Select all or part of the text of editText item

#include <Dialogs.h> Dialog Manager

DialogPtr theDialog ; the dialog containing item of interest

short theItem ; item number of interest

short rngFrom ; starting position; 0=from the beginning

short rngTo ; ending position; 32767=to the end

SelIText ("Sel-eye-text") selects text of an editText item; setting up for a

subsequent replacement, cut, copy, or paste operation. The specified editText

theDialog is the address of a 170-byte DialogRecord structure. It identifies

the dialog containing the item you wish to manipulate. It's actually a

WindowPtr (a.k.a GrafPtr), normally obtained via NewDialog or

theItem identifies which item you wish to manipulate. This item becomes

the default editText item; ready for immediate keyboard input.

rngFrom and . . .

rngTo identify the desired selection range. Use rngFrom=0 and

rngTo=32767 to select all of the text in cases where you expect the

Notes: SelIText works like TESetSelect. The selection range starts at rngFrom

and extends up to, but not including, rngTo . The text is highlighted (or the

A common operation is to preselect the entire text. See GetIText for an

Setting both rngFrom and rngTo to the same value selects nothing, but

places the insertion point (the blinking iBeam cursor) at that position. For

instance, if you expect the user to add to the end of the text, you might use:

GetDItem( myDlg, INPUT_ITEM, &iType, &iHandle, &iRect);

There is only one selection range for all items (the second call nullifies a

previous one). When the user tabs from item to item, the default selection

Note: Cut-and-paste is NOT automatically implemented; i.e., pressing C

replaces the current range with the letter 'C'. If you need cut-and-paste in

a modal dialog, you must use a filter (see ModalDialog, DlgCut,

DlgCopy, DlgPaste); for a modeless dialog, you can check for X, C,