# GrapeCity.Wpf.SpreadSheet.CellType.Editors.GcTextBox.GetCharacterIndexFromPoint

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Wpf_SpreadSheet_CellType_Editors_GcTextBox_GetCharacterIndexFromPoint_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Wpf.SpreadSheet.CellType.Editors.GcTextBox.GetCharacterIndexFromPoint*">GetCharacterIndexFromPoint Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_Wpf_SpreadSheet_CellType_Editors_GcTextBox_GetCharacterIndexFromPoint_System_Windows_Point_System_Boolean_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Wpf.SpreadSheet.CellType.Editors.GcTextBox.GetCharacterIndexFromPoint(System.Windows.Point,System.Boolean)">GetCharacterIndexFromPoint(Point, bool)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns the zero-based insertion index for the specified point.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public int GetCharacterIndexFromPoint(Point point, bool snapToText)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function GetCharacterIndexFromPoint(point As Point, snapToText As Boolean) As Integer</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><span class="xref">Point</span></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">point</span></td>
      <td><p>A point in <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Wpf.SpreadSheet.CellType.Editors.GcTextBox.html">GcTextBox</a> coordinate-space for which to return an insertion index.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">snapToText</span></td>
      <td><p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool">true</a> to return the nearest insertion index if there is no character at the specified point;
<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool">false</a> to return –1 if there is no character at the specified point.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><p>The insertion index for the specified point, or –1 if no valid insertion index can be found.</p>
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