Various properties are available to manipulate the selection (highlighted) text.
| ClipMode | Defines how text is cut and pasted and the behavior of the SelText and Text and Contents.Value properties. |
| EntrySelect | Defines whether the contents are automatically selected when the control receives the input focus. |
| EntrySelectMouse | Defines whether mouse clicks honor the EntrySelect property setting. |
| SelLength | Defines the number of characters that are selected (highlighted), starting at the position described by the SelStart property. If this value is 0, there is no selection. |
| SelStart | Defines the start of the selected characters. This is also the current insertion point or caret location. Any character typed by the user is inserted at this position. |
| SelText | This property defines the contents of the selected (highlighted) area. |