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## Name

XtGetSelectionRequest - retrieve the event that triggered the XtConvertSelectionProc

## Syntax

XSelectionRequestEvent* XtGetSelectionRequest(w, selection, request_id)
Widget w;
Atom selection;
XtRequestId request_id;

## Arguments

w
  Specifies the widget.
selection
  Specifies the selection being processed.
request_id
  Specifies the requestor id in the case of incremental selections, or NULL in the case of atomic transfers.

## Description

XtGetSelectionRequest may only be called from within an XtConvertSelectionProc procedure and returns a pointer to the SelectionRequest event that caused the conversion procedure to be invoked. Request_id specifies a unique id for the individual request in the case that multiple incremental transfers are outstanding. For atomic transfers, request_id must be specified as NULL. If no SelectionRequest event is being processed for the specified widget, selection, and request_id, XtGetSelectionRequest returns NULL.

## See Also

X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
Xlib - C Language X Interface

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