select

The select event is fired when some text is being selected. The event might not be available for all elements in all languages. For example, in [HTML5], select events can be dispatched only on form input and textarea elements.

General info

Specification

DOM L3

Interface

UIEvent if generated from a user interface, Event otherwise.

Bubbles

No

Cancelable

No

Target

Element

Default Action

None

Properties

Property	Type	Description
target Read only	EventTarget	The event target (the topmost target in the DOM tree).
type Read only	DOMString	The type of event.
bubbles Read only	Boolean	Whether the event normally bubbles or not
cancelable Read only	Boolean	Whether the event is cancellable or not?
view Read only	WindowProxy	document.defaultView (window of the document)
detail Read only	long (float)	0.

Example

<input id="test" type="text" value="Select me!" />
<script>
  var elem = document.getElementById('test');
  elem.addEventListener('select', function() {
    alert('Selection changed!');
  }, false);
</script>