Document.onselectionchange

This is an experimental technology
Because this technology's specification has not stabilized, check the compatibility table for usage in various browsers. Also note that the syntax and behavior of an experimental technology is subject to change in future versions of browsers as the specification changes.

The Document.onselectionchange property represents the event handler that is called when a selectionchange event reaches this object.

Syntax

obj.selectionchange = function;
  • function is the name of a user-defined function, without the () suffix or any parameters, or an anonymous function declaration.

Example

document.onselectionchange = function() { console.log("Selection changed!"); }; 

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

  
Feature Firefox (Gecko) Chrome Edge Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 45 (45)[1] 49 (Yes) ? ? ?
  
Feature Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Android Edge IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
onselectionchange 45.0 (45)[1] ? (Yes) ? ? ?

[1] This is implemented behind the dom.select_events.enabled preference, that default to false, except on Nightly.

See also

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