dom-selection.md

title	DOM Selection
category	JavaScript
layout	2017/sheet
intro	Quick introduction to the HTML [DOM selection API](https://devdocs.io/dom/selection).

Reference

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Selection

var sel = document.getSelection()

See: https://devdocs.io/dom/selection

Methods

sel.removeAllRanges() //  deselects
sel.addRange(range) //    sets a selection
sel.removeRange(range) // remove a range

sel.rangeCount
sel.getRangeAt(0) // get the 0th range

Collapsing

sel.collapse(parent, offset)
sel.collapseToEnd()
sel.collapseToStart()
sel.isCollapsed

sel.containsNode(node)

Deleting

sel.deleteFromDocument()

Events

document.addEventListener('selectionchange', () => {})