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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

html

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

CSS

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

Specification
CSSOM View Module # dom-range-getclientrects

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`getClientRects`	4	12	4	9	≤12.1	5	≤37	18	4	≤12.1	4	1.0