Selection Class

Definition

Utility class for manipulating cursors and selections in CharSequences.

[Android.Runtime.Register("android/text/Selection", DoNotGenerateAcw=true)]
public class Selection : Java.Lang.Object
[<Android.Runtime.Register("android/text/Selection", DoNotGenerateAcw=true)>]
type Selection = class
    inherit Object
Inheritance
Selection
Attributes

Remarks

Utility class for manipulating cursors and selections in CharSequences. A cursor is a selection where the start and end are at the same offset.

Java documentation for android.text.Selection.

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Constructors

Selection(IntPtr, JniHandleOwnership)

A constructor used when creating managed representations of JNI objects; called by the runtime.

Properties

Class

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

(Inherited from Object)
Handle

The handle to the underlying Android instance.

(Inherited from Object)
JniIdentityHashCode (Inherited from Object)
JniPeerMembers
PeerReference (Inherited from Object)
SelectionEnd
SelectionStart
ThresholdClass

This API supports the Mono for Android infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

ThresholdType

This API supports the Mono for Android infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Methods

Clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

(Inherited from Object)
Dispose() (Inherited from Object)
Dispose(Boolean) (Inherited from Object)
Equals(Object)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

(Inherited from Object)
ExtendDown(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the selection end to the buffer offset physically below the current selection end.

ExtendLeft(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the selection end to the buffer offset physically to the left of the current selection end.

ExtendRight(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the selection end to the buffer offset physically to the right of the current selection end.

ExtendSelection(ISpannable, Int32)

Move the selection edge to offset index.

ExtendToLeftEdge(ISpannable, Layout)
ExtendToParagraphEnd(ISpannable)

Extend the selection to the closest paragraph end offset.

ExtendToParagraphStart(ISpannable)

Extend the selection to the closest paragraph start offset.

ExtendToRightEdge(ISpannable, Layout)
ExtendUp(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the selection end to the buffer offset physically above the current selection end.

GetHashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetSelectionEnd(ICharSequence)

Return the offset of the selection edge or cursor, or -1 if there is no selection or cursor.

GetSelectionEnd(String)

Return the offset of the selection edge or cursor, or -1 if there is no selection or cursor.

GetSelectionStart(ICharSequence)

Return the offset of the selection anchor or cursor, or -1 if there is no selection or cursor.

GetSelectionStart(String)

Return the offset of the selection anchor or cursor, or -1 if there is no selection or cursor.

JavaFinalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

(Inherited from Object)
MoveDown(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the cursor to the buffer offset physically below the current offset, to the end of the buffer if it is on the bottom line but not at the end, or return false if the cursor is already at the end of the buffer.

MoveLeft(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the cursor to the buffer offset physically to the left of the current offset, or return false if the cursor is already at the left edge of the line and there is not another line to move it to.

MoveRight(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the cursor to the buffer offset physically to the right of the current offset, or return false if the cursor is already at at the right edge of the line and there is not another line to move it to.

MoveToLeftEdge(ISpannable, Layout)
MoveToParagraphEnd(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the cursor to the closest paragraph end offset.

MoveToParagraphStart(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the cusrot to the closest paragraph start offset.

MoveToRightEdge(ISpannable, Layout)
MoveUp(ISpannable, Layout)

Move the cursor to the buffer offset physically above the current offset, to the beginning if it is on the top line but not at the start, or return false if the cursor is already on the top line.

Notify()

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

(Inherited from Object)
NotifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

(Inherited from Object)
RemoveSelection(ISpannable)

Remove the selection or cursor, if any, from the text.

SelectAll(ISpannable)

Select the entire text.

SetHandle(IntPtr, JniHandleOwnership)

Sets the Handle property.

(Inherited from Object)
SetSelection(ISpannable, Int32)

Move the cursor to offset index.

SetSelection(ISpannable, Int32, Int32)

Set the selection anchor to start and the selection edge to stop.

ToArray<T>() (Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

(Inherited from Object)
UnregisterFromRuntime() (Inherited from Object)
Wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>.

(Inherited from Object)
Wait(Int64)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

(Inherited from Object)
Wait(Int64, Int32)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

(Inherited from Object)

Explicit Interface Implementations

IJavaPeerable.Disposed() (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.DisposeUnlessReferenced() (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.Finalized() (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.JniManagedPeerState (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.SetJniIdentityHashCode(Int32) (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.SetJniManagedPeerState(JniManagedPeerStates) (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.SetPeerReference(JniObjectReference) (Inherited from Object)

Extension Methods

JavaCast<TResult>(IJavaObject)

Performs an Android runtime-checked type conversion.

JavaCast<TResult>(IJavaObject)
GetJniTypeName(IJavaPeerable)

Applies to