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Selection

The Selection API controls and modifies user text selections within the page.

Status

Baseline Widely Available (since 2019-09-07)

MDN documentation

Specifications

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

  • Chrome 11 Released on 2011-04-27
  • Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
  • Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
  • Firefox 52 Released on 2017-03-07
  • Firefox for Android 52 Released on 2017-03-07
  • Safari 5.1 Released on 2011-07-20
  • Safari on iOS 5 Released on 2011-10-12