# TextViewGenerator.SelectObjects Property

> Gets or sets a value controlling the selection of objects which are inserted behind the text. When the property is set to true, a mouse click selects the object behind the text. Otherwise, when this property is set to false, text in front of the object can be selected.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 25.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.ServerVisualisation`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Server.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Server.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Server.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.ServerVisualization > TextViewGenerator.SelectObjects Property
- **519 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/selectobjects-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/selectobjects-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-servervisualization/textviewgenerator/selectobjects-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets a value controlling the selection of objects which are inserted behind the text. When the property is set to true, a mouse click selects the object behind the text. Otherwise, when this property is set to false, text in front of the object can be selected.

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool SelectObjects { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property SelectObjects As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example applies bold formatting through the text view generator's selection by using `TextViewGenerator.SelectObjects`.

```csharp
Selection formattedSelection = textViewGenerator.Selection;
formattedSelection.Bold = true;
textViewGenerator.Selection = formattedSelection;

textViewGenerator.SelectObjects = true;
if (textViewGenerator.SelectObjects)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Text View Generator: Select Objects is enabled.");
}
```

```vbnet
Dim formattedSelection As Selection = textViewGenerator.Selection
formattedSelection.Bold = True
textViewGenerator.Selection = formattedSelection

textViewGenerator.SelectObjects = True
If textViewGenerator.SelectObjects Then
    Console.WriteLine("Text View Generator: Select Objects is enabled.")
End If
```

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