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# select

Fires when an item is selected.

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The callback has one parameter which returns a reference to the selected item.

```javascript
selectable.on("select", function(item) {
    // do something when an item is selected
});
```

Note that this event fires for each item that is selected. If you select a large number of items at once you will get an equally large number of callbacks. In this case it can be preferable to listen for the [`end`](/selectable/api/events/select.md) event instead where you will get a single callback no matter the number of items.