The select event fires when some text has been selected.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("select", (event) => { })

onselect = (event) => { }

Event type

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Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref(“EventTarget/addEventListener”, “addEventListener()”)}}, or set an event handler property/

addEventListener("select", (event) => { })

onselect = (event) => { }

Event type

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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);

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onselect equivalent

You can also set up the event handler using the onselect property:

input/onselect = logSelection;

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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The select event fires when some text has been selected/

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref(“EventTarget/addEventListener”, “addEventListener()”)}}, or set an event handler property/

addEventListener("select", (event) => { })

onselect = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic {{domxref(“Event”)}}/

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);

{{EmbedLiveSample(“Selection_logger”)}}

onselect equivalent

You can also set up the event handler using the onselect property:

input/onselect = logSelection;

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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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

Browser compatibility