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Range: setEndBefore() 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.setEndBefore() method sets the end position of a Range relative to another Node. The parent Node of end of the Range will be the same as that for the referenceNode.

Syntax

setEndBefore(referenceNode)

Parameters

referenceNode: The Node to end the Range before.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

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

range.setEndBefore(referenceNode);

Specifications

Specification
DOM> # dom-range-setendbefore>

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
`setEndBefore`	1	12	1	9	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0	4.4	1