selectstart

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Overview Table

Synchronous No
Bubbles No
Target dom/Element
Cancelable No
Default action

Notes

Remarks

Moves the selection to a given character and highlights that selection. To invoke this event, do one of the following:

  • Move the mouse from character to character during a drag selection.
  • Press the SHIFT key while moving the cursor over text.

Syntax

Standards information


Event handler parameters

pEvtObj [in]
Type: IHTMLEventObj

See also

Related pages (MSDN)

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Portions of this content come from the Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]