The SelLength property returns or sets the number of characters selected.
The SelStart property returns or sets the starting point of text selected; indicates the position of the insertion point if no text is selected.
The SelText property returns or sets the string containing the currently selected text; consists of a zero-length string ("") if no characters are selected.
Note These properties are not available at design time.
object.SelLength [= number]
object.SelStart [= index]
object.SelText [= value]
The parts of the SelLength, SelStart, and SelText property syntaxes are described in the following table.
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| object | An object expression that evaluates to an object. |
| number | A numeric expression specifying the number of characters selected. For SelLength and SelStart, the valid range of settings is 0 to text length — the total number of characters in the edit area of a ComboBox or TextBox control. |
| index | A numeric expression specifying the starting point of the selected text, as described in Settings. |
| value | A string expression containing the selected text. |
Use these properties for tasks such as setting the insertion point, establishing an insertion range, selecting substrings in a control, or clearing text. Used in conjunction with the Clipboard object, these properties are useful for copy, cut, and paste operations.
When working with these properties, remember that: