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onSelectStart (Event handler)

A select action is beginning.

Availability:

JScript - 3.0
Internet Explorer - 4.0
Property/method value type:Boolean primitive
JavaScript syntax:IEmyObject.onselectstart = aHandler
HTML syntax:<HTMLTag onSelectStart="...">
Argument list:aHandlerA reference to a function object to handle the event

At the commencement of a selection, this event is triggered. This allows you to do some animation or perhaps draw a bounding rectangle while the selection takes place.

See also:Event, Event handler, Event model, Event names, Event object, Event.returnValue, Handler, onSelect, Semantic event

Supported by objects:

A

ACRONYM

ADDRESS

Anchor

B

BIG

BLOCKQUOTE

BODY

BUTTON

CAPTION

CENTER

CITE

CODE

DD

DEL

DFN

DIR

DIV

DL

Document

DT

EM

FIELDSET

FONT

FORM

H1

HR

I

IMG

Input

INS

KBD

LABEL

LEGEND

LI

LISTING

MARQUEE

MENU

OBJECT

OL

P

PLAINTEXT

PRE

Q

S

SAMP

Select

SMALL

SPAN

STRIKE

STRONG

SUB

SUP

TABLE

TBODY

TD

TEXTAREA

TFOOT

TH

THEAD

TR

TT

U

UL

Url

VAR

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JavaScript Programmer's Reference, Cliff Wootton
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