Range: selectNode() 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.selectNode()
method sets the
Range
to contain the Node
and its contents. The parent
Node
of the start and end of the Range
will be the same as
the parent of the referenceNode.
Syntax
js
selectNode(referenceNode)
Parameters
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
js
let range = document.createRange();
let referenceNode = document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0);
range.selectNode(referenceNode);
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM # dom-range-selectnode |
Browser compatibility
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