# GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectedText

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectedText_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectedText*">SelectedText Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets a value that indicates the currently selected text in the control.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">[Browsable(false)]
public virtual string SelectedText { get; set; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">&lt;Browsable(False)&gt;
Public Overridable Property SelectedText As String</code></pre>
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<h5 class="propertyValue">Property Value</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><p>A string that represents the currently selected text in the control.
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The default is <code>string.Empty</code></p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectedText_remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>You can assign text to this property to change the text currently selected in the control. If no text is currently selected in the control, this property inserts the new value in the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.Text.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_Text">Text</a> property at the current caret position.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectedText_seealso">See Also</h5>
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    <div><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectionLength.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionLength">SelectionLength</a></div>
    <div><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectionStart.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionStart">SelectionStart</a></div>
    <div><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.Select.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_Select_System_Int32_System_Int32_">Select</a>(<a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a>, <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a>)</div>
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