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Selection Class Reference

(QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::Selection)

The QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::Selection class is a convenience class defining the parameters of a selection. More...

 #include <QAbstractTextDocumentLayout>

Public Variables

QTextCursor cursor
QTextCharFormat format

Detailed Description

The QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::Selection class is a convenience class defining the parameters of a selection.

A selection can be used to specify a part of a document that should be highlighted when drawing custom layouts for QTextDocuments with the QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::draw() function. It is specified using cursor and a format.

See also QAbstractTextDocumentLayout and PaintContext.

Member Variable Documentation

QTextCursor Selection::cursor

This variable holds the selection's cursor.

The default value is a null cursor.

QTextCharFormat Selection::format

This variable holds the format of the selection.

The default value is QTextFormat::InvalidFormat.