How to listen for the clipboard "owner-change" event in gtk-rs?

Question

I am writing a application based on gtk::Clipboard in using the gtk-rs crate. I have already initialized a Clipboard like this:

let clipboard = gtk::Clipboard::get(&gdk::SELECTION_PRIMARY);

It is able to print the selected text by using clipboard.wait_for_text() in loop.

However, I only need the text when the selection changes. How can I connect a handling function to the owner-change event emitted from clipboard?

In Python, it could be implemented like this

clipboard = Gtk.Clipboard.get(Gdk.SELECTION_PRIMARY)
clipboard.connect("owner-change", foo)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 14 '19 at 13:40

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//pub fn connect_owner_change<Unsupported or ignored types>(&self, f: F) -> SignalHandlerId {
//    Ignored event: Gdk.EventOwnerChange
//}

so this feature is likely not (yet) supported.

edited May 14 '19 at 13:40

Shepmaster

answered May 14 '19 at 10:08

Laney

thanks for your reply. I have found this too. Is there any solutions else? – H.D. Lin May 14 '19 at 14:18

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