Baseline Widely available
The Selection.addRange()
method adds a Range
to a Selection
.
None (undefined
).
Note: Currently only Firefox supports multiple selection ranges, other browsers will not add new ranges to the selection if it already contains one.
HTML<p>
I <strong>insist</strong> that you <strong>try</strong> selecting the
<strong>strong words</strong>.
</p>
<button>Select strong words</button>
JavaScript
let button = document.querySelector("button");
button.addEventListener("click", () => {
const selection = window.getSelection();
const strongElems = document.getElementsByTagName("strong");
if (selection.rangeCount > 0) {
selection.removeAllRanges();
}
for (const node of strongElems) {
const range = document.createRange();
range.selectNode(node);
selection.addRange(range);
}
});
Result Specifications Browser compatibility See also
Selection
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HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.4