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Gets the selected text of the label.

Syntax

Lua
function Label:GetSelectedText();

Returns

Type: string
The selected text of the label.

Remarks

Gets the selected text of the label. The selected text remains selected only while the label has the focus of the mouse. Once focus is lost, the previously selected text is unselected.

Examples

This example echoes the selected text from a label.
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        import "Turbine.UI.Lotro";
        
        window = Turbine.UI.Lotro.Window();
        window:SetPosition( 200, 200 );
        window:SetSize( 200, 200 );
        window:SetText( "Test" );
        window:SetVisible( true );
        
        label = Turbine.UI.Label();
        label:SetParent( window );
        label:SetSeletable( true );
        label:SetPosition( 40, 60 );
        label:SetSize( 120, 80 );
        label:SetBackColor( Turbine.UI.Color( 0.2, 0.2, 0.2 ) );
        label:SetText( "Hello world!" );
        label:SetTextAlignment( Turbine.UI.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter );
        
        label.MouseLeave = function( sender, args )
          Turbine.Shell.WriteLine( label:GetSelectedText() );
        end

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