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It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.</p><ul><li><a href="/en-US/docs/Glossary/Baseline/Compatibility" data-glean="baseline_link_learn_more" target="_blank" class="learn-more">Learn more</a></li><li><a href="#browser_compatibility" data-glean="baseline_link_bcd_table">See full compatibility</a></li><li><a href="https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7634825/MDN-baseline-feedback?page=%2Fen-US%2Fdocs%2FWeb%2FAPI%2FRange&level=high" data-glean="baseline_link_feedback" class="feedback-link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Report feedback</a></li></ul></div></details></header><div class="section-content"><p>The <strong><code>Range</code></strong> interface represents a fragment of a document that can contain nodes and parts of text nodes.</p> <p>A range can be created by using the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/createRange"><code>Document.createRange()</code></a> method. Range objects can also be retrieved by using the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Selection/getRangeAt" title="getRangeAt()"><code>getRangeAt()</code></a> method of the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Selection"><code>Selection</code></a> object or the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/caretRangeFromPoint" title="caretRangeFromPoint()"><code>caretRangeFromPoint()</code></a> method of the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document"><code>Document</code></a> object.</p> <p>There also is the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/Range" title="Range()"><code>Range()</code></a> constructor available.</p><svg viewBox="-1 -1 650 42" preserveAspectRatio="xMinYMin meet"> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbstractRange"> <rect x="0" y="0" width="104" height="25" fill="#fff" stroke="#D4DDE4" stroke-width="2px"></rect> <text x="52" y="16" font-size="10px" fill="#4D4E53" text-anchor="middle"> AbstractRange </text> </a> <line x1="104" y1="14" x2="134" y2="14" stroke="#D4DDE4"></line> <polyline points="104,14 114,9 114,19 104,14" stroke="#D4DDE4" fill="#fff"></polyline> <a style="text-decoration: none;" href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range" aria-current="page"> <rect x="134" y="0" width="75" height="25" fill="#F4F7F8" stroke="#D4DDE4" stroke-width="2px"></rect> <text x="171.5" y="16" font-size="10px" fill="#4D4E53" text-anchor="middle"> Range </text> </a></svg></div><section aria-labelledby="instance_properties"><h2 id="instance_properties"><a href="#instance_properties">Instance properties</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p><em>There are no inherited properties.</em></p> <dl> <dt id="range.collapsed"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/collapsed"><code>Range.collapsed</code></a> <span class="badge inline readonly" title="This value may not be changed.">Read only </span></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a boolean value indicating whether the range's start and end points are at the same position.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.commonancestorcontainer"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/commonAncestorContainer"><code>Range.commonAncestorContainer</code></a> <span class="badge inline readonly" title="This value may not be changed.">Read only </span></dt> <dd> <p>Returns the deepest <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a> that contains the <code>startContainer</code> and <code>endContainer</code> nodes.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.endcontainer"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/endContainer"><code>Range.endContainer</code></a> <span class="badge inline readonly" title="This value may not be changed.">Read only </span></dt> <dd> <p>Returns the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a> within which the <code>Range</code> ends.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.endoffset"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/endOffset"><code>Range.endOffset</code></a> <span class="badge inline readonly" title="This value may not be changed.">Read only </span></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a number representing where in the <code>endContainer</code> the <code>Range</code> ends.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.startcontainer"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/startContainer"><code>Range.startContainer</code></a> <span class="badge inline readonly" title="This value may not be changed.">Read only </span></dt> <dd> <p>Returns the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a> within which the <code>Range</code> starts.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.startoffset"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/startOffset"><code>Range.startOffset</code></a> <span class="badge inline readonly" title="This value may not be changed.">Read only </span></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a number representing where in the <code>startContainer</code> the <code>Range</code> starts.</p> </dd> </dl></div></section><section aria-labelledby="constructor"><h2 id="constructor"><a href="#constructor">Constructor</a></h2><div class="section-content"><dl> <dt id="range"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/Range" title="Range()"><code>Range()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a <code>Range</code> object with the global <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document"><code>Document</code></a> as its start and end.</p> </dd> </dl></div></section><section aria-labelledby="instance_methods"><h2 id="instance_methods"><a href="#instance_methods">Instance methods</a></h2><div class="section-content"><p><em>There are no inherited methods.</em></p> <dl> <dt id="range.collapse"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/collapse"><code>Range.collapse()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Collapses the <code>Range</code> to one of its boundary points.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.compareboundarypoints"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/compareBoundaryPoints"><code>Range.compareBoundaryPoints()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Compares the boundary points of the <code>Range</code> with another <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.comparenode"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/compareNode"><code>Range.compareNode()</code></a> <abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. 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Check cross-browser support before using."> <span class="visually-hidden">Non-standard</span> </abbr></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a constant representing whether the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a> is before, after, inside, or surrounding the range.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.comparepoint"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/comparePoint"><code>Range.comparePoint()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns -1, 0, or 1 indicating whether the point occurs before, inside, or after the <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.clonecontents"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/cloneContents"><code>Range.cloneContents()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment"><code>DocumentFragment</code></a> copying the nodes of a <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.clonerange"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/cloneRange"><code>Range.cloneRange()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a <code>Range</code> object with boundary points identical to the cloned <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.createcontextualfragment"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/createContextualFragment"><code>Range.createContextualFragment()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment"><code>DocumentFragment</code></a> created from a given string of code.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.deletecontents"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/deleteContents"><code>Range.deleteContents()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Removes the contents of a <code>Range</code> from the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document"><code>Document</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.detach"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/detach"><code>Range.detach()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Does nothing. Kept for compatibility.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.extractcontents"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/extractContents"><code>Range.extractContents()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Moves contents of a <code>Range</code> from the document tree into a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment"><code>DocumentFragment</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.getboundingclientrect"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/getBoundingClientRect"><code>Range.getBoundingClientRect()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMRect"><code>DOMRect</code></a> object which bounds the entire contents of the <code>Range</code>; this would be the union of all the rectangles returned by <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/getClientRects"><code>range.getClientRects()</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.getclientrects"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/getClientRects"><code>Range.getClientRects()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a list of <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMRect"><code>DOMRect</code></a> objects that aggregates the results of <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getClientRects"><code>Element.getClientRects()</code></a> for all the elements in the <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.ispointinrange"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/isPointInRange"><code>Range.isPointInRange()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a <code>boolean</code> indicating whether the given point is in the <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.insertnode"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/insertNode"><code>Range.insertNode()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Insert a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a> at the start of a <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.intersectsnode"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/intersectsNode"><code>Range.intersectsNode()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns a <code>boolean</code> indicating whether the given node intersects the <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.selectnode"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/selectNode"><code>Range.selectNode()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Sets the <code>Range</code> to contain the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a> and its contents.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.selectnodecontents"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/selectNodeContents"><code>Range.selectNodeContents()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Sets the <code>Range</code> to contain the contents of a <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.setend"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEnd"><code>Range.setEnd()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Sets the end position of a <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.setstart"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStart"><code>Range.setStart()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Sets the start position of a <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.setendafter"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEndAfter"><code>Range.setEndAfter()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Sets the end position of a <code>Range</code> relative to another <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.setendbefore"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEndBefore"><code>Range.setEndBefore()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Sets the end position of a <code>Range</code> relative to another <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.setstartafter"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStartAfter"><code>Range.setStartAfter()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Sets the start position of a <code>Range</code> relative to another <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.setstartbefore"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStartBefore"><code>Range.setStartBefore()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Sets the start position of a <code>Range</code> relative to another <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.surroundcontents"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/surroundContents"><code>Range.surroundContents()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Moves content of a <code>Range</code> into a new <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node"><code>Node</code></a>.</p> </dd> <dt id="range.tostring"><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/toString"><code>Range.toString()</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>Returns the text of the <code>Range</code>.</p> </dd> </dl></div></section><h2 id="specifications"><a href="#specifications">Specifications</a></h2><table class="standard-table"><thead><tr><th scope="col">Specification</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#interface-range">DOM Standard <br/><small># interface-range</small></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://w3c.github.io/DOM-Parsing/#extensions-to-the-range-interface">DOM Parsing and Serialization <br/><small># extensions-to-the-range-interface</small></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://drafts.csswg.org/cssom-view/#extensions-to-the-range-interface">CSSOM View Module 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Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/comparePoint\"><code>comparePoint()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/createContextualFragment\"><code>createContextualFragment()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/deleteContents\"><code>deleteContents()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/detach\"><code>detach()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/extractContents\"><code>extractContents()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/getBoundingClientRect\"><code>getBoundingClientRect()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/getClientRects\"><code>getClientRects()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/insertNode\"><code>insertNode()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/intersectsNode\"><code>intersectsNode()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/isPointInRange\"><code>isPointInRange()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/selectNode\"><code>selectNode()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/selectNodeContents\"><code>selectNodeContents()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEnd\"><code>setEnd()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEndAfter\"><code>setEndAfter()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEndBefore\"><code>setEndBefore()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStart\"><code>setStart()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStartAfter\"><code>setStartAfter()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStartBefore\"><code>setStartBefore()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/surroundContents\"><code>surroundContents()</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/toString\"><code>toString()</code></a></li></ol></details></li><li class=\"toggle\"><details open=\"\"><summary>Inheritance</summary><ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbstractRange\"><code>AbstractRange</code></a></li></ol></details></li><li class=\"toggle\"><details open=\"\"><summary>Related pages for DOM</summary><ol><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController\"><code>AbortController</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal\"><code>AbortSignal</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbstractRange\"><code>AbstractRange</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Attr\"><code>Attr</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/CDATASection\"><code>CDATASection</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/CharacterData\"><code>CharacterData</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Comment\"><code>Comment</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/CustomEvent\"><code>CustomEvent</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMError\"><code>DOMError</code></a><abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMException\"><code>DOMException</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMImplementation\"><code>DOMImplementation</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMParser\"><code>DOMParser</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMPoint\"><code>DOMPoint</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMPointReadOnly\"><code>DOMPointReadOnly</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMRect\"><code>DOMRect</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMTokenList\"><code>DOMTokenList</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document\"><code>Document</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment\"><code>DocumentFragment</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentType\"><code>DocumentType</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element\"><code>Element</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event\"><code>Event</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget\"><code>EventTarget</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLCollection\"><code>HTMLCollection</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/MutationObserver\"><code>MutationObserver</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/MutationRecord\"><code>MutationRecord</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/NamedNodeMap\"><code>NamedNodeMap</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/NodeIterator\"><code>NodeIterator</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/NodeList\"><code>NodeList</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/ProcessingInstruction\"><code>ProcessingInstruction</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/StaticRange\"><code>StaticRange</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Text\"><code>Text</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextDecoder\"><code>TextDecoder</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextEncoder\"><code>TextEncoder</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/TimeRanges\"><code>TimeRanges</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/TreeWalker\"><code>TreeWalker</code></a></li><li><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLDocument\"><code>XMLDocument</code></a></li></ol></details></li></ol>","sidebarMacro":"APIRef","body":[{"type":"prose","value":{"id":null,"title":null,"isH3":false,"content":"<p>The <strong><code>Range</code></strong> interface represents a fragment of a document that can contain nodes and parts of text nodes.</p>\n<p>A range can be created by using the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/createRange\"><code>Document.createRange()</code></a> method. Range objects can also be retrieved by using the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Selection/getRangeAt\" title=\"getRangeAt()\"><code>getRangeAt()</code></a> method of the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Selection\"><code>Selection</code></a> object or the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/caretRangeFromPoint\" title=\"caretRangeFromPoint()\"><code>caretRangeFromPoint()</code></a> method of the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document\"><code>Document</code></a> object.</p>\n<p>There also is the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/Range\" title=\"Range()\"><code>Range()</code></a> constructor available.</p><svg viewBox=\"-1 -1 650 42\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMinYMin meet\">\n <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbstractRange\">\n <rect x=\"0\" y=\"0\" width=\"104\" height=\"25\" fill=\"#fff\" stroke=\"#D4DDE4\" stroke-width=\"2px\"></rect>\n <text x=\"52\" y=\"16\" font-size=\"10px\" fill=\"#4D4E53\" text-anchor=\"middle\">\n AbstractRange\n </text>\n </a>\n 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position.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.commonancestorcontainer\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/commonAncestorContainer\"><code>Range.commonAncestorContainer</code></a> <span class=\"badge inline readonly\" title=\"This value may not be changed.\">Read only </span></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns the deepest <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a> that contains the <code>startContainer</code> and <code>endContainer</code> nodes.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.endcontainer\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/endContainer\"><code>Range.endContainer</code></a> <span class=\"badge inline readonly\" title=\"This value may not be changed.\">Read only </span></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a> within which the <code>Range</code> ends.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.endoffset\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/endOffset\"><code>Range.endOffset</code></a> <span class=\"badge inline readonly\" title=\"This value may not be changed.\">Read only </span></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a number representing where in the <code>endContainer</code> the <code>Range</code> ends.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.startcontainer\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/startContainer\"><code>Range.startContainer</code></a> <span class=\"badge inline readonly\" title=\"This value may not be changed.\">Read only </span></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a> within which the <code>Range</code> starts.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.startoffset\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/startOffset\"><code>Range.startOffset</code></a> <span class=\"badge inline readonly\" title=\"This value may not be changed.\">Read only </span></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a number representing where in the <code>startContainer</code> the <code>Range</code> starts.</p>\n </dd>\n</dl>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"constructor","title":"Constructor","isH3":false,"content":"<dl>\n <dt id=\"range\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/Range\" title=\"Range()\"><code>Range()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a <code>Range</code> object with the global <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document\"><code>Document</code></a> as its start and end.</p>\n </dd>\n</dl>"}},{"type":"prose","value":{"id":"instance_methods","title":"Instance methods","isH3":false,"content":"<p><em>There are no inherited methods.</em></p>\n<dl>\n <dt id=\"range.collapse\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/collapse\"><code>Range.collapse()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Collapses the <code>Range</code> to one of its boundary points.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.compareboundarypoints\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/compareBoundaryPoints\"><code>Range.compareBoundaryPoints()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Compares the boundary points of the <code>Range</code> with another <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.comparenode\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/compareNode\"><code>Range.compareNode()</code></a> <abbr class=\"icon icon-deprecated\" title=\"Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Deprecated</span>\n</abbr> <abbr class=\"icon icon-nonstandard\" title=\"Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.\">\n <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Non-standard</span>\n</abbr></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a constant representing whether the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a> is before, after, inside, or surrounding the range.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.comparepoint\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/comparePoint\"><code>Range.comparePoint()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns -1, 0, or 1 indicating whether the point occurs before, inside, or after the <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.clonecontents\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/cloneContents\"><code>Range.cloneContents()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment\"><code>DocumentFragment</code></a> copying the nodes of a <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.clonerange\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/cloneRange\"><code>Range.cloneRange()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a <code>Range</code> object with boundary points identical to the cloned <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.createcontextualfragment\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/createContextualFragment\"><code>Range.createContextualFragment()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment\"><code>DocumentFragment</code></a> created from a given string of code.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.deletecontents\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/deleteContents\"><code>Range.deleteContents()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Removes the contents of a <code>Range</code> from the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document\"><code>Document</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.detach\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/detach\"><code>Range.detach()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Does nothing. Kept for compatibility.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.extractcontents\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/extractContents\"><code>Range.extractContents()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Moves contents of a <code>Range</code> from the document tree into a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment\"><code>DocumentFragment</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.getboundingclientrect\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/getBoundingClientRect\"><code>Range.getBoundingClientRect()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMRect\"><code>DOMRect</code></a> object which bounds the entire contents of the <code>Range</code>; this would be the union of all the rectangles returned by <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/getClientRects\"><code>range.getClientRects()</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.getclientrects\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/getClientRects\"><code>Range.getClientRects()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a list of <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMRect\"><code>DOMRect</code></a> objects that aggregates the results of <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getClientRects\"><code>Element.getClientRects()</code></a> for all the elements in the <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.ispointinrange\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/isPointInRange\"><code>Range.isPointInRange()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a <code>boolean</code> indicating whether the given point is in the <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.insertnode\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/insertNode\"><code>Range.insertNode()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Insert a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a> at the start of a <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.intersectsnode\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/intersectsNode\"><code>Range.intersectsNode()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns a <code>boolean</code> indicating whether the given node intersects the <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.selectnode\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/selectNode\"><code>Range.selectNode()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Sets the <code>Range</code> to contain the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a> and its contents.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.selectnodecontents\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/selectNodeContents\"><code>Range.selectNodeContents()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Sets the <code>Range</code> to contain the contents of a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.setend\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEnd\"><code>Range.setEnd()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Sets the end position of a <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.setstart\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStart\"><code>Range.setStart()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Sets the start position of a <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.setendafter\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEndAfter\"><code>Range.setEndAfter()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Sets the end position of a <code>Range</code> relative to another <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.setendbefore\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setEndBefore\"><code>Range.setEndBefore()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Sets the end position of a <code>Range</code> relative to another <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.setstartafter\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStartAfter\"><code>Range.setStartAfter()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Sets the start position of a <code>Range</code> relative to another <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.setstartbefore\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/setStartBefore\"><code>Range.setStartBefore()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Sets the start position of a <code>Range</code> relative to another <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.surroundcontents\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/surroundContents\"><code>Range.surroundContents()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Moves content of a <code>Range</code> into a new <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node\"><code>Node</code></a>.</p>\n </dd>\n <dt id=\"range.tostring\"><a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Range/toString\"><code>Range.toString()</code></a></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>Returns the text of the <code>Range</code>.</p>\n </dd>\n</dl>"}},{"type":"specifications","value":{"title":"Specifications","id":"specifications","isH3":false,"specifications":[{"bcdSpecificationURL":"https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#interface-range","title":"DOM Standard"},{"bcdSpecificationURL":"https://w3c.github.io/DOM-Parsing/#extensions-to-the-range-interface","title":"DOM Parsing and Serialization"},{"bcdSpecificationURL":"https://drafts.csswg.org/cssom-view/#extensions-to-the-range-interface","title":"CSSOM View 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