GlobalEventHandlers.onselect
An event handler for the select event on the window.
Syntax
JavaScript
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window.onselect = funcRef;
funcRef
is a function.
Example
HTML
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<html> <head> <title>onselect test</title> <style type="text/css"> .text1 { border: 2px solid red; } </style> <script type="text/javascript"> window.onselect = selectText; function selectText() { alert("select event detected!"); } </script> </head> <body> <textarea class="text1" cols="30" rows="3"> Highlight some of this text with the mouse pointer to fire the onselect event. </textarea> </body> </html>
Notes
The select event only fires when text inside a text input or textarea is selected. The event is fired after the text has been selected.
Specification
Specification | Status | Comment |
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WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'onselect' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/globaleventhandlers/onselect