The onselect
property of the GlobalEventHandlers
mixin is an EventHandler
that processes select
events.
The select
event only fires after text inside an <input type="text">
or <textarea>
is selected.
Syntax
target.onselect = functionRef;
Value
functionRef
is a function name or a function expression. The function receives a UIEvent
object as its sole argument.
Examples
This example logs the text you select inside a <textarea>
element.
HTML
<textarea>Try selecting some text in this element.</textarea> <p id="log"></p>
JavaScript
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 textarea = document.querySelector('textarea'); textarea.onselect = logSelection;
Result
Specification
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'onselect' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
onselect | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support ≤18 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE ? | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown