Selection Property
Short Name: Selection
Installed With: Base Package
Class: Text Properties
Text selection specified in terms of character positions for the beginning and end of selection (both inclusive). If you set the start and end to be the same, LabVIEW inserts a caret into the text.
If you want to highlight the text, you must set key focus on a control before you use the Selection property.
Elements
Remarks
The following table lists the characteristics of this property.
| Available in Run-Time Engine and Real-Time Operating System | Yes |
| Permissions | Read/Write |
| Settable when the VI is running | Yes |
| Loads the front panel into memory | No |
| Need to authenticate before use | No |
| Loads the block diagram into memory | No |
| Remote access disallowed | No |
| Must wait until user interface is idle | No |
| Available with control VIs | No |
| Available with global VIs | No |
| Available with strict type definitions | No |
| Available with polymorphic VIs | No |