This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The type
read-only property of the Selection
interface returns a DOMString
describing the type of the current selection.
Syntax
value = sel.type
Value
A DOMString
describing the type of the current selection. Possible values are:
None
: No selection has currently been made.Caret
: The selection is collapsed (i.e. the caret is placed on some text, but no range has been selected).Range
: A range has been selected.
Example
In this example, the event handler will fire each time a new selection is made. console.log(selection.type)
will return Caret
or Range
depending on whether the caret is placed at a single point in the text, or a range has been selected.
var selection; document.onselectionchange = function() { console.log('New selection made'); selection = document.getSelection(); console.log(selection.type); };
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Selection API The definition of 'Selection.type' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Current |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
type | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 57 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 57 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.