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HTML DOM Range selectNodeContents() Method

The selectNodeContents() method sets the Range that contain the contents of a Node.

The startOffset is 0 every time, and the endOffset can be the number of child Nodes or number of characters contained in the reference Node.

Syntax:

range.selectNodeContents(referenceNode);

Parameters:

  • referenceNode : The Node whose contents will set the Range Content.

Return Value: This method has no return value.

Example: This example shows how to set the content of the range using this method.

For better clarification of the example , console logged the range content in string text by toString() method.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM range selectNodeContents() method
    </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>neveropen</h1>
    <div>This is the Range Content</div>
 
    <script>
        var range;
        range = document.createRange();
        range.selectNodeContents(
            document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0]);
        console.log(range);
        console.log(range.toString());
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output: In console, range can be seen.

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by DOM selectNodeContents() method are listed below:

  • Google Chrome 1
  • Edge 12
  • Firefox 1
  • Safari 1
  • Opera 9
  • Internet Explorer 9
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