Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/onselectionchange

This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The onselectionchange property of the GlobalEventHandlers mixin is an EventHandler that processes selectionchange events.

The selectionchange event fires when the text selected on a webpage changes.

Syntax

object.onselectionchange = functionRef;

Value

functionRef is a function name or a function expression. The function receives a FocusEvent object as its sole argument.

Example

let selection;

document.onselectionchange = function() {
  console.log('New selection made');
  selection = document.getSelection();
};

For a full example, see our Key quote generator demo.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Selection APIThe definition of 'GlobalEventHandlers.onselectionchange' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
onselectionchange Experimental'	Chrome Full support 12	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 52 Full support 52 Full support 43 Disabled' Disabled' From version 43: this feature is behind the dom.select_events.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support 15	Safari Full support 1.3	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 52 Full support 52 Full support 43 Disabled' Disabled' From version 43: this feature is behind the dom.select_events.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 14	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

User must explicitly enable this feature.'

User must explicitly enable this feature.

See also

• selectionchange event
• Related event handler: GlobalEventHandlers.onselectstart

GlobalEventHandlers.onselectionchange by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.