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TCustomRichView.GetOffsBeforeItem

Returns offset before the ItemNo-th item in the document

function GetOffsBeforeItem(ItemNo: Integer): Integer;

This method is useful for selecting a part of document for copying in the Clipboard, or for moving caret to the specified position in editor.

ItemNo – index of the item. Items are indexed from 0 to ItemCount-1, GetItemStyle returns type of item. Items of subdocuments (table cells) are not included in the items range of the main document; for items in cells, use Cell.GetRVData.GetOffsBeforeItem.

For text items, the method returns 1 For non-text items, it returns 0.

Example for TRichViewEdit: moving caret to the beginning of document

var ItemNo, Offs: Integer;

  ItemNo := 0;

  Offs := MyRichViewEdit.GetOffsBeforeItem(ItemNo);

  MyRichViewEdit.SetSelectionBounds(ItemNo, Offs, ItemNo, Offs);

  MyRichViewEdit.Invalidate;

See also methods of TRichView:

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See also properties of TRichViewEdit:

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