Tk_ClearSelection(3)

🦋 Tk_ClearSelection(3) — Tk Library Procedures 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for Tk_ClearSelection, coming at you from the Tk Library Procedures. It’s giving “cancel that selection” energy, and honestly? iconic. Let’s get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

Tk_ClearSelection — Deselect a selection

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <tk.h>

Tk_ClearSelection(tkwin, selection)

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• Tk_Window tkwin (in) — the selection will be cleared from the display containing this window. Like, find the display that tkwin lives on; that’s the one getting the clear.
• Atom selection (in) — the name of the selection to be cleared. yes, you’re telling it which selection to cancel.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Tk_ClearSelection cancels the selection specified by the atom selection for the display containing tkwin. The selection does not need to be in tkwin itself, or even in tkwin’s application — no cap. If there’s a window anywhere on tkwin’s display that owns selection, that window gets notified and the selection gets cleared. And if there is no owner for selection on the display? The procedure just has no effect. it’s giving “nothing to clear, nothing happens” 💀

👑 KEYWORDS 👑

clear, selection

mwah 💋 — this page is from Tk version 4.0, and it’s literally Tk_ClearSelection(3), bestie. bye 🫶