Element: select event
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 |
|---|
| UI Events # event-type-select |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
select_event |
1 |
12 |
Yes |
9 |
≤12.1 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
Yes |
≤12.1 |
1 |
1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/select_event