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selectionchange

The selectionchange event of the Selection API is fired when the current text selection on a document is changed.

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Target objects Document
Interface Event

Example

document.addEventListener("selectionchange", function() {
  console.log('Selection changed.'); 
});

Inheritance

The selectionchange event implements the Event interface. You can use the properties and methods defined on this interface.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Selection API
The definition of 'selectionchange' in that specification.
Working Draft Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/selectionchange