From 776d24695e4dbb6d5941357fcd031f2ab75f78e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deepend <deepend@tilde.club>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:29:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] keep X11 selection ownership off the chat window

---
 src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c | 13 ++------
 src/fe-gtk/xtext.c            | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c b/src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c
index 107a0f3a..d583591f 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c
@@ -1266,8 +1266,6 @@ attr_list_has_attrs (PangoAttrList *attrs)
 static void
 sexy_spell_entry_recheck_all(SexySpellEntry *entry)
 {
-	GdkRectangle rect;
-	GtkAllocation allocation;
 	GtkWidget *widget = GTK_WIDGET(entry);
 	int length, i, text_len;
 	const char *text;
@@ -1299,15 +1297,8 @@ sexy_spell_entry_recheck_all(SexySpellEntry *entry)
 
 	gtk_entry_set_attributes (GTK_ENTRY (entry), attr_list_has_attrs (entry->priv->attr_list) ? entry->priv->attr_list : NULL);
 
-	if (gtk_widget_get_realized (GTK_WIDGET(entry)))
-	{
-		gtk_widget_get_allocation (GTK_WIDGET(entry), &allocation);
-		
-		rect.x = 0; rect.y = 0;
-		rect.width  = allocation.width;
-		rect.height = allocation.height;
-		gdk_window_invalidate_rect(gtk_widget_get_window (widget), &rect, TRUE);
-	}
+	/* GtkEntry shares its parent's GdkWindow in GTK3; redraw the widget area. */
+	gtk_widget_queue_draw (widget);
 }
 
 static gboolean
diff --git a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
index f60d91f2..b610c66d 100644
--- a/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
+++ b/src/fe-gtk/xtext.c
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ static void gtk_xtext_render_page (GtkXText * xtext);
 static void gtk_xtext_calc_lines (xtext_buffer *buf, int);
 static gboolean gtk_xtext_is_selecting (GtkXText *xtext);
 static char *gtk_xtext_selection_get_text (GtkXText *xtext, int *len_ret);
+static void gtk_xtext_clipboard_get (GtkClipboard *, GtkSelectionData *, guint, gpointer);
+static void gtk_xtext_clipboard_clear (GtkClipboard *, gpointer);
 static textentry *gtk_xtext_nth (GtkXText *xtext, int line, int *subline);
 static void gtk_xtext_adjustment_changed (GtkAdjustment * adj,
 												GtkXText * xtext);
@@ -1082,9 +1084,29 @@ gtk_xtext_new (const XTextColor *palette, int separator)
 	return GTK_WIDGET (xtext);
 }
 
+static void
+gtk_xtext_release_selections (GtkXText *xtext)
+{
+	GdkAtom selections[] = { GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY, GDK_SELECTION_SECONDARY };
+	guint i;
+
+	if (!gtk_widget_has_screen (GTK_WIDGET (xtext)))
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (selections); i++)
+	{
+		GtkClipboard *clipboard = gtk_widget_get_clipboard (GTK_WIDGET (xtext), selections[i]);
+
+		if (gtk_clipboard_get_owner (clipboard) == G_OBJECT (xtext))
+			gtk_clipboard_clear (clipboard);
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 gtk_xtext_cleanup (GtkXText *xtext)
 {
+	gtk_xtext_release_selections (xtext);
+
 	if (xtext->add_io_tag)
 	{
 		g_source_remove (xtext->add_io_tag);
@@ -1179,6 +1201,7 @@ gtk_xtext_finalize (GObject *object)
 static void
 gtk_xtext_unrealize (GtkWidget * widget)
 {
+	gtk_xtext_release_selections (GTK_XTEXT (widget));
 	backend_deinit (GTK_XTEXT (widget));
 
 	/*
@@ -2743,8 +2766,16 @@ gtk_xtext_set_clip_owner (GtkWidget * xtext, GdkEventButton * event)
 		{
 			gtk_clipboard_set_text (gtk_widget_get_clipboard (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD), str, len);
 			
-			gtk_selection_owner_set (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY, event ? event->time : GDK_CURRENT_TIME);
-			gtk_selection_owner_set (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_SECONDARY, event ? event->time : GDK_CURRENT_TIME);
+			/* Let GtkClipboard own the X11 selection window. Making xtext
+			 * the selection owner forces its window native and bypasses
+			 * GTK's toplevel backing buffer on subsequent redraws.
+			 */
+			gtk_clipboard_set_with_owner (gtk_widget_get_clipboard (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY),
+				gtk_xtext_selection_targets, G_N_ELEMENTS (gtk_xtext_selection_targets),
+				gtk_xtext_clipboard_get, gtk_xtext_clipboard_clear, G_OBJECT (xtext));
+			gtk_clipboard_set_with_owner (gtk_widget_get_clipboard (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_SECONDARY),
+				gtk_xtext_selection_targets, G_N_ELEMENTS (gtk_xtext_selection_targets),
+				gtk_xtext_clipboard_get, gtk_xtext_clipboard_clear, G_OBJECT (xtext));
 		}
 
 		g_free (str);
@@ -3197,6 +3228,29 @@ gtk_xtext_selection_get (GtkWidget * widget,
 	g_free (stripped);
 }
 
+static void
+gtk_xtext_clipboard_get (GtkClipboard *clipboard, GtkSelectionData *selection_data,
+						 guint info, gpointer owner)
+{
+	int len;
+	char *text = gtk_xtext_selection_get_text (GTK_XTEXT (owner), &len);
+
+	if (text)
+	{
+		gtk_selection_data_set_text (selection_data, text, len);
+		g_free (text);
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+gtk_xtext_clipboard_clear (GtkClipboard *clipboard, gpointer owner)
+{
+	GtkXText *xtext = GTK_XTEXT (owner);
+
+	if (xtext->orig_buffer)
+		gtk_xtext_selection_kill (xtext, NULL);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 gtk_xtext_scroll (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventScroll *event)
 {