Range: intersectsNode() 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.intersectsNode() method returns a boolean indicating whether the given Node intersects the Range.

Syntax

js
intersectsNode(referenceNode)

Parameters

referenceNode

The Node to compare with the Range.

Return value

A boolean.

Examples

js
const range = document.createRange();

range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
const intersectingNode = range.intersectsNode(
  document.getElementsByTagName("p").item(0),
);

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# ref-for-dom-range-intersectsnode①

Browser compatibility

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See also