Javascript: Selection Object - TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET

TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NETReference GuideJavaScript APISelection Object

Describes and handles the attributes of a text selection. Each of the properties of this class returns the property's default value if the selection does not contain a common value.

Syntax

JavaScript

Selection

Introduced: X14.

Enumerations

Enumeration	Description
Attribute	Determines a certain selection attribute.

Methods

Method	Description
getBaseline	Gets the baseline alignment, in twips, of the selected text.
getBold	Gets the bold attribute of the selected text.
getCulture	Gets the culture as a languagecode2-country / regioncode2 string value.
getFontName	Gets the font name of the selected text.
getFontSize	Gets the font's size, in points, of the selected text.
getForeColor	Gets the color used to display the selected text.
getFormattingStyle	Gets the formatting style of the selected text.
getItalic	Gets the italic attribute of the selected text.
getLength	Gets the number of selected characters.
getStart	Gets the starting point of selected text.
getStrikeout	Gets the strikeout attribute of the selected text.
getText	Gets the currently selected text.
getTextBackColor	Gets the background color of the selected text.
getUnderline	Gets the underlining styles of the selected text.
isCommonListFormatValueSelected	Informs about whether an attribute from the ListFormat.Attribute enumeration has the same value for the complete selection.
isCommonPageBorderValueSelected	Informs about whether an attribute from the PageBorder.Attribute enumeration has the same value for the complete selection.
isCommonPageMarginsValueSelected	Informs about whether an attribute from the PageMargins.Attribute enumeration has the same value for the complete selection.
isCommonPageSizeValueSelected	Informs about whether an attribute from the PageSize.Attribute enumeration has the same value for the complete selection.
isCommonPargraphFormatValueSelected	Informs about whether an attribute from the ParagraphFormat.Attribute enumeration has the same value for the complete selection.
isCommonSectionFormatValueSelected	Informs about whether an attribute from the SectionFormat.Attribute enumeration has the same value for the complete selection.
isCommonSelectionValueSelected	Informs about whether an attribute from the Selection.Attribute enumeration has the same value for the complete selection.
load	Loads text in a certain format into the current selection.
save	Saves the current selection in a certain format and sends the result back asynchronously by calling a given callback function.
setBaseline	Sets the baseline alignment, in twips, of the selected text.
setBold	Sets the bold attribute of the selected text.
setBounds	Deprecated.
setCulture	Sets the culture as a languagecode2-country / regioncode2 string value.
setFontName	Sets the font's name of the selected text.
setFontSize	Sets the font's size, in points, of the selected text.
setForeColor	Sets the selection's foreground color.
setFormattingStyle	Sets the formatting style of the selected text.
setItalic	Sets the italic attribute of the selected text.
setLength	Sets the number of selected characters.
setStart	Sets the starting point of selected text.
setStrikeout	Sets the strikeout attribute of the selected text.
setText	Sets the currently selected text.
setTextBackColor	Sets the selection's background color.
setUnderline	Sets the underlining styles for the selected text.

Properties

Property	Description
listFormat	Gets a bulleted or numbered list and / or its formatting attributes for the selected text.
paragraphFormat	Gets the formatting attributes of the selected paragraphs.
sectionFormat	Gets page settings such as margins, size and orientation for the selected text.

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