ITextSelection.MoveLeft(TextRangeUnit, Int32, Boolean) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.UI.Text

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Moves the insertion point or the active end of the text selection to the left, mimicking the functionality of the Left Arrow key.

public:
 int MoveLeft(TextRangeUnit unit, int count, bool extend);

int MoveLeft(TextRangeUnit const& unit, int const& count, bool const& extend);

public int MoveLeft(TextRangeUnit unit, int count, bool extend);

function moveLeft(unit, count, extend)

Public Function MoveLeft (unit As TextRangeUnit, count As Integer, extend As Boolean) As Integer

Parameters

unit: TextRangeUnit

The units by which to move the insertion point or active end. The following values are valid.

Value	Corresponding key combination	Meaning
Character	Left Arrow	Move one character position to the left. This is the default.
Word	Ctrl+Left Arrow	Move one word to the left.

count: Int32
int

The number of units to move. The default value is 1. If count is less than zero, movement is to the right.

extend: Boolean
bool

Indicates how to change the selection. True extends the selection by moving only the active end. False collapses the selection to an insertion point and then moves the insertion point. The default value is false.

Returns

Int32

int

The number of units that the insertion point or active end moved. Collapsing the selection counts as one unit.

Remarks

A nonzero extend value corresponds to the Shift key being pressed in addition to the key combination described in unit.

Applies to