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+title: Prevent RowClick Event When Selecting Text in Grid for Blazor
+description: Learn how to prevent the RowClick event from being triggered in Grid for Blazor when selecting text using JavaScript interop.
+type: how-to
+page_title: Avoid RowClick Event Trigger During Text Selection in Grid for Blazor
+meta_title: Avoid RowClick Event Trigger During Text Selection in Grid for Blazor
+slug: grid-kb-prevent-rowclick-when-selecting-text
+tags: grid, blazor, rowclick, text-selection
+res_type: kb
+ticketid: 1692651
+---
+
+## Environment
+<table>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td> Product </td>
+<td> Grid for Blazor </td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+
+## Description
+
+I want to prevent the [OnRowClick](slug:grid-events#onrowclick) event in the [Grid for Blazor](slug:grid-overview) from executing when a user selects text by dragging to highlight it. 
+
+This knowledge base article also answers the following questions:
+- How to prevent row click event in a Blazor Grid during text selection?
+- How to check for text selection before firing Grid events?
+- How to use JavaScript interop for handling the `OnRowClick` event in Telerik Blazor Grid?
+
+## Solution
+
+To achieve this, use JavaScript interop to detect text selection. Follow these steps:
+
+1. Define a JavaScript helper function that checks whether any text is currently selected on the page.
+2. Inject the IJSRuntime service into your Blazor component to enable JavaScript interop.
+3. Call the JavaScript function within your `OnRowClick` event handler to bypass logic when text is selected conditionally.
+
+Example implementation:
+
+````RAZOR
+@inject IJSRuntime JS
+
+<h3>Grid with Safe Row Click Handling</h3>
+
+@if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ClickedPersonName))
+{
+    <p><strong>Last clicked person:</strong> @ClickedPersonName</p>
+}
+
+<TelerikGrid Data="@People"
+             OnRowClick="@OnRowClickHandler"
+             Height="300px">
+    <GridColumns>
+        <GridColumn Field="Id" Title="ID" />
+        <GridColumn Field="Name" Title="Name" />
+        <GridColumn Field="Email" Title="Email" />
+    </GridColumns>
+</TelerikGrid>
+
+@code {
+    public class Person
+    {
+        public int Id { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public string Email { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    }
+
+    private readonly List<Person> People = new()
+    {
+        new Person { Id = 1, Name = "Alice Johnson", Email = "[email protected]" },
+        new Person { Id = 2, Name = "Bob Smith", Email = "[email protected]" },
+        new Person { Id = 3, Name = "Carol Lee", Email = "[email protected]" }
+    };
+
+    private string ClickedPersonName = "";
+
+    private async Task OnRowClickHandler(GridRowClickEventArgs args)
+    {
+        var isTextSelected = await JS.InvokeAsync<bool>("isTextSelected");
+        if (isTextSelected)
+        {
+            ClickedPersonName = "Text was selected, row click ignored.";
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var item = (Person)args.Item;
+        ClickedPersonName = item.Name;
+    }
+}
+
+@* Inline JavaScript for detecting text selection *@
+<script>
+    window.isTextSelected = function () {
+        return window.getSelection().toString().length > 0;
+    };
+</script>
+````
+
+## See Also
+
+* [Grid Events Documentation](slug:grid-events#onrowclick)