TXTextControl.Selection Class - TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms

TX Text Control .NET for Windows FormsReference GuideTXTextControl NamespaceSelection Class

The Selection class 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. In this case the IsCommonValueSelected method returns false.

Syntax

C#
VB.NET

public class Selection

Public Class Selection

Examples

The following example shows how to select and format a piece of text.

C#
VB.NET

textControl1.Text = "TX Text Control";

TXTextControl.Selection mySel = new TXTextControl.Selection(3, 4);
mySel.Bold = true;
mySel.Italic = true;

textControl1.Selection = mySel;

TextControl1.Text = "TX Text Control"

Dim mySel as TXTextControl.Selection = New TXTextControl.Selection(3, 4)
mySel.Bold = True
mySel.Italic = True

TextControl1.Selection = mySel

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Selection	Creates a new instance of the Selection class.

Enumerations

Enumeration	Description
Attribute	Determines a certain attribute.
DialogResult	Specifies identifiers to indicate the return value of a dialog box.

Methods

Method	Description
ChangeCapitalization	Changes the capitalization of all selected characters depending on the settings parameter.
ChangeDirection	Changes the writing direction of all selected paragraphs.
DecreaseIndent	Decreases the left indent of all paragraphs contained in the current text selection.
GrowFont	Increases the font size of each font contained in the current text selection.
IncreaseIndent	Increases the left indent of all paragraphs contained in the current text selection.
IsCommonValueSelected	Informs about whether a certain attribute has the same value for the complete selection.
Load	Exchanges the currently selected text with text in a certain format.
RemoveFormatting	Resets all character based formatting attributes of the selected text to its default values.
RemoveInlineStyles	Removes all character based styles of the selected text so that all attributes are reset to the attributes of the paragraph style.
Save	Saves the selected text of a document with the specified format.
ShrinkFont	Decreases the font size of each font contained in the current text selection.

Properties

Property	Description
AutoBaseline	Gets or sets values specifying wheather the selected text is automatically sub- or superscripted.
Baseline	Gets or sets the baseline alignment, in twips, of the selected text.
Bold	Gets or sets the bold attribute of the selected text.
Capitals	Gets or sets values specifying wheather the lowercase letters of the selected text are displayed with capital letters.
CharacterScaling	Gets or sets a character scaling, in percent of the average character width, of the selected text.
CharacterSpacing	Gets or sets a character spacing value, in twips, of the selected text.
Culture	Gets or sets the culture of the selected text.
FontName	Gets or sets the font of the selected text.
FontSize	Gets or sets the font's size, in twips, of the selected text.
ForeColor	Returns or sets the color used to display the selected text.
FormattingStyle	Gets or sets the formatting style of the selected text.
Italic	Gets or sets the italic attribute of the selected text.
Length	Returns or sets the number of characters selected.
ListFormat	Gets or sets a bulleted or numbered list and/or its formatting attributes for the selected text.
ParagraphFormat	Gets or sets the formatting attributes of the selected paragraphs.
SectionFormat	Gets or sets page settings such as margins, size and orientation for the selected text.
Start	Gets or sets the starting point of selected text.
Strikeout	Gets or sets the strikeout attribute of the selected text.
Text	Gets or sets a string containing the currently selected text.
TextBackColor	Gets or sets the background color for selected text.
Underline	Gets or sets underlining styles for the selected text.

Further Reading

Learn more about the TXTextControl.Selection Class in the Text Control Blog: