Class Selection

java.lang.Object
icyllis.modernui.text.Selection

@ParametersAreNonnullByDefault public final class Selection extends Object
Utility class for manipulating cursors and selections in CharSequences. A cursor is a selection where the start and end are at the same offset.
  • Field Details

    • SELECTION_START

      public static final Object SELECTION_START
    • SELECTION_END

      public static final Object SELECTION_END
  • Method Details

    • getSelectionStart

      public static int getSelectionStart(CharSequence text)
      Return the offset of the selection anchor or cursor, or -1 if there is no selection or cursor.
    • getSelectionEnd

      public static int getSelectionEnd(CharSequence text)
      Return the offset of the selection edge or cursor, or -1 if there is no selection or cursor.
    • setSelection

      public static void setSelection(Spannable text, int start, int stop)
      Set the selection anchor to start and the selection edge to stop.
    • setSelection

      public static void setSelection(Spannable text, int index)
      Move the cursor to offset index.
    • selectAll

      public static void selectAll(Spannable text)
      Select the entire text.
    • extendSelection

      public static void extendSelection(Spannable text, int index)
      Move the selection edge to offset index.
    • removeSelection

      public static void removeSelection(Spannable text)
      Remove the selection or cursor, if any, from the text.
    • moveUp

      public static boolean moveUp(Spannable text, Layout layout)
      Move the cursor to the buffer offset physically above the current offset, to the beginning if it is on the top line but not at the start, or return false if the cursor is already on the top line.
    • moveDown

      public static boolean moveDown(Spannable text, Layout layout)
      Move the cursor to the buffer offset physically below the current offset, to the end of the buffer if it is on the bottom line but not at the end, or return false if the cursor is already at the end of the buffer.
    • moveLeft

      public static boolean moveLeft(Spannable text, Layout layout)
      Move the cursor to the buffer offset physically to the left of the current offset, or return false if the cursor is already at the left edge of the line and there is not another line to move it to.
    • moveRight

      public static boolean moveRight(Spannable text, Layout layout)
      Move the cursor to the buffer offset physically to the right of the current offset, or return false if the cursor is already at at the right edge of the line and there is not another line to move it to.
    • extendUp

      public static boolean extendUp(Spannable text, Layout layout)
      Move the selection end to the buffer offset physically above the current selection end.
    • extendDown

      public static boolean extendDown(Spannable text, Layout layout)
      Move the selection end to the buffer offset physically below the current selection end.
    • extendLeft

      public static boolean extendLeft(Spannable text, Layout layout)
      Move the selection end to the buffer offset physically to the left of the current selection end.
    • extendRight

      public static boolean extendRight(Spannable text, Layout layout)
      Move the selection end to the buffer offset physically to the right of the current selection end.
    • extendToLeftEdge

      public static boolean extendToLeftEdge(Spannable text, Layout layout)
    • extendToRightEdge

      public static boolean extendToRightEdge(Spannable text, Layout layout)
    • moveToLeftEdge

      public static boolean moveToLeftEdge(Spannable text, Layout layout)
    • moveToRightEdge

      public static boolean moveToRightEdge(Spannable text, Layout layout)
    • moveToPreceding

      public static boolean moveToPreceding(Spannable text, WordIterator iter, boolean extendSelection)
    • moveToFollowing

      public static boolean moveToFollowing(Spannable text, WordIterator iter, boolean extendSelection)