TextSelection.Text Property

Sets or gets the selected text.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Default Property Text As String

'Usage
Dim instance As TextSelection 
Dim value As String 

value = instance

instance = value

string this { get; set; }

property String^ default {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

function get Text () : String 
function set Text (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A string representing the selected text.

Remarks

The Text property is the default property for the TextSelection object.

When the Text property is read, the text in the selected text is returned, and the selection itself is unchanged.

When the Text property is set, the value of Text is inserted in front of the selected text and then collapsed, similar to what happens when text is pasted into a document. Note that this property behaves just as it would when the editor is in insert (that is, nonovertype) mode. Any text after the 128th character is truncated.

If the Mode property of the TextSelection object is set to Column, then setting the Text property generates an error.

Examples

This example works only in Visual Studio .NET 2003. For more information, see How to: Migrate Code that Creates Projects by Using Templates.

Sub TextExample(ByVal dte As DTE)

    ' NOTE: This examples requires a reference to the 
    '       VSLangProj namespace.

    ' Create a new solution.
    Dim soln As Solution = dte.Solution
    Dim solnName As String = "NewSolution.sln"
    Dim tempPath As String = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath()
    soln.Create(tempPath, solnName)

    ' Create a new Visual Basic Console Application project.
    Dim templatePath As String = 
        dte.Solution.TemplatePath(PrjKind.prjKindVBProject)
    templatePath &= "ConsoleApplication.vsz"
    Dim projName As String = "NewProject"
    soln.AddFromTemplate(templatePath, tempPath & projName, projName)
    Dim proj As Project = soln.Item(1)

    ' Add a comment to Module1.vb.
    Dim item As ProjectItem = proj.ProjectItems.Item("Module1.vb")
    Dim sel As TextSelection = CType(item.Document.Selection, 
        TextSelection)

    sel.StartOfDocument()
    sel.NewLine()
    sel.LineUp()
    sel.Text = "' New comment" & vbCrLf

End Sub

public void TextExample(DTE dte)
{
    // NOTE: This examples requires a reference to the 
    //       VSLangProj namespace.

    // Create a new solution.
    Solution soln = dte.Solution;
    string solnName = "NewSolution.sln";
    string tempPath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
    soln.Create(tempPath, solnName);

    // Create a new C# Console Application project.
    string templatePath = 
        dte.Solution.get_TemplatePath(PrjKind.prjKindCSharpProject);
    templatePath += "CSharpConsole.vsz";
    string projName = "Project1";
    soln.AddFromTemplate(templatePath, tempPath + projName, 
        projName, false);
    Project proj = soln.Item(1);

    // Add a comment to Class1.cs.
    ProjectItem item = proj.ProjectItems.Item("Class1.cs");
    TextSelection sel = (TextSelection)item.Document.Selection;

    sel.StartOfDocument(false);
    sel.NewLine(1);
    sel.LineUp(false, 1);
    sel.Text = "// New comment\n";
}

.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.

See Also

Reference

TextSelection Interface

TextSelection Members

EnvDTE Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples