Method

Gtk.TextBuffer.delete_selection

Declaration [src]

gboolean
gtk_text_buffer_delete_selection (
  GtkTextBuffer* buffer,
  gboolean interactive,
  gboolean default_editable
)

Description [src]

Deletes the range between the “insert” and “selection_bound” marks, that is, the currently-selected text.

If interactive is TRUE, the editability of the selection will be considered (users can’t delete uneditable text).

Parameters

interactive gboolean
 

whether the deletion is caused by user interaction

default_editable gboolean
 

whether the buffer is editable by default

Return value

Returns: gboolean

whether there was a non-empty selection to delete