Selection API
Note:
This API is not available in Web Workers (not exposed via WorkerNavigator).
The Selection API enables developers to access and manipulate the portion of a document selected by the user.
The Window.getSelection() and Document.getSelection() methods return a Selection object representing the portion of the document selected by the user. A Selection object provides methods to:
- access the currently selected nodes
- modify the current selection, expanding or collapsing it or selecting an entirely different part of the document
- delete parts of the current selection from the DOM.
The Selection API also provides two events, both firing on Document:
- the
selectstartevent is fired when the user starts to make a new selection - the
selectionchangeevent is fired when the current selection changes.
Interfaces
Selection-
An interface which represents the part of the document selected by the user or the current position of the caret.
Document.getSelection()-
A method returning a
Selectionobject representing the current selection or current position of the caret. Window.getSelection()-
A method returning a
Selectionobject representing the current selection or current position of the caret. Document.selectionchange-
An event which is fired when the current selection is changed.
Node.selectstart-
An event which is fired when a user starts a new selection.
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Selection API # selection-interface |