CPDFSelection Class Reference

Inherits from	NSObject
Declared in	CPDFSelection.h

Overview

A CPDFSelection object identifies a contiguous or noncontiguous selection of text in a PDF document.

`– initWithPage:rect:`

- (instancetype)initWithPage:(CPDFPage *)page rect:(CGRect)rect

`page`

Returns the page where the selection is located.

@property (nonatomic, readonly) CPDFPage *page

Discussion

Returns the page where the selection is located.

Declared In

CPDFSelection.h

`bounds`

Returns the bounds of the selection on the page.

@property (nonatomic, readonly) CGRect bounds

Discussion

Returns the bounds of the selection on the page.

The selection rectangle is given in page space. Page space is a coordinate system with the origin at the lower-left corner of the current page.

Declared In

CPDFSelection.h

`range`

Returns a range of contiguous text on the page.

@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSRange range

Discussion

Returns a range of contiguous text on the page.

Declared In

CPDFSelection.h

`selectionsByLine`

Returns an array of selections, one for each line of text covered by the receiver.

@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSArray<CPDFSelection*> *selectionsByLine

Discussion

Returns an array of selections, one for each line of text covered by the receiver.

If you call this method on a CPDFSelection object that represents a paragraph, for example, selectionsByLine returns an array that contains one CPDFSelection object for each line of text in the paragraph.

Declared In

CPDFSelection.h

`– string`

Returns an NSString object representing the text contained in the selection (may contain linefeed characters).

- (NSString *)string

Discussion

Returns an NSString object representing the text contained in the selection (may contain linefeed characters).

Declared In

CPDFSelection.h