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Show the selection in TextInput Control

          
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">

  <mx:Script>
    
      import mx.controls.Alert;

      private function showSelectedText():void
      {
        var beginIndex:int = myInput.selectionBeginIndex;
        var endIndex:int = myInput.selectionEndIndex;
        var selectedText:String = myInput.text.substring(beginIndex, endIndex);
        myInput.setFocus();
        myInput.selectionBeginIndex = beginIndex;
        myInput.selectionEndIndex = endIndex;
        Alert.show(selectedText, "Selected Text");
      }
      
  
  </mx:Script>
  <mx:HBox>
    <mx:Label text="Enter some text and select them:"/>
    <mx:TextInput id="myInput"/>
    <mx:Button label="Show selected text" click="showSelectedText()"/>
  </mx:HBox>
</mx:Application>

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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