TextEditBase.SetSelection(Int32) Method

Selects the editor’s text starting from the specified character to the last character.

Namespace: DevExpress.Maui.Editors

Assembly: DevExpress.Maui.Editors.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Maui.Editors

Declaration

public void SetSelection(
    int start
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
start	Int32	The zero-based index of the first selected character.

Remarks

The following code sample selects all the characters after the first character:

XAML

<ContentPage ...
    xmlns:dxe="clr-namespace:DevExpress.Maui.Editors;assembly=DevExpress.Maui.Editors">
    <ContentPage.Content>
        <StackLayout>
            <Button Clicked="SelectText_Clicked" Text="Select Text"/>
            <dxe:TextEdit x:Name="textedit" Text="Input Text" />
        </StackLayout>
    </ContentPage.Content>
</ContentPage>

C#

public partial class MainPage : ContentPage {
    // ...
    private void SelectText_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        textedit.SetSelection(1);
    }
}