The getRangeAt() method returns the range object which contains the startOffset index and endOffset index from the selected text.
Syntax:
range = selection.getRangeAt(index)
Parameters:
- index: zero-based index from the rangeCount of the document.
Return value:
- Return the Range object which contains the startOffset and endOffset index of the selected text.
Example: In this example, we will select some text and will get a range of selected text.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head> <title>neveropen</title></head><body> <h1>neveropen</h1> <p> select some text and click on button to get the range of selection </p> <button onclick="range()"> Click </button> <script> function range() { let ranges = []; sel = window.getSelection(); for (let i = 0; i < sel.rangeCount; i++) { ranges[i] = sel.getRangeAt(i); console.log(ranges[i]) } } </script> </body></html> |
Output: In the console, range objects can be seen:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
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