* src/modest-text-utils.[ch]:

[modest] / src / modest-text-utils.c

diff --git a/src/modest-text-utils.c b/src/modest-text-utils.c
index afaedef..561ca9f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/modest-text-utils.c
+++ b/src/modest-text-utils.c
@@ -1631,3 +1631,23 @@ modest_text_utils_is_forbidden_char (const gchar character,
 
        return FALSE; /* it's valid! */
 }
+
+gchar *      
+modest_text_utils_label_get_selection (GtkLabel *label)
+{
+       gint start, end;
+       gchar *selection;
+
+       if (gtk_label_get_selection_bounds (GTK_LABEL (label), &start, &end)) {
+               const gchar *start_offset;
+               const gchar *end_offset;
+               start_offset = gtk_label_get_text (GTK_LABEL (label));
+               start_offset = g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (start_offset, start);
+               end_offset = gtk_label_get_text (GTK_LABEL (label));
+               end_offset = g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (end_offset, end);
+               selection = g_strndup (start_offset, end_offset - start_offset);
+               return selection;
+       } else {
+               return g_strdup ("");
+       }
+}