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GeneralQuestion about ONSELECTSTART event of HTML body. Pin
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Paul Watson16-Mar-03 22:50
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George2 wrote:
Who can give me a simple explanation about the meaning and function of
ONSELECTSTART?


Basically it lets you catch the begining of the onselect event of many elements on the page. Select happens when you click on an element or navigate to it (using tab, shortcut keys, autofocus etc.)

So you could catch the begining of the select event of a hyperlink, check something else and then return either true or false to let the rest of the event through or cancel it (maybe the person could only select the hyperlink if they have typed in something in anothe text box for instance.)

Frankly though it sounds overly complex and I have never seen it used (or even heard of it) before today. OnClick/OnSelect etc. give most of the control you need.


I think the more important question is: Why do you want to know about ONSELECTSTART and why are you putting it on the BODY element? What is your requirement?

Paul Watson
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GeneralRe: Question about ONSELECTSTART event of HTML body. Pin
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