Description

Gets or sets the culture of the selected text.

Syntax

public CultureInfo Culture { get; set; }

Public Property Culture As CultureInfo

Examples

The following example formats the heading of a short document by using Selection.Culture.

textControl.Text = "Quarterly results\nRevenue increased by 12%.";
textControl.Select(0, 17);
Selection selection = textControl.Selection;

selection.Culture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
if (selection.Culture != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Selection: Culture is available.");
}

textControl.Text = "Quarterly results" & vbCrLf & "Revenue increased by 12%."
textControl.Select(0, 17)
Dim selection As Selection = textControl.Selection

selection.Culture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")
If selection.Culture IsNot Nothing Then
    Console.WriteLine("Selection: Culture is available.")
End If

Limitations

Runtime only.

Remarks

The property's default value is null, which means a neutral culture.

The property returns its default value when the text selection contains multiple characters with mixed culture settings. The Selection.IsCommonValueSelected method can be used to check for mixed attributes.