# Selection.BringForward Method

> Increases the selected shapes' levels by one. The method has no effect if the CanBringForward property returns false.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 23.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Drawing`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXDrawing.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXDrawing.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDrawing.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.Drawing > Selection.BringForward Method
- **290 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/bringforward-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/bringforward-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/bringforward-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Increases the [selected shapes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/shapes-property/llms-full.txt)' levels by one. The method has no effect if the [CanBringForward](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/canbringtofront-property/llms-full.txt) property returns false.

### Syntax

```csharp
public void BringForward();
```

```vbnet
Public Sub BringForward()
```

### Examples

The following example uses Bring Forward in a focused Selection workflow. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

```csharp
selection.BringForward();
Console.WriteLine("Selection is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
selection.BringForward()
Console.WriteLine("Selection is ready for use.")
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Selection.Attribute Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection-attribute/enumeration/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [Selection.BringToFront Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/bringtofront-method/llms-full.txt)