Class SelectionRangeCollection

Represents the SelectionRangeCollection class.

Inheritance

System.Object

SelectionRangeCollection

Namespace: Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.RichTextBoxAdv

Assembly: Syncfusion.SfRichTextBoxAdv.UWP.dll

Syntax

public class SelectionRangeCollection : Object

Properties

Count

Gets the number of SelectionRange instances actually contained in the SelectionRangeCollection.

Declaration

public int Count { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32	The the number of SelectionRange instances actually contained in the SelectionRangeCollection.

First

Gets the first SelectionRange instance from the SelectionRangeCollection.

Declaration

public SelectionRange First { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
SelectionRange	If the SelectionRangeCollection is empty, returns null. Otherwise returns the first SelectionRange instance.

Last

Gets the last SelectionRange instance from the SelectionRangeCollection.

Declaration

public SelectionRange Last { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
SelectionRange	If the SelectionRangeCollection is empty, returns null. Otherwise returns the last SelectionRange instance.

Methods

Add(TextPosition, TextPosition)

Adds the specified start TextPosition and end TextPosition as a SelectionRange instance to the SelectionRangeCollection.

Declaration

public void Add(TextPosition startPosition, TextPosition endPosition)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TextPosition	startPosition	The start TextPosition.
TextPosition	endPosition	The end TextPosition.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to add the specified start and end positions to the selection range collection.

<RichTextBoxAdv:SfRichTextBoxAdv x:Name="richTextBoxAdv"/>

public void AddSelection()
{
    // Retrieves the position at the first paragraph start.
    TextPosition startPosition = richTextBoxAdv.Document.GetTextPosition("0;0;0");
// Retrieves the position at offset = 20 in the first paragraph.
TextPosition endPosition = richTextBoxAdv.Document.GetTextPosition("0;0;20");

// Selects the text positions in forward direction.
richTextBoxAdv.Selection.Select(startPosition, endPosition);

// Retrieves the position at offset = 1 in the third paragraph start.
TextPosition secondStartPosition = richTextBoxAdv.Document.GetTextPosition("0;2;1");

// Retrieves the position at offset = 16 in the fifth paragraph.
TextPosition secondEndPosition = richTextBoxAdv.Document.GetTextPosition("0;4;16");

// Adds the second start position and second end position to the selection ranges.
richTextBoxAdv.Selection.SelectionRanges.Add(secondStartPosition, secondEndPosition);

}

Public Sub AddSelection()

   ' Retrieves the position at the first paragraph start.
   Dim startPosition As TextPosition = richTextBoxAdv.Document.GetTextPosition("0;0;0")

   ' Retrieves the position at offset = 20 in the first paragraph.
   Dim endPosition As TextPosition = richTextBoxAdv.Document.GetTextPosition("0;0;20")

   ' Selects the text positions in forward direction.
   richTextBoxAdv.Selection.Select(startPosition, endPosition)

   ' Retrieves the position at offset = 1 in the third paragraph.
   Dim secondStartPosition As TextPosition = richTextBoxAdv.Document.GetTextPosition("0;2;1")

   ' Retrieves the position at offset = 16 in the fifth paragraph.
   Dim secondEndPosition As TextPosition = richTextBoxAdv.Document.GetTextPosition("0;4;16")

   ' Adds the second start position and second end position to the selection ranges.
   richTextBoxAdv.Selection.SelectionRanges.Add(secondStartPosition, secondEndPosition)

 End Sub

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	TextPosition cannot be null.
System.ArgumentException	Invalid start TextPosition.
System.ArgumentException	Invalid end TextPosition.
System.ArgumentException	A text position within comment can be selected with another text position within the same comment only.

See Also

TextPosition

SelectionRange

Clear()

Removes all the SelectionRange instances from the SelectionRangeCollection.

Declaration

public void Clear()

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to clear the selection range collection.

<RichTextBoxAdv:SfRichTextBoxAdv x:Name="richTextBoxAdv"/>

public void ClearSelection()
{
    // Clears the selection ranges.
    richTextBoxAdv.Selection.SelectionRanges.Clear();
}

Public Sub ClearSelection()
' Clears the selection ranges.
richTextBoxAdv.Selection.SelectionRanges.Clear()
End Sub

Contains(SelectionRange)

Determines whether the specified SelectionRange instance is contained in the SelectionRangeCollection.

Declaration

public bool Contains(SelectionRange selectionRange)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SelectionRange	selectionRange	The SelectionRange instance which needs to be determined whether exists in this collection.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns True, if the specified SelectionRange is contained in the SelectionRangeCollection. Otherwise returns False.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	SelectionRange cannot be null.

Remove(SelectionRange)

Removes the specified SelectionRange from the SelectionRangeCollection.

Declaration

public bool Remove(SelectionRange selectionRange)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SelectionRange	selectionRange	The SelectionRange instance needed to be removed from the SelectionRangeCollection.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Returns True, if the specified SelectionRange is removed successfully from the SelectionRangeCollection. Otherwise returns False.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	SelectionRange cannot be null.

Extension Methods

DateTimeExtension.ToDateTime(Object)