TextBlock.SelectedText Property

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls

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Gets a text range of selected text.

public:
 property Platform::String ^ SelectedText { Platform::String ^ get(); };

winrt::hstring SelectedText();

public string SelectedText { get; }

var string = textBlock.selectedText;

Public ReadOnly Property SelectedText As String

Property Value

String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

A text range of the selected text.

Remarks

Important

If using a keyboard for text selection within a TextBlock, the user must first activate Caret Browsing (with the app in the foreground, press F7).

Applies to