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Selection.getRangeAt

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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The Selection.getRangeAt() method returns a range object representing one of the ranges currently selected.

Syntax

range = sel.getRangeAt(index)

Parameters

range: The Range object that will be returned.
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.

Examples

var ranges = [];

sel = window.getSelection();

for(var 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	Status	Comment
HTML Editing APIs The definition of 'Selection.getRangeAt()' in that specification.	Editor's Draft	Initial definition

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?