import QtQuick 2.0 Item { width: 320 height: 480 TextEdit { id: textEdit anchors.centerIn: parent font.pixelSize: 16 width: parent.width wrapMode: TextEdit.WrapAtWordBoundaryOrAnywhere textFormat: Text.RichText text: "This is selected from here and to here but not further" Component.onCompleted: { textEdit.select(22, 40) } } }