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Selection.getBeginIndex

selection, selection.getbeginindex, getbeginindex

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

    Selection.getBeginIndex()

Parameters

None.

Returns

An integer.

Description

Method; returns the index at the beginning of the selection span. If no index exists or no text field currently has focus, the method returns -1. Selection span indexes are zero-based (for example, the first position is 0, the second position is 1, and so on).