Signal

GtkWidget::selection-request-event

Declaration 

gboolean
selection_request_event (
  GtkWidget* self,
  GdkEventSelection event,
  gpointer user_data
)

Description [src]

The ::selection-request-event signal will be emitted when another client requests ownership of the selection owned by the widget‘s window.

Default handler:

The default handler is called after the handlers added via g_signal_connect().

Parameters

event

Type: GdkEventSelection

The GdkEventSelection which triggered this signal.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.