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    Range.selectNodeContents()

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

    The parent Node of the start and end of the Range will be the reference node. The startOffset is 0, and the endOffset is the number of child Nodes or number of characters contained in the reference node.

    SyntaxEdit

    range.selectNodeContents(referenceNode);

    Parameters

    referenceNode
    The Node whose contents will be selected within a Range.

    ExampleEdit

    range = document.createRange();
referenceNode = document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0];
range.selectNodeContents(referenceNode);

    SpecificationsEdit

    Specification Status Comment
    DOM
    The definition of 'Range.selectNodeContents()' in that specification.    		 Living Standard No change.
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification
    The definition of 'Range.selectNodeContents()' in that specification.    		 Recommendation Initial specification.

    Browser compatibilityEdit

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
    Basic support (Yes) 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) 9.0 9.0 (Yes)

    See alsoEdit

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