[ CCode ( vfunc_name = "set_selection_bounds" ) ]
public abstract void select_region (int start_pos, int end_pos)
Selects a region of text.
The characters that are selected are those characters at positions from start_pos
up to, but not including end_pos
. If end_pos
is negative, then the characters selected are those characters from start_pos
to the end of
the text.
Note that positions are specified in characters, not bytes.
this |
a Editable |
start_pos |
start of region |
end_pos |
end of region |