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TextSelection

TextSelection has the following properties:

affinity​

If the text range is collapsed and has more than one visual location (e.g., occurs at a line break), which of the two locations to use when painting the caret.

Value is of type TextAffinity.

base_offset​

The offset at which the selection originates.

Value is of type int.

collapsed​

Whether this range is empty (but still potentially placed inside the text).

Value is of type bool.

directional​

Whether this selection has disambiguated its base and extent.

Value is of type bool.

end​

The next index after the characters in this range.

Value is of type int.

extent_offset​

The offset at which the selection terminates.

normalized​

Whether the start of this range precedes the end.

Value is of type bool.

selection​

The text string that is selected.

Value is of type str.

start​

The index of the first character in the range.

Value is of type int.

valid​

Whether this range represents a valid position in the text.

Value is of type bool.