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Range: selectNode() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The Range.selectNode() method sets the Range to contain the Node and its contents. The parent Node of the start and end of the Range will be the same as the parent of the referenceNode.

Syntax

selectNode(referenceNode)

Parameters

referenceNode: The Node to select within a Range.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

let range = document.createRange();
let referenceNode = document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0);

range.selectNode(referenceNode);

Specifications

Specification
DOM> # dom-range-selectnode>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`selectNode`	1	12	1	9	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0	4.4	1