onselectstart event
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Fires when the object is being selected.
Syntax
| HTML Attribute | <element onselectstart = "handler(event)"> |
|---|---|
| Event Property | object.onselectstart = handler; |
| attachEvent Method | object.attachEvent("onselectstart", handler) |
Standards information
There are no standards that apply here.
Event information
| Synchronous | No |
|---|---|
| Bubbles | No |
| Cancelable | No |
Event handler parameters
- pEvtObj [in]
-
Type: IHTMLEventObj
Remarks
The object at the beginning of the selection fires the event.
Moves the selection to an object and highlights that selection.
To invoke this event, do one of the following:
- Begin selecting one or more objects.
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
See also
- a
- abbr
- acronym
- address
- area
- b
- bdo
- big
- blockQuote
- body
- button
- caption
- center
- cite
- code
- custom
- dd
- del
- dfn
- dir
- div
- dl
- dt
- em
- fieldSet
- font
- form
- hn
- hr
- i
- img
- input type=button
- input type=checkbox
- input type=file
- input type=image
- input type=password
- input type=radio
- input type=reset
- input type=submit
- input type=text
- kbd
- label
- li
- listing
- map
- marquee
- menu
- nextID
- noBR
- object
- ol
- option
- p
- plainText
- pre
- q
- rt
- ruby
- s
- samp
- select
- small
- span
- strike
- strong
- sub
- sup
- table
- tBody
- td
- textArea
- tFoot
- th
- tHead
- tr
- tt
- u
- ul
- var
- xmp
- Reference
- onselect
- 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, Except off right-end;
* DIV: Shift-arrow selecting text off left-end;
* DIV: Mouse-scoop selecting text off left-end;
*
**** CAUTION - TESTING CAUSES TAB AND DATA LOSS - CAUTION ****
*
* Examples, non firing:
* DIV: Shift-arrow selecting text, Except off right-end;
* DIV: Shift-arrow selecting text off left-end;
* DIV: Mouse-scoop selecting text off left-end;
*
**** CAUTION - TESTING CAUSES TAB AND DATA LOSS - CAUTION ****
- 7/22/2010
- Mr. Raymond Kenneth Petry
This event does not work on option in ie6
There is no onclick event. I can't figure a way to create listbox which does not allow multiple selection
- 7/16/2008
- Stoian Ivanov
- 7/17/2008
- Stanley Roark
