IHTMLSelectionObject Interface

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The IHTMLSelectionObject interface provides the access methods for the selection object representing the active selection, a highlighted block of text, and/or other elements in the document upon which a user or a script can carry out some action.

IHTMLSelectionObject Methods

clear	Clears the contents of the selection.
createRange	Creates a text range from the current selection.
empty	Deselects the current selection, sets the selection type to none, and sets the item property to NULL.
get_type	Retrieves the type of selection.

Interface Information

Implementation	System (Mshtml.dll)
Inherits from	IDispatch
Header and IDL files	Mshtml.h, Mshtml.idl
Minimum availability	Internet Explorer 4.0
Minimum operating systems	Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0

Windows CE

Windows CE	Use version 2.12 and later
Minimum availability	Internet Explorer 4.0

Remarks

You may use the selection object as input from the user identifying what portion of the document to act on, or as output to the user showing the results of an action.

Users and scripts can both create selections. Users create selections by dragging the mouse over a portion of the document. Scripts create them by calling the select method on a text range or similar object. You can retrieve the active selection by applying the selection keyword to the document object. You can create a text range object from the selection by using the createRange method.

A document can have only one selection at a time. The selection has a type that determines whether it is empty or contains a contiguous block of consecutive text and/or elements. Although an empty selection contains nothing, it is useful for marking a position in the document.