# GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.Fields.Field.SelectionStart

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_Fields_Field_SelectionStart_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.Fields.Field.SelectionStart*">SelectionStart Property
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the selection start position.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">[Browsable(false)]
public int SelectionStart { get; }</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">&lt;Browsable(False)&gt;
Public ReadOnly Property SelectionStart As Integer</code></pre>
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<h5 class="propertyValue">Property Value</h5>
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      <td><p>The <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a> value indicates the selection start position.
<br> The default is 0.</p>
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<h5 id="GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_Fields_Field_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 will be 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.Fields.Field.SelectionLength.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_Fields_Field_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.Fields.Field.SelectionStart.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_Fields_Field_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.Fields.Field.SelectionStart.html#GrapeCity_Win_Spread_InputMan_CellType_Fields_Field_SelectionStart">SelectionStart</a> property never causes an increase
in the <b>SelectionLength</b> property.</p>
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