GlobalEventHandlers.onselectstart

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The onselectstart property of the GlobalEventHandlers mixin is an event handler that processes selectstart events.

The selectstart event fires when the user starts to make a new text selection on a webpage.

Syntax

object.onselectstart = functionRef;

Value

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

Examples

document.onselectstart = function() {
  console.log('Selection started!');
};

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

document.onselectstart = () => {
  return false; // cancel selection
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
onselectstart
1
12
52
4
15
1.3
1
18
52
14
1
The selectstart event never fires and never invokes this handler.
1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/onselectstart