EditPoint::CharLeft Method (Int32)

Visual Studio 2015
 

Moves the edit point the specified number of characters to the left.

Namespace:   EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

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void CharLeft(
	int Count = 1
)

Parameters

Count
Type: System::Int32

Optional. The number of characters to move to the left. The default is 1 character.

CharLeft moves the edit point left the indicated number of characters. If the beginning of the document is reached before the indicated number of characters, the cursor remains at the beginning of the document. If the edit point is at the beginning of a line, then CharLeft leaves it at the end of the previous line. That is, all newline sequences are treated as a single character.

If the value of Count is negative, then CharLeft performs identically to the CharRight method.

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Sub CharLeftExample()
   Dim objTextDoc As TextDocument
   Dim objEditPt As EditPoint, iCtr As Integer

   ' Create a new text file.
   DTE.ItemOperations.NewFile("General\Text File")

   ' Get a handle to the new document and create an EditPoint.
   objTextDoc = DTE.ActiveDocument.Object("TextDocument")
   objEditPt = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint

   ' Insert ten lines of text.
   For iCtr = 1 To 10
      objeditpt.Insert("This is a test." & Chr(13))
   Next iCtr

   ' Change the first letter of the fourth word of the fourth line.
   objEditPt.StartOfDocument()
   objEditPt.LineDown(3)
   objEditPt.WordRight(3)
   objEditPt.CharRight(2)
   objEditPt.CharLeft(2)
   objeditpt.Delete(1)
   objEditPt.Insert("p")
End Sub
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