The select
event fires when some text has been selected.
Bubbles | Yes |
---|---|
Cancelable | No |
Interface | UIEvent if generated from a user interface, Event otherwise |
Event handler property | onselect |
The event is not available for all elements in all languages. For example, in HTML, select
events can be dispatched only on form <input type="text">
and <textarea>
elements.
Examples
Selection logger
<input value="Try selecting some text in this element.">
<p id="log"></p>
function logSelection(event) {
const log = document.getElementById('log');
const selection = event.target.value.substring(event.target.selectionStart, event.target.selectionEnd);
log.textContent = `You selected: ${selection}`;
}
const input = document.querySelector('input');
input.addEventListener('select', logSelection);
onselect equivalent
You can also set up the event handler using the onselect
property:
input.onselect = logSelection;
Specifications
Specification | Status |
---|---|
UI Events The definition of 'select' in that specification. |
Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
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