TextRange Class
Represents a selection of content between two TextPointer positions.
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | TextRange(TextPointer^, TextPointer^) | Initializes a new instance of the TextRange class, taking two specified TextPointer positions as the beginning and end positions for the new range. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ApplyPropertyValue(DependencyProperty^, Object^) | Applies a specified formatting property and value to the current selection. |
![]() | CanLoad(String^) | Checks whether the current selection can be loaded with content in a specified data format. |
![]() | CanSave(String^) | Checks whether the current selection can be saved as a specified data format. |
![]() | ClearAllProperties() | Removes all formatting properties (represented by Inline elements) from the current selection. |
![]() | Contains(TextPointer^) | Checks whether a position (specified by a TextPointer) is located within the current selection. |
![]() | Equals(Object^) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetPropertyValue(DependencyProperty^) | Returns the effective value of a specified formatting property on the current selection. |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | Load(Stream^, String^) | Loads the current selection in a specified data format from a specified stream. |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | Save(Stream^, String^) | Saves the current selection to a specified stream in a specified data format. |
![]() | Save(Stream^, String^, Boolean) | Saves the current selection to a specified stream in a specified data format, with the option of preserving custom TextElement objects. |
![]() | Select(TextPointer^, TextPointer^) | Updates the current selection, taking two TextPointer positions to indicate the updated selection. |
![]() | ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
The TextRange class introduces the following terminology.
Selection - A TextRange is a selection of content between two positions indicated by TextPointers. One of these positions a fixed anchor with respect to the selection, while the other position is movable. This is similar to how a selection made by a user using the mouse or keyboard behaves.
Current Selection - Because a TextRange always indicates a selection in content, it makes sense to simply refer to the selection indicated by a TextRange as the current selection.
Text Container - A text container is the element that forms the ultimate border for the flow content at hand; the selection indicated by a TextRange always falls within a text container. Currently, a text container must be either a FlowDocument or a TextBlock.
Document - The content collectively contained within a text container is referred to as a document.
For more information about other related terms like position, see TextPointer.
The following example demonstrates using the Text property of a TextRange to return the plain text representation of a specified FlowDocument.
Available since 3.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.



