wxClipboard - Functions for wxClipboard class
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wxClipboard(3) Erlang Module Definition wxClipboard(3)
NAME
wxClipboard - Functions for wxClipboard class
DESCRIPTION
A class for manipulating the clipboard.
To use the clipboard, you call member functions of the global ?wxThe-
Clipboard object.
See the overview_dataobject for further information.
Call open/1 to get ownership of the clipboard. If this operation
returns true, you now own the clipboard. Call setData/2 to put data on
the clipboard, or getData/2 to retrieve data from the clipboard. Call
close/1 to close the clipboard and relinquish ownership. You should
keep the clipboard open only momentarily.
For example:
Note: On GTK, the clipboard behavior can vary depending on the configu-
ration of the end-user's machine. In order for the clipboard data to
persist after the window closes, a clipboard manager must be installed.
Some clipboard managers will automatically flush the clipboard after
each new piece of data is added, while others will not. The @Flush()
function will force the clipboard manager to flush the data.
See: Overview dnd, Overview dataobject, wxDataObject
wxWidgets docs: wxClipboard
DATA TYPES
wxClipboard() = wx:wx_object()
EXPORTS
new() -> wxClipboard()
Default constructor.
destroy(This :: wxClipboard()) -> ok
Destructor.
addData(This, Data) -> boolean()
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Data = wxDataObject:wxDataObject()
Call this function to add the data object to the clipboard.
This is an obsolete synonym for setData/2.
clear(This) -> ok
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Clears the global clipboard object and the system's clipboard if
possible.
close(This) -> ok
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Call this function to close the clipboard, having opened it with
open/1.
flush(This) -> boolean()
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Flushes the clipboard: this means that the data which is cur-
rently on clipboard will stay available even after the applica-
tion exits (possibly eating memory), otherwise the clipboard
will be emptied on exit.
Currently this method is implemented in MSW and GTK and always
returns false otherwise.
Note: On GTK, only the non-primary selection can be flushed.
Calling this function when the clipboard is using the primary
selection will return false and not make any data available
after the program exits.
Return: false if the operation is unsuccessful for any reason.
getData(This, Data) -> boolean()
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Data = wxDataObject:wxDataObject()
Call this function to fill data with data on the clipboard, if
available in the required format.
Returns true on success.
isOpened(This) -> boolean()
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Returns true if the clipboard has been opened.
open(This) -> boolean()
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Call this function to open the clipboard before calling set-
Data/2 and getData/2.
Call close/1 when you have finished with the clipboard. You
should keep the clipboard open for only a very short time.
Return: true on success. This should be tested (as in the sample
shown above).
setData(This, Data) -> boolean()
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Data = wxDataObject:wxDataObject()
Call this function to set the data object to the clipboard.
The new data object replaces any previously set one, so if the
application wants to provide clipboard data in several different
formats, it must use a composite data object supporting all of
the formats instead of calling this function several times with
different data objects as this would only leave data from the
last one in the clipboard.
After this function has been called, the clipboard owns the
data, so do not delete the data explicitly.
usePrimarySelection(This) -> ok
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
usePrimarySelection(This, Options :: [Option]) -> ok
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Option = {primary, boolean()}
On platforms supporting it (all X11-based ports), wxClipboard
uses the CLIPBOARD X11 selection by default.
When this function is called with true, all subsequent clipboard
operations will use PRIMARY selection until this function is
called again with false.
On the other platforms, there is no PRIMARY selection and so all
clipboard operations will fail. This allows implementing the
standard X11 handling of the clipboard which consists in copying
data to the CLIPBOARD selection only when the user explicitly
requests it (i.e. by selecting the "Copy" menu command) but
putting the currently selected text into the PRIMARY selection
automatically, without overwriting the normal clipboard contents
with the currently selected text on the other platforms.
isSupported(This, Format) -> boolean()
Types:
This = wxClipboard()
Format = wx:wx_enum()
Returns true if there is data which matches the data format of
the given data object currently available on the clipboard.
get() -> wxClipboard()
Returns the global instance (wxTheClipboard) of the clipboard
object.
wxWidgets team. wx 2.1.1 wxClipboard(3)