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Property (As String )

aTextEdit.SelectedText = newStringValue
or
StringValue = aTextEdit.SelectedText

New in 2019r2

Supported for all project types and targets.

The currently selected text.

Example

This example places the selected text from a TextArea into a TextField.

TextArea1.SelectionStart = 0
TextArea1.SelectonLength = 10

TextField1.Value = TextArea1.SelectedText