Gtk.Widget.prototype.get_clipboard

function get_clipboard(selection:Gdk.Atom):Gtk.Clipboard {
    // Gjs wrapper for gtk_widget_get_clipboard()
}

Returns the clipboard object for the given selection to be used with widget. widget must have a Gdk.Display associated with it, so must be attached to a toplevel window.

Since 2.2

selection

a Gdk.Atom which identifies the clipboard to use. %GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD gives the default clipboard. Another common value is %GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY, which gives the primary X selection.

Returns

the appropriate clipboard object. If no clipboard already exists, a new one will be created. Once a clipboard object has been created, it is persistent for all time.