# C1.Win.Accessibility.Items.BaseInterfaces.IUiaTextProvider.GetSelection

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<h1 id="C1_Win_Accessibility_Items_BaseInterfaces_IUiaTextProvider_GetSelection_" data-uid="C1.Win.Accessibility.Items.BaseInterfaces.IUiaTextProvider.GetSelection*">GetSelection Method
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Retrieves the current selection.  For providers that have the concept of
text selection the provider should implement this method and also return
true for the SupportsTextSelection property below.  Otherwise this method
should throw an InvalidOperation exception.
For providers that support multiple disjoint selection, this should return
an array of all the currently selected ranges. Providers that don't support
multiple disjoint selection should just return an array containing a single
range.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">ITextRangeProvider[] GetSelection()</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Function GetSelection() As ITextRangeProvider()</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.windows.automation.provider.itextrangeprovider">ITextRangeProvider</a>[]</td>
      <td><p>The range of text that is selected, or possibly null if there is
no selection.</p>
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