onselect event

Complete Event Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The onselect event occurs when text is selected in a text or textarea field.

Syntax

onselect="SomeJavaScriptCode"

Supported by the following HTML tags:

Supported by the following JavaScript objects:

Example

In this example an alert box will be displayed if some of the text is selected:

<form>

Select text: <input type="text" value="Hello world!"
onselect="alert('You have selected some of the text.')">
<br /><br />
Select text: <textarea cols="20" rows="5"
onselect="alert('You have selected some of the text.')">
Hello world!</textarea>

</form>

The output of the code above will be:

Try-It-Yourself Demos

onselect
How to use onselect.

Complete Event Object Reference

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