Control.CanSelect Property (System.Windows.Forms)

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CanSelect Property

.NET Framework Class Library

Control..::.CanSelect Property

Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property CanSelect As Boolean

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Control
Dim value As Boolean

value = instance.CanSelect

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public bool CanSelect { get; }

Visual C++

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property bool CanSelect {
    bool get ();
}

JScript

public function get CanSelect () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true if the control can be selected; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This property returns true if the Selectable value of System.Windows.Forms..::.ControlStyles is set to true, is contained in another control, the control itself is visible and enabled, and all its parent controls are visible and enabled.

The Windows Forms controls in the following list are not selectable and will return a value of false for the CanSelect property. Controls derived from these controls are also not selectable.

Panel
GroupBox
PictureBox
ProgressBar
Splitter
Label
LinkLabel (when there is no link present in the control)

Examples

The following code example selects the specified Control, if it is selectable.

Visual Basic

Public Sub ControlSelect(control As Control)
   ' Select the control, if it can be selected.
   If control.CanSelect Then
      control.Select()
   End If
End Sub

public void ControlSelect(Control control)
{
   // Select the control, if it can be selected.
   if(control.CanSelect)
   {
      control.Select();
   }
}

Visual C++

public:
   void ControlSelect( Control^ control )
   {

      // Select the control, if it can be selected.
      if ( control->CanSelect )
      {
         control->Select(  );
      }
   }

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Control Class

Control Members

System.Windows.Forms Namespace