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