Control.CanSelect Property

Definition

Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected.

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public bool CanSelect { get; }

Property Value

true if the control can be selected; otherwise, false.

Attributes

Examples

The following code example selects the specified Control, if it is selectable.

public void ControlSelect(Control control)
{
   // Select the control, if it can be selected.
   if(control.CanSelect)
   {
      control.Select();
   }
}

Remarks

This property returns true if the Selectable value of System.Windows.Forms.ControlStyles is set to true, is contained in another control, the control itself is visible and enabled, and all its parent controls are visible and enabled.

The Windows Forms controls in the following list are not selectable and will return a value of false for the CanSelect property. Controls derived from these controls are also not selectable.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also