JavaScript code to de-select text on HTML page.
Following is the code to de-select text on HTML page −
Example
Live Demo
<!DOCTYPE html>
<htmllang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
body {
font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
.result {
font-size: 20px;
font-weight: 500;
color: rebeccapurple;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>De-select text on HTML page</h1>
<div style="color: green;" class="result">
Here is some text inside the div
</div>
<button class="Btn">CLICK HERE</button>
<h3>Click on the above button to deselect everything on this page</h3>
<script>
let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");
document.querySelector(".Btn").addEventListener("click", () => {
window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
The above code will produce the following output −
Selecting some text on the page −
On clicking the ‘CLICK HERE’ button −
Published on 18-Jul-2020 10:29:04
