selection([start], [end])

Class: TextArea. Method inherited from TextComponent.

Description:

Selects text at specified position and length or gets current selection as an object {start:number, length:number, text:string}.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`[start]`	number	Beginning position of text to be selected.
`[end]`	number	End position of text to be selected. If `start` argument is provided but `end` is omitted, `end` will be same as `start`, simply placing cursor at the `start` position.

Returns:

If arguments are provided, this TextField component is returned; otherwise current selection is returned as object {start:number, end:number, text:string}.

Type: Object | this

Examples:

// Setting selection
textfield.selection(10, 30);

// getting selection
let s = textfield.selection();
console.log(`Selected from ${s.start} to ${s.end}: ${s.text}`);