# TextControl.DrawingSelected Event

> Occurs when a drawing has been selected. The event handler receives an argument of type DrawingEventArgs containing data related to this event.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Event
- **Introduced:** 23.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > TextControl.DrawingSelected Event
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingselected-event/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingselected-event/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/drawingselected-event/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Occurs when a drawing has been selected. The event handler receives an argument of type [DrawingEventArgs](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-datavisualization/drawingeventargs/llms-full.txt) containing data related to this event.

### Syntax

```csharp
public event DrawingEventHandler DrawingSelected;
```

```vbnet
Public Event DrawingSelected As DrawingEventHandler
```

### Examples

The following example records useful context when drawing selected occurs.

```csharp
textControl.DrawingSelected += (sender, e) =>
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Drawing Selected at {DateTime.Now:u}");
};
```

```vbnet
AddHandler textControl.DrawingSelected,
    Sub(sender, e)
        Console.WriteLine($"Drawing Selected at {DateTime.Now:u}")
    End Sub
```

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