Document.Selections Property

Retrieves a collection of selections in the document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

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

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

Declaration

C#

SelectionCollection Selections { get; }

VB.NET

ReadOnly Property Selections As SelectionCollection

Property Value

Type	Description
SelectionCollection	A SelectionCollection object that contains ranges selected in the document.

Remarks

The SelectionCollection contains all ranges selected in the document. To add an item to the collection, use the SelectionCollection.Add method.

Use the SelectionCollection.RemoveAt method to unselect previously selected range.

To unselect an arbitrary range, use the SelectionCollection.Unselect method.

Example

The code sample below shows how to select a cell content:

View Example

SelectionCollection.cs

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

static void SelectSingleRange(Document document) {
    document.LoadDocument("Documents//SelectionCollection.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
    int startPos = 80;
    int endPos = document.Tables[0].Rows[1].LastCell.ContentRange.Start.ToInt();
    DocumentRange myRange = document.CreateRange(startPos, endPos - startPos);
    document.Selections.Add(myRange);
}

SelectionCollection.vb

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Shared Sub SelectSingleRange(ByVal document As Document)
    document.LoadDocument("Documents//SelectionCollection.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
    Dim startPos As Integer = 80
    Dim endPos As Integer = document.Tables(0).Rows(1).LastCell.ContentRange.Start.ToInt()
    Dim myRange As DocumentRange = document.CreateRange(startPos, endPos - startPos)
    document.Selections.Add(myRange)
End Sub