TextBox.SelectionStart Property

Definition

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

public:
 property int SelectionStart { int get(); void set(int value); };
public int SelectionStart { get; set; }
member this.SelectionStart : int with get, set
Public Property SelectionStart As Integer

Property Value

The character index for the beginning of the current selection.

Exceptions

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.

Applies to

See also