# TXDrawingCore.ShapeSelected Event

> Occurs when a shape has been selected. It occurs by using the select all method or changing the TXDrawingCore.Selection.Shapes property . The event handler receives an argument of type ShapeEventArgs containing data related to this event.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Event
- **Introduced:** 33.0
- **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 > TXDrawingCore.ShapeSelected Event
- **386 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/shapeselected-event/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/shapeselected-event/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/shapeselected-event/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Occurs when a [shape](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/shape/llms-full.txt) has been selected. It occurs by using the [select all](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/selectall-method/llms-full.txt) method or changing the [TXDrawingCore.Selection.Shapes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/shapes-property/llms-full.txt) property . The event handler receives an argument of type [ShapeEventArgs](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/shapeeventargs/llms-full.txt) containing data related to this event.

### Syntax

```csharp
public event ShapeEventHandler ShapeSelected;
```

```vbnet
Public Event ShapeSelected As ShapeEventHandler
```

### Examples

The following example records useful context when shape selected occurs.

```csharp
tXDrawingCore.ShapeSelected += (sender, e) =>
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Shape Selected at {DateTime.Now:u}");
};
```

```vbnet
AddHandler tXDrawingCore.ShapeSelected,
    Sub(sender, e)
        Console.WriteLine($"Shape Selected at {DateTime.Now:u}")
    End Sub
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [TXDrawingCore.Shapes Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/shapes-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [TXDrawingCore.ShapeSized Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/shapesized-event/llms-full.txt)