Selection API

API for accessing selected content of a document, including the window.getSelection() method, as well as the selectstart & selectionchange events on document.

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/selection-api/
Status	W3C Working Draft

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			103
		100	102
		99	101	TP
11	99	98	100	15.4	83
10	98	97	99	15.2-15.3	82
9	97	96	98	15.1	81
8 ⁽²⁾	96	95	97	15	80
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7 ⁽²⁾	95	94	96	14.1	79
6 ⁽²⁾	94	93	95	14	78
5.5	93	92	94	13.1	77
	92	91	93	13	76
	91	90	92	12.1	75
	90	89	91	12	74
	89	88	90	11.1	73
	88	87	89	11	72
	87	86	88	10.1	71
	86	85	87	10	70
	85	84	86	9.1	69
	84	83	85	9	68
	83	82	84	8	67
	81	81	83	7.1	66
	80	80	81	7	65
	79	79	80	6.1	64
	18	78	79	6	63
	17	77	78	5.1	62
	16	76	77	5	60
	15	75	76	4	58
	14	74	75	3.2	57
	13	73	74	3.1	56
	12	72	73		55
		71	72		54
		70	71		53
		69	70		52
		68	69		51
		67	68		50
		66	67		49
		65	66		48
		64	65		47
		63	64		46
		62	63		45
		61	62		44
		60	61		43
		59	60		42
		58	59		41
		57	58		40
		56	57		39
		55	56		38
		54	55		37
		53	54		36
		52	53		35
		51 ^(1,5)	52		34
		50 ^(1,5)	51		33
		49 ^(1,5)	50		32
		48 ^(1,5)	49		31
		47 ^(1,5)	48		30
		46 ^(1,5)	47		29
		45 ^(1,5)	46		28
		44 ^(1,5)	45		27
		43 ^(1,5)	44		26
		42 ⁽¹⁾	43		25
		41 ⁽¹⁾	42		24
		40 ⁽¹⁾	41		23
		39 ⁽¹⁾	40		22
		38 ⁽¹⁾	39		21
		37 ⁽¹⁾	38		20
		36 ⁽¹⁾	37		19
		35 ⁽¹⁾	36		18
		34 ⁽¹⁾	35		17
		33 ⁽¹⁾	34		16
		32 ⁽¹⁾	33		15
		31 ⁽¹⁾	32		12.1 ⁽¹⁾
		30 ⁽¹⁾	31		12 ⁽¹⁾
		29 ⁽¹⁾	30		11.6 ⁽¹⁾
		28 ⁽¹⁾	29		11.5 ⁽¹⁾
		27 ⁽¹⁾	28		11.1 ⁽¹⁾
		26 ⁽¹⁾	27		11 ⁽¹⁾
		25 ⁽¹⁾	26		10.6 ⁽¹⁾
		24 ⁽¹⁾	25		10.5 ⁽¹⁾
		23 ⁽¹⁾	24		10.0-10.1 ⁽¹⁾
		22 ⁽¹⁾	23		9.5-9.6 ⁽¹⁾
		21 ⁽¹⁾	22		9 ⁽¹⁾
		20 ⁽¹⁾	21
		19 ⁽¹⁾	20
		18 ⁽¹⁾	19
		17 ⁽¹⁾	18
		16 ⁽¹⁾	17
		15 ⁽¹⁾	16
		14 ⁽¹⁾	15
		13 ⁽¹⁾	14
		12 ⁽¹⁾	13
		11 ⁽¹⁾	12
		10 ⁽¹⁾	11
		9 ⁽¹⁾	10
		8 ⁽¹⁾	9
		7 ⁽¹⁾	8
		6 ⁽¹⁾	7
		5 ⁽¹⁾	6
		4 ⁽¹⁾	5
		3.6 ⁽¹⁾	4
		3.5 ⁽¹⁾
		3 ⁽¹⁾
		2 ⁽¹⁾

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15.4 ⁽³⁾	all	99	10	64	100	98	11	12.12 ⁽⁴⁾	16.0	10.4	7.12	2.5 ^(1,5)
15.2-15.3 ⁽³⁾		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1 ⁽¹⁾			10		15.0
15.0-15.1 ⁽³⁾		4.4		12					14.0
14.5-14.8 ⁽³⁾		4.2-4.3 ⁽⁴⁾		11.5					13.0
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14.0-14.4 ⁽³⁾		4.1		11.1					12.0
13.4-13.7 ⁽³⁾		4		11					11.1-11.2
13.3 ⁽³⁾		3		10					10.1
13.2 ⁽³⁾		2.3							9.2
13.0-13.1 ⁽³⁾		2.2							8.2
12.2-12.5 ⁽³⁾		2.1							7.2-7.4
12.0-12.1 ⁽³⁾									6.2-6.4
11.3-11.4 ⁽³⁾									5.0-5.4
11.0-11.2 ⁽³⁾									4
10.3 ⁽³⁾
10.0-10.2 ⁽³⁾
9.3 ⁽³⁾
9.0-9.2 ⁽³⁾
8.1-8.4 ⁽³⁾
8 ⁽³⁾
7.0-7.1 ⁽³⁾
6.0-6.1 ⁽³⁾
5.0-5.1 ⁽³⁾
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1 ⁽¹⁾
3.2 ⁽¹⁾

Notes

See also support for the related DOM range

Supports window.getSelection() but no selection events
Supports selection events, but not window.getSelection()
Does not support the selectstart event
window.getSelection() may fail on tapping buttons, as the selection is lost right before the listener code runs.
Selection events are supported behind the dom.select_events.enabled flag

Resources

Firefox support bug

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Last Updated	2022-04-11T17:49:08Z