# Selection.setSelection()

#### Availability

Flash Player 5.

#### Usage

    Selection.setSelection(start, end)

#### Parameters

`start` The beginning index of the selection span.

`end` The ending index of the selection span.

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

Method; sets the selection span of the currently focused text field. The new selection span will begin at the index specified in the `start` parameter, and end at the index specified in the `end` parameter. Selection span indexes are zero-based (for example, the first position is 0, the second position is 1, and so on). This method has no effect if there is no currently focused text field.