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    Document.onselectionchange

    This is an experimental technology
    Because this technology's specification has not stabilized, check the compatibility table for usage in various browsers. Also note that the syntax and behavior of an experimental technology is subject to change in future versions of browsers as the specification changes.

    The Document.onselectionchange property represents the event handler that is called when a selectionchange event reaches this object.

    Syntax

    obj.selectionchange = function;
    • function is the name of a user-defined function, without the () suffix or any parameters, or an anonymous function declaration.

    Example

    document.onselectionchange = function() { console.log("Selection changed!"); };

    Specifications

    Specification Status Comment
    Selection API
    The definition of 'Document.onselectionchange' in that specification.    		 Working Draft Initial definition.

    Browser compatibility

    Feature Firefox (Gecko) Chrome Internet Explorer Opera Safari
    Basic support 45 (45)[1] ? ? ? ?
    Feature Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Android IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
    onselectionchange 45.0 (45)[1] ? ? ? ?

    [1] This is implemented behind the dom.select_events.enabled preference, that default to false, except on Nightly.

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