An event handler for the select event on the window.
window.onselect = funcRef;
funcRef is a function.<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>
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 | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'onselect' in that specification. | Living Standard |
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Feature | Android | Android Webview | Chrome for Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/onselect