Definition and Usage The onselect event occurs when text is selected in a text or textarea field. Syntax onselect="SomeJavaScrip...
Definition and Usage
The onselect event occurs when text is selected in a text or textarea field.Syntax
onselect="SomeJavaScriptCode" |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| SomeJavaScriptCode | Required. Specifies a JavaScript to be executed when the event occurs. |
Supported by the following HTML tags:
| <input type="text">, <textarea> |
Supported by the following JavaScript objects:
| text, textarea |
Example
In this example an alert box will be displayed if some of the text is selected:| <form> Select text: <input type="text" value="Hello world!" onselect="alert('You have selected some of the text.')"> <br /><br /> Select text: <textarea cols="20" rows="5" onselect="alert('You have selected some of the text.')"> Hello world!</textarea> </form> |
