diff --git a/src/js/JSONEditor.js b/src/js/JSONEditor.js
index 8e5b6be..842fa69 100644
--- a/src/js/JSONEditor.js
+++ b/src/js/JSONEditor.js
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ var util = require('./util');
  *                               {boolean} sortObjectKeys If true, object keys are
  *                                                        sorted before display.
  *                                                        false by default.
+ *                               {function} onNodeSelectionChange Callback method, 
+ *                                                                triggered on node selection change
+ *                                                                Only applicable for modes
+ *                                                                'tree', 'view', and 'form'
+ *                               {function} onTextSelectionChange Callback method, 
+ *                                                                triggered on text selection change
+ *                                                                Only applicable for modes
+ *                                                                'text' and 'code'
  * @param {Object | undefined} json JSON object
  */
 function JSONEditor (container, options, json) {
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@ function JSONEditor (container, options, json) {
       var VALID_OPTIONS = [
         'ajv', 'schema', 'schemaRefs','templates',
         'ace', 'theme','autocomplete',
-        'onChange', 'onEditable', 'onError', 'onModeChange',
+        'onChange', 'onEditable', 'onError', 'onModeChange', 'onNodeSelectionChange', 'onTextSelectionChange',
         'escapeUnicode', 'history', 'search', 'mode', 'modes', 'name', 'indentation', 
         'sortObjectKeys', 'navigationBar', 'statusBar'
       ];
diff --git a/src/js/textmode.js b/src/js/textmode.js
index 2c8d0da..b27e3d7 100644
--- a/src/js/textmode.js
+++ b/src/js/textmode.js
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ var DEFAULT_THEME = 'ace/theme/jsoneditor';
  *                             {boolean} escapeUnicode   If true, unicode
  *                                                       characters are escaped.
  *                                                       false by default.
+ *                             {function} onTextSelectionChange Callback method, 
+ *                                                              triggered on text selection change
  * @private
  */
 textmode.create = function (container, options) {
@@ -76,6 +78,10 @@ textmode.create = function (container, options) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (options.onTextSelectionChange) {
+    this.onTextSelectionChange(options.onTextSelectionChange);
+  }
+
   var me = this;
   this.container = container;
   this.dom = {};
@@ -699,7 +705,7 @@ textmode.getTextSelection = function () {
  * @param {{row:Number, column:Number}} startPos selection start position
  * @param {{row:Number, column:Number}} endPos selected end position
  */
-textmode.onTextSelectionChanged = function (callback) {
+textmode.onTextSelectionChange = function (callback) {
   if (typeof callback === 'function') {
     this._selectionChangedHandler = util.debounce(callback, this.DEBOUNCE_INTERVAL);
   }
diff --git a/src/js/treemode.js b/src/js/treemode.js
index 26fe5d2..dd01892 100644
--- a/src/js/treemode.js
+++ b/src/js/treemode.js
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ treemode._setOptions = function (options) {
     schema: null,
     schemaRefs: null,
     autocomplete: null,
-    navigationBar : true
+    navigationBar : true,
+    onNodeSelectionChange: null
   };
 
   // copy all options
@@ -132,6 +133,10 @@ treemode._setOptions = function (options) {
 
   // create a debounced validate function
   this._debouncedValidate = util.debounce(this.validate.bind(this), this.DEBOUNCE_INTERVAL);
+
+  if (options.onNodeSelectionChange) {
+    this.onNodeSelectionChange(options.onNodeSelectionChange);
+  }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1349,7 +1354,7 @@ treemode.getNodeSelection = function () {
  * @callback selectionCallback
  * @param {Array<Node>} nodes selected nodes 
  */
-treemode.onNodeSelectionChanged = function (callback) {
+treemode.onNodeSelectionChange = function (callback) {
   if (typeof callback === 'function') {
     this._selectionChangedHandler = util.debounce(callback, this.DEBOUNCE_INTERVAL);
   }