# TXDrawingCore.SelectAll Method

> Selects all shapes.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 33.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Drawing`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.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 WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.Drawing > TXDrawingCore.SelectAll Method
- **267 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/selectall-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/selectall-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/selectall-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

[Selects](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/selection-property/llms-full.txt) all [shapes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/shapes-property/llms-full.txt).

### Syntax

```csharp
public void SelectAll();
```

```vbnet
Public Sub SelectAll()
```

### Examples

The following example selects all document content. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

```csharp
tXDrawingCore.SelectAll();
Console.WriteLine("TXDrawing Core is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
tXDrawingCore.SelectAll()
Console.WriteLine("TXDrawing Core is ready for use.")
```

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## Nearby

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