diff --git a/src/lib/components/JSONEditor.svelte b/src/lib/components/JSONEditor.svelte
index 8c59d966..af827333 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/JSONEditor.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/JSONEditor.svelte
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     JSONParser,
     JSONPatchResult,
     JSONPathParser,
+    JSONSelection,
     OnBlur,
     OnChange,
     OnChangeMode,
@@ -235,6 +236,13 @@
     await refJSONEditorRoot.scrollTo(path)
   }
 
+  export function updateSelection(selection:
+      | JSONSelection
+      | undefined
+      | ((selection: JSONSelection | undefined) => JSONSelection | undefined)): void {
+    return refJSONEditorRoot.updateSelection(selection)
+  }
+
   export function findElement(path: JSONPath): Element {
     return refJSONEditorRoot.findElement(path)
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/components/modes/JSONEditorRoot.svelte b/src/lib/components/modes/JSONEditorRoot.svelte
index 9c151978..573539e7 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/modes/JSONEditorRoot.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/modes/JSONEditorRoot.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     JSONParser,
     JSONPatchResult,
     JSONPathParser,
+    JSONSelection,
     MenuItem,
     MenuSeparatorItem,
     OnBlur,
@@ -194,6 +195,20 @@
     }
   }
 
+  export function updateSelection(
+    selection:
+      | JSONSelection
+      | undefined
+      | ((selection: JSONSelection | undefined) => JSONSelection | undefined)
+  ) : void {
+    if (refTreeMode) {
+      return refTreeMode.updateSelection(selection)
+    } else {
+      // TODO: implement scrollTo for text mode
+      throw new Error(`Method updateSelection is not available in mode "${mode}"`)
+    }
+  }
+
   export function findElement(path: JSONPath): Element | null {
     if (refTreeMode) {
       return refTreeMode.findElement(path)
diff --git a/src/lib/components/modes/tablemode/TableMode.svelte b/src/lib/components/modes/tablemode/TableMode.svelte
index 9d2aa64a..cad5da8c 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/modes/tablemode/TableMode.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/modes/tablemode/TableMode.svelte
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  function updateSelection(
+ export function updateSelection(
     selection:
       | JSONSelection
       | undefined
diff --git a/src/lib/components/modes/treemode/TreeMode.svelte b/src/lib/components/modes/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
index 6ec1671f..19ed52bd 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/modes/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/modes/treemode/TreeMode.svelte
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
   let text: string | undefined
   let parseError: ParseError | undefined = undefined
 
-  function updateSelection(
+  export function updateSelection(
     selection:
       | JSONSelection
       | undefined