# 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 WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 16.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.WPF`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.WPF.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.WPF.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.WPF > TextControl.Selection Property
- **427 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/selection-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/selection-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/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-wpf/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 `TextControl.Selection` to configure selection as part of the text control workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
textControl.Selection = new Selection();
if (textControl.Selection != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Text Control: Selection is available.");
}
```

```vbnet
textControl.Selection = New Selection()
If textControl.Selection IsNot Nothing Then
    Console.WriteLine("Text Control: Selection is available.")
End If
```

### Limitations

Runtime only.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [TextControl.SelectAll Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/selectall-method/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [TextControl.SelectionViewMode Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/selectionviewmode-property/llms-full.txt)