The selectionchange event of the Selection API is fired when the current text selection on a document is changed.
document.addEventListener("selectionchange", function() {
console.log('Selection changed.');
});
The selectionchange event implements the Event interface. You can use the properties and methods defined on this interface.
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Selection API The definition of 'selectionchange' in that specification. | Working Draft | Initial definition. |
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | 52 (52) | (Yes) | (Yes) | ? |
on HTMLInputElement and HTMLTextAreaElement
| No support | No support | 52 (52) - [1] | No support | No support | No support |
| Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | 52.0 (52) | (Yes) | (Yes) | ? |
on HTMLInputElement and HTMLTextAreaElement
| No support | No support | No support | 52.0 (52) - [1] | No support | No support | No support |
[1] - Experimental support in Nightly behind the dom.select_events.textcontrols.enabled preference. Support for input and textarea is currently not part of the specification.
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