xcb_set_selection_owner(3) XCB Requests xcb_set_selection_owner(3)

NAME

xcb_set_selection_owner - Sets the owner of a selection

SYNOPSIS

#include <xcb/xproto.h>

Request function

xcb_void_cookie_t xcb_set_selection_owner(xcb_connection_t *conn,
xcb_window_t owner, xcb_atom_t selection,
xcb_timestamp_t time);

REQUEST ARGUMENTS

conn The XCB connection to X11.

owner The new owner of the selection.

The special value XCB_NONE means that the selection will
have no owner.

selection The selection.

time Timestamp to avoid race conditions when running X over the
network.

The selection will not be changed if time is earlier than
the current last-change time of the selection or is later
than the current X server time. Otherwise, the last-change
time is set to the specified time.

The special value XCB_CURRENT_TIME will be replaced with
the current server time.

DESCRIPTION

Makes window the owner of the selection selection and updates the
last-change time of the specified selection.

TODO: briefly explain what a selection is.

RETURN VALUE

Returns an xcb_void_cookie_t. Errors (if any) have to be handled in
the event loop.

If you want to handle errors directly with xcb_request_check instead,
use xcb_set_selection_owner_checked. 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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