Method

Gtk.TextView.get_iter_at_location

Declaration [src]

gboolean
gtk_text_view_get_iter_at_location (
  GtkTextView* text_view,
  GtkTextIter* iter,
  int x,
  int y
)

Description [src]

Retrieves the iterator at buffer coordinates x and y.

Buffer coordinates are coordinates for the entire buffer, not just the currently-displayed portion. If you have coordinates from an event, you have to convert those to buffer coordinates with gtk_text_view_window_to_buffer_coords().

Parameters

iter GtkTextIter
 

a GtkTextIter

 Direction: out
 Ownership is not transferred to the callee
x int
 

x position, in buffer coordinates

y int
 

y position, in buffer coordinates

Return value

Returns: gboolean

TRUE if the position is over text