Selection Class | Qt GUI 5.12.8

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# Selection Class

(QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::Selection)

The QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::Selection class is a convenience class defining the parameters of a selection. More...

Header: | #include <Selection>
qmake: | QT += gui

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## Public Variables

QTextCursor | cursor
QTextCharFormat | format

## Detailed Description

The QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::Selection class is a convenience class defining the parameters of a selection.

A selection can be used to specify a part of a document that should be highlighted when drawing custom layouts for QTextDocuments with the QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::draw() function. It is specified using cursor and a format.

See also QAbstractTextDocumentLayout and PaintContext.

## Member Variable Documentation

### QTextCursor Selection::cursor

This variable holds the selection's cursor

The default value is a null cursor.

### QTextCharFormat Selection::format

This variable holds the format of the selection

The default value is QTextFormat::InvalidFormat.