ITextEdit::Delete Method (Span)

Visual Studio 2015

Deletes a sequence of characters from the buffer.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text.Data.dll)

Syntax

bool Delete(
	Span deleteSpan
)

deleteSpan: Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Text::Span
The span of characters to delete.

true if the deletion succeeded, false if it was prevented by a read-only region.

Exception	Condition
InvalidOperationException	The Apply or Cancel or Dispose method has previously been called on this object.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	deleteSpan.End is greater than the length of the buffer.

Deleting an empty span will succeed, but will not generate a new snapshot or raise a Changed event.