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  1. References
  2. Web APIs
  3. StaticRange
  4. StaticRange.startContainer

In this article

  • Value
  • Specifications
  • Browser compatibility

Related Topics

  1. Document Object Model
  2. StaticRange
  3. Constructor
    1. StaticRange()
  4. Properties
    1. collapsed
    2. endContainer
    3. endOffset
    4. startContainer
    5. startOffset
  5. Inheritance:
    1. AbstractRange
  6. Related pages for DOM
    1. AbortController
    2. AbortSignal
    3. AbstractRange
    4. Attr
    5. CDATASection
    6. CharacterData
    7. Comment
    8. CustomEvent
    9. DOMError
    10. DOMException
    11. DOMImplementation
    12. DOMParser
    13. DOMPoint
    14. DOMPointReadOnly
    15. DOMRect
    16. DOMTimeStamp
    17. DOMTokenList
    18. Document
    19. DocumentFragment
    20. DocumentType
    21. Element
    22. Event
    23. EventTarget
    24. HTMLCollection
    25. MutationObserver
    26. NamedNodeMap
    27. Node
    28. NodeIterator
    29. NodeList
    30. ProcessingInstruction
    31. Range
    32. Text
    33. TextDecoder
    34. TextEncoder
    35. TimeRanges
    36. TreeWalker
    37. XMLDocument

In this article

  • Value
  • Specifications
  • Browser compatibility

StaticRange.startContainer

The read-only startContainer property of the StaticRange interface returns the start Node for the range.

Value

The DOM Node inside which the start position of the range is found.

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# ref-for-dom-range-startcontainer①

Browser compatibility

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