Range: getClientRects() method

The Range.getClientRects() method returns a list of DOMRect objects representing the area of the screen occupied by the range. This is created by aggregating the results of calls to Element.getClientRects() for all the elements in the range.

Syntax

getClientRects()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An iterable sequence of DOMRect objects.

Examples

Logging selected client rect sizes

HTML

<div></div>
<pre id="output"></pre>

CSS

div {
  height: 80px;
  width: 200px;
  background-color: blue;
}

JavaScript

const range = document.createRange();
range.selectNode(document.querySelector("div"));
rectList = range.getClientRects();

const output = document.querySelector("#output");
for (const rect of rectList) {
  output.textContent = `${output.textContent}\n${rect.width}:${rect.height}`;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Range