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Document.Selection Property

Gets or sets the selected range in the document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

DocumentRange Selection { get; set; }

Property Value

Type Description
DocumentRange

A range that the selected text occupies.

Remarks

Use the Document.Copy, Document.Cut and Document.Paste methods without parameters to work with selection in the document.

The DocumentRange.Start and DocumentRange.End properties allows you to obtain the selection’s start and end positions.

Use the SubDocument.GetText method to obtain the plain text contained in the selection.

When you select individual table cells, the Selection property returns the last selected range. Use the Document.Selections property to obtain a collection of selections in the document. You can use the SelectionCollection to add new selection range or unselect previously selected range.

Example

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using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;

static void SelectTextInRange(Document document) {

    document.LoadDocument("Grimm.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
    DocumentPosition myStart = document.CreatePosition(69);
    DocumentRange myRange = document.CreateRange(myStart, 216);
    document.Selection = myRange;
}

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