SelectedText Property (EditBase)

Gets or sets a value that indicates the currently selected text in the control.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property SelectedText As String

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

public virtual string SelectedText {get; set;}

Property Value

A string that represents the currently selected text in the control.
The default is string.Empty

Remarks

You can assign text to this property to change the text currently selected in the control. If no text is currently selected in the control, this property inserts the new value in the Text property at the current caret position.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Reference

EditBase Class
EditBase Members
SelectionLength Property
SelectionStart Property
Select(Int32,Int32) Method