Range: deleteContents() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
The Range.deleteContents()
method removes the contents of
the Range
from the Document
.
In the context of a Range
, when a node is partially selected—meaning it overlaps with the start or end of the selection—only the selected portion of the text is deleted, while the node itself remains intact. However, if a node is fully selected, the entire node and its contents are removed.
Unlike Range.extractContents()
, this method does not return a
DocumentFragment
containing the deleted content.
Syntax
deleteContents()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
range = document.createRange();
range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
range.deleteContents();
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # dom-range-deletecontents |
Browser compatibility
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