SelectionLength Property (EditBase)

Gets or sets the number of characters selected in the control.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property SelectionLength As Integer

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

public virtual int SelectionLength {get; set;}

Property Value

The number of characters selected in the control.
The default is zero.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The assigned value is less than zero.

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 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Reference

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