The selectionchange event of the Selection API is fired when the current text selection on a document is changed.
| Bubbles | No |
|---|---|
| Cancelable | No |
| Interface | Event |
| Event handler property | onselectionchange |
Examples
// addEventListener version
document.addEventListener('selectionchange', () => {
console.log('Selection changed.');
});
// onselectionchange version
document.onselectionchange = () => {
console.log('Selection changed.');
};
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Selection API The definition of 'selectionchange' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
selectstart event | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge ? | Firefox
Full support
52
| IE Full support Yes | Opera ? | Safari Full support 1.3 | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Edge Mobile ? | Firefox Android
Full support
52
| Opera Android ? | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
See also
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