Using the onSelectStart Event Handler
/* JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition by Danny Goodman John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001 */ <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>onSelectStart Event Handler</TITLE> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> TD {text-align:center} </STYLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> function showObj() { var objID = event.srcElement.id status = "Selection started with object: " + objID } </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY ID="myBody" onSelectStart="showObj()"> <H1 ID="myH1">onSelectStart Event Handler</H1> <HR ID="myHR"> <P ID="myP">This is a sample paragraph.</P> <TABLE BORDER="1"> <TR ID="row1"> <TH ID="header1">Column A</TH> <TH ID="header2">Column B</TH> <TH ID="header3">Column C</TH> </TR> <TR ID="row2"> <TD ID="cellA2">text</TD> <TD ID="cellB2">text</TD> <TD ID="cellC2">text</TD> </TR> <TR ID="row3"> <TD ID="cellA3">text</TD> <TD ID="cellB3">text</TD> <TD ID="cellC3">text</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>
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