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TextBox.SelectionStart Property

.NET Framework 4.5

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Gets or sets a character index for the beginning of the current selection.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

Syntax

C++

public int SelectionStart { get; set; }

XAML Attribute Usage

<object SelectionStart="int" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
The character index for the beginning of the current selection.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	SelectionStart is set to a negative value.

Remarks

In cases where the specified selection length would cause the selection to end between a carriage return and a new-line character, the selection length is automatically increased by 1 so that the resulting selection spans the entire end-of-line marker.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

TextBox Class

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

Select

SelectedText

SelectionLength

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