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

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionLength_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectionLength*">SelectionLength Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the number of characters selected 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 int SelectionLength { get; set; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">&lt;Browsable(False)&gt;
Public Overridable Property SelectionLength As Integer</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.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><p>The number of characters selected in the control.
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The default is zero.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionLength_remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>You can use this property to determine if any characters are currently selected in the control before performing operations on the selected text. When the value of the <b>SelectionLength</b> property is set to a value that is larger than the number of characters within the text of the control, the value of the <b>SelectionLength</b> property is set to the entire length of text within the control minus the value of the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectionStart.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionStart">SelectionStart</a> property
(if any value is specified for the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectionStart.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionStart">SelectionStart</a> property).</p>
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<h5 class="exceptions">Exceptions</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.argumentoutofrangeexception">ArgumentOutOfRangeException</a></td>
      <td><p>The assigned value is less than zero.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionLength_seealso">See Also</h5>
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    <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.SelectedText.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectedText">SelectedText</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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