public static string GetSelectedText(this Gtk.Entry entry)
{
int start;
int end;
entry.GetSelectionBounds(out start, out end);
return(entry.Text.Substring(start, end - start));
}
public static bool ReplaceSelection(this Gtk.Entry entry, string newText)
{
bool retval = false;
int start;
int end;
if (entry.GetSelectionBounds(out start, out end) || start == end)
{
entry.Text = string.Format("{0}{1}{2}", entry.Text.Substring(0, start), newText, entry.Text.Substring(end));
retval = true;
entry.Position = start + newText.Length;
}
return(retval);
}