Selection: getRangeAt() method
The Selection.getRangeAt()
method returns a range object
representing one of the ranges currently selected.
Syntax
js
getRangeAt(index)
Parameters
index
-
The zero-based index of the range to return. A negative number or a number greater than or equal to
Selection.rangeCount
will result in an error.
Return value
The specified Range
object.
Examples
js
let ranges = [];
sel = window.getSelection();
for (let i = 0; i < sel.rangeCount; i++) {
ranges[i] = sel.getRangeAt(i);
}
/* Each item in the ranges array is now
* a range object representing one of the
* ranges in the current selection */
Specifications
Specification |
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Selection API # dom-selection-getrangeat |
Browser compatibility
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See also
Selection
, the interface it belongs to.