Events - select

select

Events overview page.

The select event fires when the user selects text in a text input. It should also fire when the user selects text elsewhere.

But when does this event fire?

IE 8 and lower fire the event once for every character that’s added to the selection, whether the user uses the mouse or the keyboard.
All other browsers, including IE9 and 10, copy this behaviour for the keyboard, but not for the mouse. When the user uses a mouse they fire the event when a mouseup occurs after the user has selected text.

Test	IE 5.5	IE 6	IE 7	IE8	IE9	IE10 pr2	FF 7.0 Win	FF 6.1 Mac	Saf 5.1 Win	Saf 5.1 Mac	Chrome 14 Win	Chrome 13 Mac	Opera 11.51 Win	Opera 11.51 Mac
On the window	No				Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
On the window	Is this event available on the window?
On the document	No				Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
On the document	Is this event available on the document?
On a form	No				Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
On a form	Is this event available on a form?
Test	IE 5.5	IE 6	IE 7	IE8	IE9	IE10 pr2	FF 7.0 Win	FF 6.1 Mac	Saf 5.1 Win	Saf 5.1 Mac	Chrome 14 Win	Chrome 13 Mac	Opera 11.51 Win	Opera 11.51 Mac
On text inputs	Yes						Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
On text inputs	The point of this event.
On any element	No				Yes		No		No		No		No
On any element	It stands to reason that selecting text on any element (such as a paragraph) should also fire the event. When that happens, pass the resulting Range object as a property of the event object, please.
Event bubbling The event should bubble.	Untestable				Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Event bubbling The event should bubble.
Prevent default “No” is the correct answer	No						No		No		No		No
Prevent default “No” is the correct answer	The default action cannot be prevented.
Test	IE 5.5	IE 6	IE 7	IE8	IE9	IE10 pr2	FF 7.0 Win	FF 6.1 Mac	Saf 5.1 Win	Saf 5.1 Mac	Chrome 14 Win	Chrome 13 Mac	Opera 11.51 Win	Opera 11.51 Mac