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Javascript: Selection.setStart Method

Method|Introduced in 24.0

Description

Sets the starting point of selected text.

Syntax

<void> Selection.setStart(<number> start, [<EmptyRequestCallback> callback], [<ErrorCallback> errorCallback])

Parameters

ParameterDescription
start

The starting point of selected text.

callback

Optional. Is called when the operation completed.

errorCallback

Optional. Is called when the operation failed with an error.

Examples

The following example demonstrates Selection.setStart in a practical document-editing workflow. It sets the starting point of selected text.

function onTxError(error) {
    console.error("TX Text Control error:", error.msg);
    error.handled = true;
}

TXTextControl.selection.setStart(
    1,
    function() {
        console.log("set start completed.");
    },
    onTxError
);