# Selection.CanBringForward Property

> Gets value that indicates whether the selected shapes' levels can be increased by one. The property returns false if no shape is selected or one of the selected shapes is already the uppermost shape. In all other cases the property returns true.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 23.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Drawing`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.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 for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Drawing > Selection.CanBringForward Property
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/canbringforward-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/canbringforward-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/canbringforward-property/llms-full.txt

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- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/canbringforward-property/#syntax)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/canbringforward-property/#examples)
- [Limitations](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/selection/canbringforward-property/#limitations)

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