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Selection: anchorOffset property

The Selection.anchorOffset read-only property returns the number of characters that the selection's anchor is offset within the Selection.anchorNode.

This number is zero-based. If the selection begins with the first character in the Selection.anchorNode, 0 is returned.

Value

A number.

Specifications

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
anchorOffset 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 1.3 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Selection/anchorOffset