Selection.setselection() - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

Selection.setSelection()

Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
Selection.setSelection(start:Number, end:Number) : Void
Parameters
The beginning index of the selection span.
start
The ending index of the selection span.
end
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; sets the selection span of the currently focused text field. The new selection span will
begin at the index specified in the
parameter. Selection span indexes are zero-based (for example, the first position is 0, the second
position is 1, and so on). This method has no effect if there is no currently focused text field.
Example
In the following ActionScript, you create a text field at runtime and add a string to it. Then you
focus the text field and select a span of characters in the focused text field.
this.createTextField("myText_txt", 99, 10, 10, 200, 30);
myText_txt.text = "this is my text";
Selection.setFocus("myText_txt");
Selection.setSelection(0, 3);
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parameter, and end at the index specified in the
start end