Method Detail

• connect

  public void connect(Clipboard.OwnerChange handler)

  Hook up a Clipboard.OwnerChange handler.

  Since:

  4.0.10

• getDefault

  public static Clipboard getDefault()

  Get the default Clipboard.

  There are actually quite a number of different clipboards in the X server! Normal people are used to there only being one, and current conventions are that the CLIPBOARD clipboard is the one that cut, copy, and paste operations go to. That is the clipboard returned here.

  Since:

  4.0.10

• getText

  public String getText()

  Get a textual representation of whatever is in this Clipboard. Some applications use the system clipboard for internal transfer of complex state, so if you've gone and copied some complex vector graphic using an application like Inkscape, you may find that the String you get back from calling this method is a little obscure.

  This call blocks until the text is available, though the main loop may iterate while it is doing so.

  The underlying implementation is actually asynchronous; a request for the data has to be made through the X server to whatever application actually placed the data in the clipboard.

  Since:

  4.0.10

• setImage

  public void setImage(Pixbuf pixbuf)

  Copy the given image to this Clipboard.

  Since:

  4.0.10

• setText

  public void setText(String text)

  Copy the given text to this Clipboard.

  Since:

  4.0.10

• store

  public void store()

  Request that the clipboard be copied somewhere outside your process's memory so that it will remain accessible to other applications after your process has terminated.

  Since:

  4.0.17