BaseInputConnection.DeleteSurroundingText(Int32, Int32) Method
Definition
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The default implementation performs the deletion around the current selection position of the editable text.
[Android.Runtime.Register("deleteSurroundingText", "(II)Z", "GetDeleteSurroundingText_IIHandler")]
public virtual bool DeleteSurroundingText (int beforeLength, int afterLength);[<Android.Runtime.Register("deleteSurroundingText", "(II)Z", "GetDeleteSurroundingText_IIHandler")>]
abstract member DeleteSurroundingText : int * int -> bool
override this.DeleteSurroundingText : int * int -> boolParameters
- beforeLength
- Int32
The number of characters before the cursor to be deleted, in code unit. If this is greater than the number of existing characters between the beginning of the text and the cursor, then this method does not fail but deletes all the characters in that range.
- afterLength
- Int32
The number of characters after the cursor to be deleted, in code unit. If this is greater than the number of existing characters between the cursor and the end of the text, then this method does not fail but deletes all the characters in that range.
Returns
true when selected text is deleted, false when either the selection
is invalid or not yet attached (i.e. selection start or end is -1), or the editable text
is null.
Implements
- Attributes
Remarks
The default implementation performs the deletion around the current selection position of the editable text.
Java documentation for android.view.inputmethod.BaseInputConnection.deleteSurroundingText(int, int).
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