The 'seltext' property

Character vector

Valid for: Browser, Edit, RichEdit, Document, Combo (except under MacOS)

When you read the seltext property, the contents of the currently-selected text will be returned as a character vector. If there is no current selection, an empty vector will be returned.

When you write to the seltext property, the current selection (if any) will be erased, and the text you write will be displayed in the edit control at the selection point. For a RichEdit control, this text will be formatted according to the selfont, selcolor, selalign, selbullets and selindents properties.

The seltext property is read-only for a Browser object.