Document: createRange() 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 Document.createRange() method returns a new Range object.

Syntax

js
createRange()

Parameters

None.

Return value

The created Range object.

Examples

js
const range = document.createRange();
range.setStart(startNode, startOffset);
range.setEnd(endNode, endOffset);

Notes

Once a Range is created, you need to set its boundary points before you can make use of most of its methods.

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-document-createrange

Browser compatibility