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PDFSelectionMBS class

Var MyPDFView as PDFViewMBS // your view

Var doc as PDFDocumentMBS = MyPDFView.document
Var page as PDFPageMBS = doc.pageAtIndex(0)
Var sel as PDFSelectionMBS = page.selectionForRange(0,5)
MyPDFView.currentSelection = sel

• 4 properties
  • property attributedString as NSAttributedStringMBS
  • property colorValue as NSColorMBS
  • property Handle as Integer
  • property stringValue as string
• 15 methods
  • method addSelection(selection as PDFSelectionMBS)
  • method addSelections(selection() as PDFSelectionMBS)
  • method boundsForPage(page as PDFPageMBS) as NSRectMBS
  • method Constructor(doc as PDFDocumentMBS)
  • method Constructor(Handle as Integer)
  • method copy as PDFSelectionMBS
  • method drawForPage(page as PDFPageMBS, active as boolean)
  • method drawForPage(page as PDFPageMBS, box as Integer, active as boolean)
  • method extendSelectionAtEnd(chars as Integer)
  • method extendSelectionAtStart(chars as Integer)
  • method extendSelectionForLineBoundaries
  • method numberOfTextRangesOnPage(page as PDFPageMBS) as UInt32
  • method pages as PDFPageMBS()
  • method rangeAtIndex(page as PDFPageMBS, index as Integer) as NSRangeMBS
  • method selectionsByLine as PDFSelectionMBS()

This class has no sub classes.

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Release notes

• Version 20.2
  • Added constructor to take handle to PDFSelectionMBS, PDFActionMBS, PDFAnnotationMBS, PDFBorderMBS, PDFDestinationMBS, PDFDocumentMBS, PDFOutlineMBS and PDFPageMBS classes.

Some methods using this class:

• PDFDocumentMBS.outlineItemForSelection(selection as PDFSelectionMBS) as PDFOutlineMBS
• PDFDocumentMBS.selectionForEntireDocument as PDFSelectionMBS
• PDFPageMBS.selectionForLineAtPoint(left as single, top as single) as PDFSelectionMBS
• PDFPageMBS.selectionForRect(left as single, top as single, width as single, height as single) as PDFSelectionMBS
• PDFPageMBS.selectionForWordAtPoint(left as single, top as single) as PDFSelectionMBS
• PDFPageMBS.selectionFromPointToPoint(startleft as single, starttop as single, endleft as single, endtop as single) as PDFSelectionMBS
• PDFViewMBS.goToSelection(page as PDFSelectionMBS)
• PDFViewMBS.highlightedSelections as PDFSelectionMBS()
• PDFViewMBS.setCurrentSelection(selection as PDFSelectionMBS, animate as boolean)
• PDFViewMBS.setHighlightedSelections(selections() as PDFSelectionMBS)

Some properties using for this class:

• PDFViewMBS.currentSelection as PDFSelectionMBS

Some events using this class:

• PDFDocumentDelegateMBS.didMatchString(selection as PDFSelectionMBS)
• PDFDocumentDelegateMBS.documentDidFindMatch(selection as PDFSelectionMBS)

Some examples using this class:

• /PDFKit/Search and Highlight/Search and Highlight

Some related classes:

• class NSAttributedStringMBS
• class NSColorMBS
• class NSRangeMBS
• class NSRectMBS
• class PDFAnnotationMBS
• class PDFBorderMBS
• class PDFDocumentMBS
• class PDFOutlineMBS
• class PDFPageMBS
• class PDFViewMBS

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS PDFKit Plugin.

PDFPageMBS   -   PDFThumbnailViewMBS