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Highlights the text in an EditBox.

EditBox:HighlightText([start], [end])

Start: [Optional] Integer - the position at which to start the highlight and defaults to 0 if omitted.
End: [Optional] Integer - the position at which to stop the highlight and defaults to the end of the string if omitted.

The position before the first character is 0.

Leaving out both parameters, as in EditBox:HighlightText(), will highlight the entire EditBox content.

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-Highlights the text in a Textbox.
+{{widgetmethod}}
-{{API/Uncategorized}}
-Params (start[, end])
+Highlights the text in an EditBox.
-Starts is the character to start highlighting at (0 => beginning), [end] is optional and defaults to the length.
-Thus:
-'''Editbox:HighlightText(0);'''
+ EditBox:HighlightText([start], [end])
-will highlight the whole EditBox Content.
+== Parameters ==
+=== Arguments ===
-----
+:;Start : [Optional] Integer - the position at which to start the highlight and defaults to 0 if omitted.
-{{WoW API}}
+:;End : [Optional] Integer - the position at which to stop the highlight and defaults to the end of the string if omitted.
+== Details ==
+The position before the first character is 0.
+Leaving out both parameters, as in '''EditBox:HighlightText()''', will highlight the entire EditBox content.