Range: setStartBefore() method
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 |
---|
DOM Standard # dom-range-setstartbefore |
Browser compatibility
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