# Selection.Start Property

> Gets or sets the starting point of selected text. The first possible position is 0. If the starting point of a selection is set to a new value, the selection's current length remains the same. To set a new starting point and a length simultaneously, use either the TextControl.Select method or create a new Selection object. To select parts of a table, use the Table.Select, TableRow.Select, TableColumn.Select and TableCell.Select methods.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > Selection.Start Property
- **627 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/selection/start-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/selection/start-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/selection/start-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the starting point of selected text. The first possible position is 0. If the starting point of a selection is set to a new value, the selection's current length remains the same. To set a new starting point and a length simultaneously, use either the [TextControl.Select](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/select-method/llms-full.txt) method or create a new [Selection](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/selection/llms-full.txt) object. To select parts of a table, use the [Table.Select](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/table/select-method/llms-full.txt), [TableRow.Select](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/tablerow/select-method/llms-full.txt), [TableColumn.Select](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/tablecolumn/select-method/llms-full.txt) and [TableCell.Select](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/tablecell/select-method/llms-full.txt) methods.

### Syntax

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

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

### Examples

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

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

selection.Start = 1;
Console.WriteLine($"Start used by Selection: {selection.Start}");
```

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

selection.Start = 1
Console.WriteLine($"Start used by Selection: {selection.Start}")
```

### Limitations

Runtime only.

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## Nearby

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