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# selectedRanges

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

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

## 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

[`selectedRange`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextInput/selectedRange)

Returns the range of selected text.


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