Highlight: entries() method

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The entries() method of the Highlight interface returns a new Iterator object that contains an array of [range, range] for each Range object in the Highlight object, in insertion order.

Highlight is a Set-like object, so this is similar to using Set.entries().

Syntax

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entries()

Return value

A new iterator object that contains an array of [range, range] for each Range object in the given Highlight, in insertion order.

Examples

The code snippet below shows how create a new highlight with two ranges, and then log the ranges by using the iterator returned by the entries() method:

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const text = new Text("Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.");

const range1 = document.createRange();
range1.setStart(text, 0);
range1.setEnd(text, 4);

const range2 = document.createRange();
range2.setStart(text, 21);
range2.setEnd(text, 30);

const myHighlight = new Highlight();
myHighlight.add(range1);
myHighlight.add(range2);

const iter = myHighlight.entries();

console.log(iter.next().value); // [Range, Range]
console.log(iter.next().value); // [Range, Range]

The following code example shows how to iterate over the ranges in a highlight by using a for...of loop:

js

const text = new Text("Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.");

const range1 = document.createRange();
range1.setStart(text, 0);
range1.setEnd(text, 4);

const range2 = document.createRange();
range2.setStart(text, 21);
range2.setEnd(text, 30);

const highlight = new Highlight();
highlight.add(range1);
highlight.add(range2);

for (const [range] of highlight.entries()) {
  console.log(range.toString());
  // Time
  // Lunchtime
}

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-set.prototype.entries

Browser compatibility

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See also