SelectionChangedEvent Class

An event that occurs when selection is changed in the document.

Declaration

export class SelectionChangedEvent extends RichEditEvent<EventArgs>

Remarks

You can define the SelectionChanged event handler either at the server side, at the client side, or at runtime.

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Runtime Settings

Use the OnSelectionChanged(String) method to specify the event handler.

cshtml

@(Html.DevExpress().RichEdit("richEdit")
 .OnSelectionChanged("function(s,e) {console.log('The current position is ' + s.selection.active);}")
 // ...

Use the selectionChanged property to specify the event handler.

javascript

const options = DevExpress.RichEdit.createOptions();
options.events.selectionChanged = function(s,e) {
  console.log('The current position is ' + s.selection.active);
};

The selectionChanged property provides access to the addHandler(handler), removeHandler(handler), and clearHandlers methods that allow you to dynamically add and remove event handlers.

javascript

richEdit.events.selectionChanged.addHandler(function(s, e) {
  console.log('The current position is ' + s.selection.active);
});

The event handler receives an argument of the EventArgs type.

Inherited Members

addHandler(handler)

clearHandlers

isEmpty

removeHandler(handler)

Inheritance

Event<TSource, TEventArgs> RichEditEvent<TEventArgs> SelectionChangedEvent