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Using the onSelectStart Event Handler
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/*
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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