SelectionLength Property (Field)

Gets the length of the selection.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public ReadOnly Property SelectionLength As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Field
Dim value As Integer
 
value = instance.SelectionLength

public int SelectionLength {get;}

Property Value

The length of the selection.
The default is 0.

Remarks

You can use this property to determine if any characters are currently selected in the control before performing operations on the selected text. When the value of the SelectionLength property is set to a value that is larger than the number of characters within the text of the control, the value of the SelectionLength property is set to the entire length of text within the control minus the value of the SelectionStart property (if any value is specified for the SelectionStart property).

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

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