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

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionStart_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectionStart*">SelectionStart Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the number of the character's position to start selecting from.</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 SelectionStart { get; set; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">&lt;Browsable(False)&gt;
Public Overridable Property SelectionStart 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 character position to start selecting from.
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The default is zero.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionStart_remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>If no text is selected in the control, this property indicates the insertion point for new text. If you set this property to a location beyond the length of the text in the control, the selection start position is placed after the last character. When text is selected in the control, changing this property might decrease the value of the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectionLength.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionLength">SelectionLength</a> property. If the remaining text in the control after the position indicated by the <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.EditBase.SelectionStart.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_EditBase_SelectionStart">SelectionStart</a> property is less than the value of the <b>SelectionLength</b> property, the value of the <b>SelectionLength</b> property is automatically decreased. 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 never causes an increase in the <b>SelectionLength</b> property.</p>
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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_SelectionStart_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.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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