# TextControl.Selection Property

> Gets or sets the current selection in the text part with the input focus. This can be the main text, a text frame or a header or footer. The property value is an object of the type Selection. A selection can be used to assign character and paragraph formatting attributes to a piece of text.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **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.Selection Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/selection-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/selection-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/selection-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the current selection in the text part with the input focus. This can be the main text, a text frame or a header or footer. The property value is an object of the type [Selection](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/selection/llms-full.txt). A selection can be used to assign character and paragraph formatting attributes to a piece of text.

### Syntax

```csharp
public Selection Selection { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property Selection As Selection
```

### Examples

The following example uses the current selection to emphasize a report heading.

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

```vbnet
textControl.Text = "Quarterly results" & vbCrLf & "Revenue increased by 12%."
textControl.Select(0, "Quarterly results".Length)
textControl.Selection.Bold = True
```

### Limitations

Runtime only.

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## Nearby

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