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.
Range: selectNode() method
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 |
|---|
| DOM Standard # dom-range-selectnode |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
selectNode |
1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/selectNode