HTML DOM selection.type property

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The type property returns a String which describes the type of current selection. This is a read-only property.

Syntax:

selection.type

Return Value: String describing the type of the selection. Possible return values are:

None: No selection has currently been made.
Caret: Only Clicked but not selected. The selection is collapsed, the caret is placed on some text, but no range has been selected.
Range: Some range on which the text has been selected.

Example: In this example, the getSelection() method is used to get the selected text, and the type property is used to get the type of selection.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
          HTML DOM selection type property
      </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>zambiatek</h1>
    <p>
          select some text and see its type in console
      </p>
 
    <script>
       let selection;
        document.onselectionchange = function () {
            selection = document.getSelection();
            console.log(selection)
            console.log(selection.type);
        };
    </script>
   
</body>
 
</html>

Output: In the console, types of selections can be seen on every change of selection.

Supported Browsers:

Google Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Internet Explorer

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