# Selection.Start Property

> Gets the starting point of selected text. The first possible position is 0.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 22.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Web`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.Web` (assembly `TXTextControl.Web.DocumentEditor.dll`, from nuget.org, the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.Web > Selection.Start Property
- **289 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web/selection/start-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web/selection/start-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web/selection/start-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets the starting point of selected text. The first possible position is 0.

### Syntax

```csharp
public int Start { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property Start As Integer
```

### Examples

The following example checks `Selection.Start` before continuing the web document workflow.

```csharp
var configuredValue = selection.Start;
Console.WriteLine($"Start used by Selection: {configuredValue}");
```

```vbnet
Dim configuredValue = selection.Start
Console.WriteLine($"Start used by Selection: {configuredValue}")
```

### Limitations

Read only.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Selection.Save Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web/selection/save-method/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [StreamType Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web/streamtype/enumeration/llms-full.txt)