HTMLInputElement: select event

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}} 

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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