TextEdit.GetCharIndexFromPosition(Point) Method

Retrieves the index of the character closest to the specified location.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v26.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual int GetCharIndexFromPosition(
    Point pt
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function GetCharIndexFromPosition(
    pt As Point
) As Integer

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pt	Point	The location (relative to the control’s top left corner) from which to find the nearest character.

Returns

Type	Description
Int32	The zero-based index of the character closest to the specified location.

Remarks

This method returns the index of the chacacter that is closest to the position specified in the pt parameter.

Note

If the specified location is not within the control’s client rectangle, or is beyond the editor’s last character, the return value is the index of the last character.