diff --git a/src/lib/components/JSONEditor.svelte b/src/lib/components/JSONEditor.svelte
index 7a6be56f..7fa13c9b 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/JSONEditor.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/JSONEditor.svelte
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
   import ModalRef from '../components/modals/ModalRef.svelte'
   import type { Open, Callbacks, Component } from 'svelte-simple-modal'
   import type { OnRenderContextMenu } from '$lib/types.js'
+  import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash-es'
 
   // TODO: document how to enable debugging in the readme: localStorage.debug="jsoneditor:*", then reload
   const debug = createDebug('jsoneditor:JSONEditor')
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
 
   export let onChangeQueryLanguage: OnChangeQueryLanguage = noop
   export let onChange: OnChange = null
-  export let onSelect: OnSelect = noop
+  export let onSelect: OnSelect | null = null
   export let onRenderValue: OnRenderValue = renderValue
   export let onClassName: OnClassName = () => undefined
   export let onRenderMenu: OnRenderMenu = noop
@@ -288,7 +289,9 @@
   function handleSelect(updatedSelection: JSONEditorSelection | null) {
     selection = updatedSelection
 
-    onSelect(updatedSelection)
+    if (onSelect) {
+      onSelect(cloneDeep(updatedSelection))
+    }
   }
 
   function handleFocus() {
diff --git a/src/lib/types.ts b/src/lib/types.ts
index 95d473af..38cb62b7 100644
--- a/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ export interface JSONEditorPropsOptional {
   onRenderMenu?: OnRenderMenu
   onRenderContextMenu?: OnRenderContextMenu
   onChangeMode?: OnChangeMode
+  onSelect?: OnSelect
   onError?: OnError
   onFocus?: OnFocus
   onBlur?: OnBlur