Selection Range API

[Fyrd]

Selection Range API

https://www.w3.org/TR/selection-api/

Includes (may need further investigation) :

• window.getSelection()
• selectstart & selectionchange events

See also: #1311: setSelectionRange, selectionStart and selectionEnd

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Issue added by Phil Freo on 2014-04-03
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[304NotModified]

+1

[gustafl]

+1

But Selection and Range are separate APIs. Selection has its own specification here:

https://www.w3.org/TR/selection-api/

Support is pretty good in my experience, except that IE lacks the important Selection.extend() method. The Range interface is now part of DOM4.

[rvetere]

what about document.onselectionchange event which for example available in iOS..? ;) not sure if this is directly related to the selection range API but also can't be found right now in "caniuse".. is it available on android?

[podorozhny]

+1

[Sauco82]

+1

[timtjtim]

+1

[merwan7]

+1

[Fyrd]

Now available at http://caniuse.com/#feat=selection-api