# Selection Property

You can get the area selected by the user from the selection property.

Property Description Exp.
selection.select You can get the selection start position with Object. The row in the Object is the INDEX line containing the header. {"col": 0, "row": 0}
selection.range You can get the selection range with Object. The row in the Object is the INDEX line containing the header. {"start": {"col": 0, "row": 0}, "end": {"col": 2, "row": 2}}
<div class="sample1 demo-grid middle"></div>
<button class="button">SHOW SELECTION</button>
<pre style="color: #fff" class="result"></pre>
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document.querySelector(".button").addEventListener("click", () => {
  const { select, range } = grid.selection;

  document.querySelector(".result").textContent = `
select:
---
${JSON.stringify(select, null, "  ")},
---

range:
---
${JSON.stringify(range, null, "  ")},
---`;
});

const lang =
  navigator.language || navigator.userLanguage || navigator.browserLanguage;
const records = generatePersons(100);
const grid = new cheetahGrid.ListGrid({
  parentElement: document.querySelector(".sample1"),
  header: [
    { field: "personid", caption: "ID", width: 100 },
    { field: "fname", caption: "First Name", width: 200 },
    { field: "lname", caption: "Last Name", width: 200 },
    { field: "email", caption: "Email", width: 250 },
    {
      field(rec) {
        return rec.birthday.toLocaleString(lang, {
          year: "numeric",
          month: "long",
          day: "numeric",
        });
      },
      caption: "birthday",
      width: 500,
    },
  ],
  frozenColCount: 1,
  records,
});
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