SpreadsheetControl.SetSelectedRanges(IList<CellRange>) Method

Selects multiple ranges in the active worksheet.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Spreadsheet.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public bool SetSelectedRanges(
    IList<CellRange> ranges
)

VB.NET

Public Function SetSelectedRanges(
    ranges As IList(Of CellRange)
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
ranges	IList<CellRange>	A list of the CellRange objects.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if cell ranges are selected successfully; otherwise false. If you pass null (Nothing in Visual Basic), or an empty list, or a list that contains at least one cell range located in a worksheet other than the active worksheet, the method returns false.

Remarks

The image below illustrates the use of the SpreadsheetControl.SetSelectedRanges method to select multiple non-adjacent ranges. The SpreadsheetControl.SelectedCell sets the selected (active) cell that gets user input. Note that if a cell outside the selected ranges was assigned to the SelectedCell property, selected ranges would be reset so that the active cell becomes the only selected range in the worksheet.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/wpf-spreadsheetcontrol-examples-e4975.

CellActions.cs

static void SetSelectedRanges(SpreadsheetControl control)
{
    control.BeginUpdate();
    Worksheet worksheet = control.ActiveWorksheet;

    CellRange r1 = worksheet.Range["A1:B10"];
    CellRange r2 = worksheet.Range["E12"];
    CellRange r3 = worksheet.Range["D4:E7"];
    List<CellRange> rlist = new List<CellRange>() { r1, r2, r3 };
    control.SetSelectedRanges(rlist);

    control.SelectedCell = worksheet.Cells["E5"];

    control.EndUpdate();
}

CellActions.vb

Private Shared Sub SetSelectedRanges(ByVal control As SpreadsheetControl)
    control.BeginUpdate()
    Try
        Dim worksheet As Worksheet = control.Document.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet
        Dim r1 As CellRange = worksheet.Range("A1:B10")
        Dim r2 As CellRange = worksheet.Range("E12")
        Dim r3 As CellRange = worksheet.Range("D4:E7")
        Dim rlist As New List(Of CellRange)() From {r1, r2, r3}
        control.SetSelectedRanges(rlist)

        control.SelectedCell = worksheet.Cells("E5")
    Finally
        control.EndUpdate()
    End Try
End Sub

End-users can select multiple ranges if the SpreadsheetSelectionOptions.AllowMultiSelection option is true. This option is accessible via the SpreadsheetControl.Options.Behavior.AllowMultiSelection notation.

Note

To select ranges in a specific worksheet (which may or may not be active) of the document loaded in the SpreadsheetControl, use the Worksheet.SetSelectedRanges method of the worksheet object.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-spreadsheetcontrol-examples-e4975/CS/SpreadsheetControl_WPF_Examples/SpreadsheetActions/CellActions.cs#L44

List<CellRange> rlist = new List<CellRange>() { r1, r2, r3 };
control.SetSelectedRanges(rlist);

VB.NET

wpf-spreadsheetcontrol-examples-e4975/VB/SpreadsheetControl_WPF_Examples/SpreadsheetActions/CellActions.vb#L40

Dim rlist As New List(Of CellRange)() From {r1, r2, r3}
control.SetSelectedRanges(rlist)