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
Reference
Build date: 1/23/2012