TextPane2.Selection Property
Gets an object representing the current selection on the TextPane object.
Namespace: EnvDTE80
Assembly: EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Selection As TextSelection
TextSelection Selection { get; }
property TextSelection^ Selection {
TextSelection^ get ();
}
abstract Selection : TextSelection with get
function get Selection () : TextSelection
Property Value
Type: EnvDTE.TextSelection
A TextSelection object.
Examples
This example opens a text document, displays text in it, and then uses the SelectAll method of the Selection object to select all the text. For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
_applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
_addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
TextPane2SelectionExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub TextPane2SelectionExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
Dim objTW As TextWindow
Dim objPane As TextPane2
Dim objTextDoc As TextDocument
Dim objTextPt As TextPoint
Dim objEP As EditPoint
' Create a new text document.
_applicationObject.ItemOperations.NewFile("General\Text File")
' Get a handle to the new document and create EditPoint,
' TextPoint, and TextPane objects.
objTextDoc = CType(_applicationObject.ActiveDocument.Object _
("TextDocument"), TextDocument)
objEP = objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint
objTextPt = objTextDoc.StartPoint
' Plug in some text.
objEP.Insert("A test sentence.")
objTW = CType(DTE.ActiveWindow.Object, TextWindow)
objPane = CType(objTW.ActivePane, TextPane2)
MsgBox("Using TextPane2.Selection to select all the text...")
objPane.Selection.SelectAll()
End Sub
using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application,
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
_applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
_addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
TextPane2SelectionExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void TextPane2SelectionExample(DTE2 dte)
{
TextWindow objTW;
TextPane2 objPane;
TextDocument objTextDoc;
TextPoint objTextPt;
EditPoint2 objEP;
// Create a new text document.
_applicationObject.ItemOperations.NewFile
(@"General\Text File", "test.txt", Constants.vsViewKindTextView);
// Get a handle to the text document and create EditPoint2,
// TextPoint, and TextPane2 objects.
objTextDoc =(TextDocument)_applicationObject.ActiveDocument.Object
("TextDocument");
objEP = (EditPoint2)objTextDoc.StartPoint.CreateEditPoint();
objTextPt = objTextDoc.StartPoint;
// Plug in some text.
objEP.Insert("A test sentence.");
objTW = (TextWindow)_applicationObject.ActiveWindow.Object;
objPane = (TextPane2)objTW.ActivePane;
MessageBox.Show("Using TextPane2.Selection to
select all the text...");
objPane.Selection.SelectAll();
}
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.