onselect event
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Fires when the current selection changes.
 |
Syntax
| HTML Attribute | <element onselect = "handler(event)"> |
|---|---|
| Event Property | object.onselect = handler; |
| attachEvent Method | object.attachEvent("onselect", handler) |
| addEventListener Method | object.addEventListener("select", handler, useCapture) |
Standards information
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 18.2.3
Event information
| Synchronous | No |
|---|---|
| Bubbles | No |
| Cancelable | No |
Event handler parameters
- pEvtObj [in]
-
Type: IHTMLEventObj
Remarks
Moves the selection to a given character and highlights that selection.
To invoke this event, do one of the following:
- Move the mouse from character to character during a drag selection.
- Press the SHIFT key while moving the cursor over text.
The pEvtObj parameter is required for the following interfaces:
- HTMLAnchorEvents2
- HTMLAreaEvents2
- HTMLButtonElementEvents2
- HTMLControlElementEvents2
- HTMLDocumentEvents2
- HTMLElementEvents2
- HTMLFormElementEvents2
- HTMLImgEvents2
- HTMLFrameSiteEvents2
- HTMLInputFileElementEvents2
- HTMLInputImageEvents2
- HTMLInputTextElementEvents2
- HTMLLabelEvents2
- HTMLLinkElementEvents2
- HTMLMapEvents2
- HTMLMarqueeElementEvents2
- HTMLObjectElementEvents2
- HTMLOptionButtonElementEvents2
- HTMLScriptEvents2
- HTMLSelectElementEvents2
- HTMLStyleElementEvents2
- HTMLTableEvents2
- HTMLTextContainerEvents2
- HTMLWindowEvents2
- HTMLDocumentEvents4
- HTMLWindowEvents4
- HTMLElementEvents4
See also
- a
- abbr
- acronym
- address
- applet
- area
- audio
- b
- base
- baseFont
- bdo
- bgSound
- big
- body
- blockQuote
- br
- button
- canvas
- caption
- center
- cite
- code
- col
- colGroup
- comment
- custom
- dd
- del
- dfn
- dir
- div
- dl
- document
- dt
- em
- embed
- fieldSet
- font
- form
- frame
- frameSet
- head
- hn
- hr
- html
- i
- iframe
- img
- input type=button
- input type=checkbox
- input type=file
- input type=hidden
- input type=image
- input type=password
- input type=radio
- input type=reset
- input type=submit
- input type=text
- ins
- isIndex
- kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- link
- listing
- map
- marquee
- media
- menu
- meta
- nextID
- noBR
- noFrames
- noScript
- object
- ol
- optGroup
- option
- p
- param
- plainText
- pre
- q
- rt
- ruby
- s
- samp
- script
- select
- small
- source
- span
- strike
- strong
- style
- sub
- sup
- table
- tBody
- td
- textArea
- tr
- tt
- u
- ul
- var
- wbr
- video
- window
- xmp
- Reference
- onselectstart
- select
Build date: 3/14/2012
Remark - interpretation
This event apparentlypertains to the selection of text within-or-off-the-right of the object, Not the object itself selected within a container element.
Ray.
Ray.
- 7/22/2010
- Mr. Raymond Kenneth Petry
anomalies - failures - non firing, tab crash
**** CAUTION - TESTING CAUSES TAB AND DATA LOSS - CAUTION ****
*
* Examples, non firing:
* DIV: Shift-arrow selecting text;
* DIV: Mouse-scoop selecting text;
*
**** CAUTION - TESTING CAUSES TAB AND DATA LOSS - CAUTION ****
*
* Examples, non firing:
* DIV: Shift-arrow selecting text;
* DIV: Mouse-scoop selecting text;
*
**** CAUTION - TESTING CAUSES TAB AND DATA LOSS - CAUTION ****
- 7/22/2010
- Mr. Raymond Kenneth Petry
