---
title: selectedRanges
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nstextview/selectedranges
---

# selectedRanges

An array containing the ranges of characters selected in the receiver’s layout manager.

## Declaration

```swift
var selectedRanges: [NSValue] { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The objects in the array are sorted by location in ascending order, non-overlapping, non-contiguous, and (except for the case of a single range) have non-zero-length.

## See Also

### Managing the selection

- [setSelectedRange(_:)](appkit/nstextview/setselectedrange(_:).md)
- [setSelectedRange(_:affinity:stillSelecting:)](appkit/nstextview/setselectedrange(_:affinity:stillselecting:).md)
- [setSelectedRanges(_:affinity:stillSelecting:)](appkit/nstextview/setselectedranges(_:affinity:stillselecting:).md)
- [selectionAffinity](appkit/nstextview/selectionaffinity.md)
- [selectionGranularity](appkit/nstextview/selectiongranularity.md)
- [insertionPointColor](appkit/nstextview/insertionpointcolor.md)
- [updateInsertionPointStateAndRestartTimer(_:)](appkit/nstextview/updateinsertionpointstateandrestarttimer(_:).md)
- [selectedTextAttributes](appkit/nstextview/selectedtextattributes.md)
- [markedTextAttributes](appkit/nstextview/markedtextattributes.md)
- [linkTextAttributes](appkit/nstextview/linktextattributes.md)
- [characterIndexForInsertion(at:)](appkit/nstextview/characterindexforinsertion(at:).md)
- [updateCandidates()](appkit/nstextview/updatecandidates().md)