XtGetSelectionParameters(3)

XtGetSelectionParameters3

Retrieve target parameters for a selection request with a single target

Usage

#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>

void XtGetSelectionParameters(Widget owner, Atom selection, XtRequestId request_id, Atom *type_return, XtPointer *value_return, unsigned long *length_return, int *format_return);

Arguments

owner

Specifies the widget that owns the specified selection.

selection

Specifies the selection being processed.

request_id

Specifies the requestor id in the case of incremental selections, or NULL in the case of atomic transfers.

type_return

Specifies a pointer to an atom in which the property type of the parameters will be stored.

value_return

Specifies a pointer into which a pointer to the parameters are to be stored. A NULL will be stored if no parameters accompany the request.

length_return

Specifies a pointer into which the number of data elements in value_return of size indicated by format_return will be stored.

format_return

Specifies a pointer into which the size in bits of the parameter data in the elements of value_return will be stored.

Overview

XtGetSelectionParameters may only be called from within an XtConvertSelectionProc or from within the last call to an XtConvertSelectionIncrProc with a new request_id.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9–10
  7. 11
  8. 12–13
  9. Arch

From libxt 1.3.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.