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# BESelectionFlags

Flags that indicate different states or characteristics of a text selection.

```
struct BESelectionFlags
```

## Overview

The [`BETextInput`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BETextInput) protocol provides your app an instance of this structure as an argument to the  [`adjustSelectionBoundary(to:touchPhase:baseIsStart:flags:)`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BETextInput/adjustSelectionBoundary(to:touchPhase:baseIsStart:flags:)) callback.

## Topics

### Describing a text selection

[`BESelectionFlagsNone`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BESelectionFlags/BESelectionFlagsNone)

An option that indicates no active flags.

[`phraseBoundaryChanged`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BESelectionFlags/phraseBoundaryChanged)

A flag that indicates whether a text selection crosses or modifies phrase boundaries in an active selection.

[`selectionFlipped`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BESelectionFlags/selectionFlipped)

A flag that indicates whether a text selection is reversed or flipped in direction from its original direction.

[`wordIsNearTap`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BESelectionFlags/wordIsNearTap)

A flag that indicates whether a word resides near the person’s tap gesture.

### Creating a selection flag

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/BrowserEngineKit/BESelectionFlags/init(rawValue:))

Creates a selection flags instance with the given underlying value.


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