SelectedText Property (SuperEditBase)

Gets or sets the currently selected text in the edit control.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property SelectedText As String

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SuperEditBase
Dim value As String
 
instance.SelectedText = value
 
value = instance.SelectedText

public virtual string SelectedText {get; set;}

Property Value

String containing the selected text

Remarks

When no selection has been made in the control, the SelectedText property returns an empty string. However, if the AllowNull property is set to true, the SelectedText property returns the null value.

You can assign a string to the SelectedText property to replace the selected text.

To return the number of characters in the selection, return the value of the SelectionLength property.

This property is available at run time only.

Example

control.EditModeCursorPosition = FarPoint.Win.EditModeCursorPosition.LastKnownPosition;
control.Text = "This is a test for HideSelection";
control.ControlType = FarPoint.Win.ControlType.Normal;
control.SelectionStart = 2;
control.SelectionLength = 5;
control.Selectable = true;
control.HideSelection = false;
control.AutoMenu = true;
textBox1.Text = control.SelectedText();
control.MaxLength = 9;

Visual Basic

control.EditModeCursorPosition = FarPoint.Win.EditModeCursorPosition.LastKnownPosition
control.Text = "This is a test for HideSelection"
control.ControlType = FarPoint.Win.ControlType.Normal
control.SelectionStart = 2
control.SelectionLength = 5
control.Selectable = True
control.HideSelection = False
control.AutoMenu = True
TextBox1.Text = control.SelectedText()
control.MaxLength = 9

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Reference

SuperEditBase Class
SuperEditBase Members
AllowNull Property
SelectionLength Property