TextSelection.IsEmpty Property
Gets whether the anchor point is equal to the active point.
Namespace: EnvDTE
Assembly: EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property IsEmpty As Boolean
'Usage
Dim instance As TextSelection
Dim value As Boolean
value = instance.IsEmpty
bool IsEmpty { get; }
property bool IsEmpty {
bool get ();
}
function get IsEmpty () : boolean
Property Value
Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value indicating True if the anchor point is equal to the active point, False if not.
Remarks
IsEmpty returns whether the selected text's anchor and active ends are at the same location in the text document.
Examples
Sub IsEmptyExample()
' Before running this example, open a text document.
Dim objSel As TextSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection
If objSel.IsEmpty Then
' If there is no text selected, swap the words before and after
' the insertion point. We begin by selecting the word before
' the insertion point.
objSel.WordLeft(True)
If Not objSel.IsEmpty Then
' We can continue only if the selection was not already at
' the beginning of the document.
Dim strBefore As String = objSel.Text
' The text is saved in strBefore; now delete it and move
' past the following word.
objSel.Delete()
objSel.WordRight(True)
If objSel.Text.StartsWith(" ") Or objSel.Text.StartsWith(Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.Tab) Then
' The previous call to WordRight may have skipped some
' white space instead of an actual word. In that case,
' we should call it again.
objSel.WordRight(True)
End If
' Insert the new text at the end of the selection.
objSel.Insert(strBefore, vsInsertFlags.vsInsertFlagsInsertAtEnd)
End If
Else
' If some text is selected, replace the following word with the
' selected text.
Dim strSelected As String = objSel.Text
objSel.MoveToPoint(objSel.BottomPoint)
objSel.WordRight(True)
If objSel.Text.StartsWith(" ") Or objSel.Text.StartsWith(Microsoft.VisualBasic.ControlChars.Tab) Then
' The previous call to WordRight may have skipped some
' white space instead of an actual word. In that case, we
' should call it again.
objSel.WordRight(True)
End If
' Insert the text, overwriting the existing text and leaving
' the selection containing the inserted text.
objSel.Insert(strSelected, vsInsertFlags.vsInsertFlagsContainNewText)
End If
End Sub
.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.