HTMLTextAreaElement: select event

The select event fires when some text has been selected.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("select", (event) => { })

onselect = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

Selection logger

<textarea>Try selecting some text in this element.</textarea>
<p id="log"></p>

function logSelection(event) {
  const log = document.getElementById("log");
  const selection = event.target.value.substring(
    event.target.selectionStart,
    event.target.selectionEnd,
  );
  log.textContent = `You selected: ${selection}`;
}

const textarea = document.querySelector("textarea");
textarea.addEventListener("select", logSelection);

onselect equivalent

You can also set up the event handler using the onselect property:

textarea.onselect = logSelection;

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• select()