NAME

DXmCSTextGetSelection − Retrieves the text selected in the compound string text widget. 

SYNOPSIS

XmString DXmCSTextGetSelection(widget)
          Widget  widget;

PARAMETERS

widgetThe identifier (widget ID) of the compound string text widget. 

DESCRIPTION

The DXmCSTextGetSelection routine retrieves the text selected (highlighted) in the compound string text widget.  It returns a Null pointer if no text is selected in the widget.  The application is responsible for freeing the storage associated with the text by calling the Intrinsic routine XtStringFree. 

RETURN VALUES

A pointer to the selected text compound string. 

RELATED INFORMATION

DXmCreateCSText(3X), DXmCSTextClearSelection(3X), DXmCSTextCopy(3X), DXmCSTextCut(3X), DXmCSTextPaste(3X), DXmCSTextSetSelection(3X)