Method get_selection_indices

Lib/idlelib/editor.py:1261–1267

(self)

    # If a selection is defined in the text widget, return (start,
    # end) as Tkinter text indices, otherwise return (None, None)
    def get_selection_indices(self):
        try:
            first = self.text.index("sel.first")
            last = self.text.index("sel.last")
            return first, last
        except TclError:
            return None, None

    # Return the text widget's current view of what a tab stop means
    # (equivalent width in spaces).