HTMLTextAreaElement: select event - Web APIs | MDN
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("select", (event) => { })
onselect = (event) => { }
Event type
A generic Event.
Examples
Selection logger
html
<textarea>Try selecting some text in this element.</textarea>
<p id="log"></p>
js
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 textarea = document.querySelector("textarea");
textarea.addEventListener("select", logSelection);
onselect equivalent
You can also set up the event handler using the onselect property:
js
textarea.onselect = logSelection;
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # event-select |
| HTML # handler-onselect |