Tkinter.Tk.selection_get¶

Tk.selection_get(**kw)¶

Return the contents of the current X selection.

A keyword parameter selection specifies the name of the selection and defaults to PRIMARY. A keyword parameter displayof specifies a widget on the display to use. A keyword parameter type specifies the form of data to be fetched, defaulting to STRING except on X11, where UTF8_STRING is tried before STRING.