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Javascript: Selection.setText Method

Method|Introduced in 26.0

Description

Sets the currently selected text.

Syntax

<void> Selection.setText(<string> text, [<EmptyRequestCallback> callback], [<ErrorCallback> errorCallback])

Parameters

ParameterDescription
text

The 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.setText in a practical document-editing workflow. It sets the currently selected text.

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

TXTextControl.selection.setText(
    "Quarterly report",
    function() {
        console.log("set text completed.");
    },
    onTxError
);