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Selection API

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Indexed issues: 72

Dominant language: HTML
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Last GitHub push: Jun 11, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 21, 2026
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`anchorNode` & `focusNode` can never be in shadow tree? Open

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w3c/selection-api#361 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 26, 2026
Remove single range restriction for selection interface apis Open

w3c/selection-api#358 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 14, 2026
Inconsistent selectstart event timing and prevention capability Open

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w3c/selection-api#355 · Opened Jan 27, 2026
the steps of `Selection.setBaseAndExtent()` do not check the node type Open

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w3c/selection-api#354 · Opened Jan 9, 2026
the steps of Selection.extend() does not check whether the given offset is valid in the container Open

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w3c/selection-api#353 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 9, 2026
StaticRange.getBoundingClientRect() Open

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w3c/selection-api#352 · Opened Sep 19, 2025
Should onselectstart and onselectionchange have content attributes or just IDL attributes? Open

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w3c/selection-api#351 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 28, 2025
Unclear what "rendered text" in selection stringifier is referring to Open

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w3c/selection-api#350 · Opened Jun 1, 2025
Proposal: `setCaretInlineOffset` API for adjusting caret visual representation Open

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w3c/selection-api#347 · Opened Mar 29, 2025
Selection.modify() taking optional strings doesn't make sense to me Open

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w3c/selection-api#346 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2025
Inconsistent selectionchange event behavior across browsers when the added input element is not focused Open

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w3c/selection-api#344 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 20, 2025
Improve selection.isCollapsed Open

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w3c/selection-api#337 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 7, 2024
Flat Tree or Composed Tree Open

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w3c/selection-api#336 · 8 comments · Opened Sep 30, 2024
Clarify how `selection.modify()` when the granularity parameter is `paragraphboundary` handles non-editable elements in an editing host Open

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w3c/selection-api#179 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 17, 2024
Update the "published by" metadata Open

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w3c/selection-api#178 · Opened Jun 27, 2024
Selection.direction spec issue, what should happen on multiple click? Open

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w3c/selection-api#177 · 5 comments · Opened May 27, 2024
Define to remove selection range automatically if a selection range is modified into different selection root Open

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w3c/selection-api#175 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 4, 2024
Migrate away from "queue a task" Open

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w3c/selection-api#174 · Opened Mar 20, 2024
Selection.direction doesn't handle multiple ranges Open

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w3c/selection-api#171 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 4, 2024
Need spec changes to Range and StaticRange to support nodes in different tree? Open

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w3c/selection-api#169 · 13 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 14, 2023
Specify the behavior when DOM mutation occurs across shadow-crossing selection Open

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w3c/selection-api#168 · 8 comments · Opened Sep 14, 2023
getSelection().addRange should allow range with both boundary points in shadow tree Open

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w3c/selection-api#167 · Opened Sep 14, 2023
Define `Selection.rangeCount` when an input field is focused Open

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w3c/selection-api#166 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 9, 2023
Serialization of the current selection, when that selection crosses shadow roots Open

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w3c/selection-api#163 · Opened Apr 21, 2023
getComposedRange() review Open

NewAPI

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w3c/selection-api#161 · 19 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 19, 2022
`selectstart` event handler needs to be exposed on `Text` Open

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w3c/selection-api#159 · 7 comments · Opened Jul 27, 2022
interop: Trailing whitespace in h1/h2 is selectable in firefox, not selectable in chrome Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#149 · Opened Jun 13, 2022
Having a matching `selectend` event? Open

NewAPI

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w3c/selection-api#146 · 8 comments · Opened Oct 6, 2021
Define the order between select and selectionchange Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#129 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 11, 2020
collapse and setBaseAndExtent methods contain redundant checks of offset Open

Compatibility Editorial

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w3c/selection-api#124 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 19, 2020
Add accessibility section Open

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w3c/selection-api#121 · Opened Apr 9, 2020
Add Internationalization Considerations section Open

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w3c/selection-api#120 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 6, 2020
Selecting across wbr element Bug 584141 Open

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w3c/selection-api#113 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 5, 2019
Define behavior for user action of "selecting all". Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#105 · 6 comments · Opened May 16, 2019
Changing the selection creates a Range object Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#103 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 16, 2019
Add Selection/Range methods based on anchestor element Open

NewAPI

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w3c/selection-api#102 · 13 comments · Opened Feb 27, 2019
Make setBaseAndExtent and other setter methods on Selection work with shadow DOM Open

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w3c/selection-api#99 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 6, 2018
No definition of hidden selections Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#94 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 5, 2017
Specify when the selection collapsing happen on mouse click Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#90 · Opened May 2, 2017
Background section is a mess Open

Editorial

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w3c/selection-api#84 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 11, 2017
Clarify how text selection in <input> and <textarea> work with Selection interface Open

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w3c/selection-api#83 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 6, 2017
Selection should detach associated Range when Range move to another root. Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#79 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 13, 2017
user-select: none and selectionchange event Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#74 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 12, 2016
Add API to make selection visible Open

NewAPI

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w3c/selection-api#73 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2016
setBaseAndExtent should clear selection when baseNode or extentNode is null Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#72 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2016
Triple-click selection bounds Open

Compatibility

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w3c/selection-api#70 · 7 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 21, 2016
Pass the original events or add events types in selectionchange Open

NewAPI

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w3c/selection-api#65 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 9, 2016
We need to expose line direction coordinate as a property Open

NewAPI

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w3c/selection-api#59 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 23, 2015
Need an API to get the current caret rects Open

NewAPI

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w3c/selection-api#58 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 23, 2015
Expose with which bidi-level caret is affiliated as well as API to set it Open

NewAPI

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w3c/selection-api#57 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 23, 2015

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