MoveCursorUp

Moves the cursor up.

Syntax

expression.MoveCursorUp(count, addToSelect);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiDocument class.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Default	Description
count	Optional	number	1	Number of movements.
addToSelect	Optional	boolean	false	Specifies whether to select text during the move.

Returns

boolean

Example

Move the cursor up by a given number of lines in a document.

// How do I shift the cursor upward through several lines in a document?

// Return to an earlier line after reaching the end to read content at that position in a document.

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
const paragraphCount = 5;
for (let i = 0; i < paragraphCount; i++) {
    const newParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
    newParagraph.AddText("This is " + (i + 1) + " paragraph.");
    doc.Push(newParagraph);
}

doc.MoveCursorToEnd();
doc.MoveCursorUp(3);

let paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.AddText("Current line is: ");
paragraph.AddText(doc.GetCurrentSentence());
doc.Push(paragraph);