SYNOPSIS

#include <xcb/xproto.h>

Request function

xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t
xcb_get_selection_owner(xcb_connection_t *conn,
xcb_atom_t selection);

Reply datastructure

typedef struct xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t {
uint8_t response_type;
uint8_t pad0;
uint16_t sequence;
uint32_t length;
xcb_window_t owner;
} xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t;

Reply function

xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t
*xcb_get_selection_owner_reply(xcb_connection_t *conn,
xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t cookie,
xcb_generic_error_t **e);

REQUEST ARGUMENTS

conn The XCB connection to X11.

selection The selection.

REPLY FIELDS

response_type
The type of this reply, in this case
XCB_GET_SELECTION_OWNER. This field is also present in the
xcb_generic_reply_t and can be used to tell replies apart
from each other.

sequence The sequence number of the last request processed by the
X11 server.

length The length of the reply, in words (a word is 4 bytes).

owner The current selection owner window.

DESCRIPTION

Gets the owner of the specified selection.

TODO: briefly explain what a selection is.

RETURN VALUE

Returns an xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t. Errors have to be
handled when calling the reply function
xcb_get_selection_owner_reply.

If you want to handle errors in the event loop instead, use
xcb_get_selection_owner_unchecked. See xcb-requests(3) for details.

ERRORS

xcb_atom_error_t
selection does not refer to a valid atom.

SEE ALSO

xcb-requests(3), xcb_set_selection_owner(3)

AUTHOR

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