Method

ClutterTextget_text

Declaration [src] 

const gchar*
clutter_text_get_text (
  ClutterText* self
)

Description [src]

Retrieves a pointer to the current contents of a ClutterText actor.

If you need a copy of the contents for manipulating, either use g_strdup() on the returned string, or use:

   copy = clutter_text_get_chars (text, 0, -1);

Which will return a newly allocated string.

If the ClutterText actor is empty, this function will return an empty string, and not NULL.

Gets propertyClutter.Text:text

Return value

Type: const gchar*

The contents of the actor. The returned string is owned by the ClutterText actor and should never be modified or freed.

The returned data is owned by the instance.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.