ctrlSetTextSelection

2.00

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Description

Description:

Selects length characters of edit control from the start position and places cursor at the end of selection.

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To only move the cursor, set length to 0. To select text from right to left, use negative length (See ctrlTextSelection for more info)

Groups:

GUI Control

Syntax

Syntax:

control ctrlSetTextSelection [start, length]

Parameters:

control: Control

start: Number - selection start position

length: Number - length of characters to select (0 to only move the cursor). Negative length will select text from right to left (see example 3)

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_control ctrlSetTextSelection [5, 10];

Example 2:

disableSerialization; private _ctrl = findDisplay 46 createDisplay "RscDisplayEmpty" ctrlCreate ["RscEditMulti", -1]; _ctrl ctrlSetPosition [0,0,0.5,0.3]; _ctrl ctrlCommit 0; _ctrl ctrlSetText "Hello World"; _ctrl ctrlSetTextSelection [6, 5]; // selects World ctrlSetFocus _ctrl;

Example 3:

Select text from right to left:

_control ctrlSetTextSelection [5, -4];

Additional Information

See also:

ctrlTextSelection ctrlSetText

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