AbstractRange: startOffset property

The read-only startOffset property of the AbstractRange interface returns the offset into the start node of the range's start position.

Value

An integer value indicating the number of characters into the Node indicated by startContainer at which the first character of the range is located.

Example

js

let startOffset = range.startOffset;

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# ref-for-dom-range-startoffset①

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