Range: setStartBefore() 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.setStartBefore()
method sets the start position
of a Range
relative to another Node
. The parent
Node
of the start of the Range
will be the same as that
for the referenceNode
.
Syntax
js
setStartBefore(referenceNode)
Parameters
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
js
const range = document.createRange();
const referenceNode = document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0);
range.setStartBefore(referenceNode);
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM # dom-range-setstartbefore |
Browser compatibility
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