Handle selectionchange event. Fixes #1140

build/types/components/Keyboard.d.ts

@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ declare class SimpleKeyboard {
      * Event Handler: Select
      */
     handleSelect(event: KeyboardHandlerEvent): void;
+    /**
+     * Event Handler: SelectionChange
+     */
+    handleSelectionChange(event: KeyboardHandlerEvent): void;
     /**
      * Called by {@link setEventListeners} when an event that warrants a cursor position update is triggered
      */

src/lib/components/Keyboard.ts

@@ -1048,6 +1048,7 @@ class SimpleKeyboard {
       document.addEventListener("mouseup", this.handleMouseUp);
       document.addEventListener("touchend", this.handleTouchEnd);
       document.addEventListener("select", this.handleSelect);
+      document.addEventListener("selectionchange", this.handleSelectionChange);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1094,6 +1095,14 @@ class SimpleKeyboard {
     this.caretEventHandler(event);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Event Handler: SelectionChange
+   */
+  /* istanbul ignore next */
+  handleSelectionChange(event: KeyboardHandlerEvent): void {
+    this.caretEventHandler(event);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Called by {@link setEventListeners} when an event that warrants a cursor position update is triggered
    */
@@ -1143,7 +1152,10 @@ class SimpleKeyboard {
             `(${instance.keyboardDOMClass})`
           );
         }
-      } else if (instance.options.disableCaretPositioning || !isKeyboard) {
+      } else if (
+        (instance.options.disableCaretPositioning || !isKeyboard) &&
+        event?.type !== "selectionchange"
+      ) {
         /**
          * If we toggled off disableCaretPositioning, we must ensure caretPosition doesn't persist once reactivated.
          */
@@ -1192,6 +1204,7 @@ class SimpleKeyboard {
     document.removeEventListener("mouseup", this.handleMouseUp);
     document.removeEventListener("touchend", this.handleTouchEnd);
     document.removeEventListener("select", this.handleSelect);
+    document.removeEventListener("selectionchange", this.handleSelectionChange);
     document.onpointerup = null;
     document.ontouchend = null;
     document.ontouchcancel = null;