Interface Range

A fragment of a document that can contain nodes and parts of text nodes.

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interface Range {
    END_TO_END: 2;
    END_TO_START: 3;
    START_TO_END: 1;
    START_TO_START: 0;
    collapsed: boolean;
    commonAncestorContainer: Node;
    endContainer: Node;
    endOffset: number;
    startContainer: Node;
    startOffset: number;
    cloneContents(): DocumentFragment;
    cloneRange(): Range;
    collapse(toStart?): void;
    compareBoundaryPoints(how, sourceRange): number;
    comparePoint(node, offset): number;
    createContextualFragment(string): DocumentFragment;
    deleteContents(): void;
    detach(): void;
    extractContents(): DocumentFragment;
    getBoundingClientRect(): DOMRect;
    getClientRects(): DOMRectList;
    insertNode(node): void;
    intersectsNode(node): boolean;
    isPointInRange(node, offset): boolean;
    selectNode(node): void;
    selectNodeContents(node): void;
    setEnd(node, offset): void;
    setEndAfter(node): void;
    setEndBefore(node): void;
    setStart(node, offset): void;
    setStartAfter(node): void;
    setStartBefore(node): void;
    surroundContents(newParent): void;
    toString(): string;
}

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Properties

END_TO_END END_TO_START START_TO_END START_TO_START collapsed commonAncestorContainer endContainer endOffset startContainer startOffset

Methods

cloneContents cloneRange collapse compareBoundaryPoints comparePoint createContextualFragment deleteContents detach extractContents getBoundingClientRect getClientRects insertNode intersectsNode isPointInRange selectNode selectNodeContents setEnd setEndAfter setEndBefore setStart setStartAfter setStartBefore surroundContents toString

Properties

Readonly END_TO_END

END_TO_END: 2

Readonly END_TO_START

END_TO_START: 3

Readonly START_TO_END

START_TO_END: 1

Readonly START_TO_START

START_TO_START: 0

Readonly collapsed

collapsed: boolean

Returns true if range is collapsed, and false otherwise.

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Readonly commonAncestorContainer

commonAncestorContainer: Node

Returns the node, furthest away from the document, that is an ancestor of both range's start node and end node.

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Readonly endContainer

endContainer: Node

Returns range's end node.

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Readonly endOffset

endOffset: number

Returns range's end offset.

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Readonly startContainer

startContainer: Node

Returns range's start node.

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Readonly startOffset

startOffset: number

Returns range's start offset.

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Methods

cloneContents

cloneRange

collapse

  • collapse(toStart?): void

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    Parameters

    • Optional toStart: boolean

    Returns void

compareBoundaryPoints

  • compareBoundaryPoints(how, sourceRange): number

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    Parameters

    • how: number
    • sourceRange: Range

    Returns number

comparePoint

  • comparePoint(node, offset): number

  • Returns −1 if the point is before the range, 0 if the point is in the range, and 1 if the point is after the range.

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    Parameters

    • node: Node
    • offset: number

    Returns number

createContextualFragment

deleteContents

detach

extractContents

getBoundingClientRect

getClientRects

insertNode

intersectsNode

  • intersectsNode(node): boolean

  • Returns whether range intersects node.

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    Parameters

    Returns boolean

isPointInRange

  • isPointInRange(node, offset): boolean

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    Parameters

    • node: Node
    • offset: number

    Returns boolean

selectNode

selectNodeContents

setEnd

  • setEnd(node, offset): void

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    Parameters

    • node: Node
    • offset: number

    Returns void

setEndAfter

setEndBefore

setStart

  • setStart(node, offset): void

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    Parameters

    • node: Node
    • offset: number

    Returns void

setStartAfter

setStartBefore

surroundContents

toString

  • toString(): string

  • Returns string

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