\section{\class{wxClipboard}}\label{wxclipboard}
A class for manipulating the clipboard. Note that this is not compatible with the
-clipboard class from wxWindows 1.xx, which has the same name but a different implementation.
+clipboard class from wxWidgets 1.xx, which has the same name but a different implementation.
To use the clipboard, you call member functions of the global {\bf wxTheClipboard} object.
<wx/clipbrd.h>
+\wxheading{Library}
+
+\helpref{wxCore}{librarieslist}
+
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{Drag and drop overview}{wxdndoverview}, \helpref{wxDataObject}{wxdataobject}
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\membersection{wxClipboard::wxClipboard}
+
+\membersection{wxClipboard::wxClipboard}\label{wxclipboardctor}
\func{}{wxClipboard}{\void}
Constructor.
-\membersection{wxClipboard::\destruct{wxClipboard}}
+
+\membersection{wxClipboard::\destruct{wxClipboard}}\label{wxclipboarddtor}
\func{}{\destruct{wxClipboard}}{\void}
Destructor.
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::AddData}\label{wxclipboardadddata}
\func{bool}{AddData}{\param{wxDataObject*}{ data}}
\helpref{wxClipboard::SetData}{wxclipboardsetdata}
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::Clear}\label{wxclipboardclear}
\func{void}{Clear}{\void}
Clears the global clipboard object and the system's clipboard if possible.
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::Close}\label{wxclipboardclose}
-\func{bool}{Close}{\void}
+\func{void}{Close}{\void}
Call this function to close the clipboard, having opened it with \helpref{wxClipboard::Open}{wxclipboardopen}.
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::Flush}\label{wxclipboardflush}
\func{bool}{Flush}{\void}
Flushes the clipboard: this means that the data which is currently on
clipboard will stay available even after the application exits (possibly
eating memory), otherwise the clipboard will be emptied on exit.
-Returns false if the operation is unsuccesful for any reason.
+Returns false if the operation is unsuccessful for any reason.
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::GetData}\label{wxclipboardgetdata}
Call this function to fill {\it data} with data on the clipboard, if available in the required
format. Returns true on success.
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::IsOpened}\label{wxclipboardisopened}
\constfunc{bool}{IsOpened}{\void}
Returns true if the clipboard has been opened.
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::IsSupported}\label{wxclipboardissupported}
\func{bool}{IsSupported}{\param{const wxDataFormat\&}{ format}}
-Returns true if the format of the given data object is available on the clipboard.
+Returns true if there is data which matches the data format of the given data object currently {\bf available} (IsSupported sounds like a misnomer, FIXME: better deprecate this name?) on the clipboard.
+
+
+\membersection{wxClipboard::IsUsingPrimarySelection}\label{wxclipboardisusingprimaryselection}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsUsingPrimarySelection}{\void}
+
+Returns \true if we are using the primary selection, \false if clipboard one.
+See \helpref{UsePrimarySelection}{wxclipboarduseprimary} for more information.
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::Open}\label{wxclipboardopen}
Returns true on success. This should be tested (as in the sample shown above).
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::SetData}\label{wxclipboardsetdata}
\func{bool}{SetData}{\param{wxDataObject*}{ data}}
\helpref{wxClipboard::AddData}{wxclipboardadddata}
+
\membersection{wxClipboard::UsePrimarySelection}\label{wxclipboarduseprimary}
\func{void}{UsePrimarySelection}{\param{bool}{ primary = true}}
-On platforms supporting it (currently only GTK), selects the so called
-PRIMARY SELECTION as the clipboard as opposed to the normal clipboard,
-if {\it primary} is true.
-
+On platforms supporting it (all X11-based ports), wxClipboard uses the
+CLIPBOARD X11 selection by default. When this function is called with \true
+argument, 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 to implement 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 selection \texttt{"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.