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HTML DOM Range extractContents() Method

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The extractContents() method moves the contents of the Range from the document tree into a document object variable. The contents of the Range gets removed from the document tree.

The extractContents() method is similar to the cloneContents() method. The extractContents() method creates a DocumentFragment object from the contents of a Range object and it removes the contents of the Range from the document tree.

Syntax:

documentFragment = range.extractContents();

Parameters: This method does not accept any parameters.

Return value: This method returns a DocumentFragment object created from the contents of the Range.

Example: This example shows how to create a DocumentFragment object and append it to an element using this method.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM range extractContents() method
    </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
     
<p>RANGE CONTENT</p>
 
 
 
    <button onclick="extract()">
        Click to Extract the Range
    </button>
 
    <h1 id="element">
        Below is extracted range:
    </h1>
 
    <script>
        var range = document.createRange();
 
        range.selectNode(document
            .getElementsByTagName("p").item(0));
 
        const element =
            document.getElementById('element');
 
        function extract() {
            var documentFragment =
                    range.extractContents();
                     
            console.log(documentFragment);
            element.appendChild(documentFragment);
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:
 

Before Click the Button:

After Click the Button:

Supported Browsers:

  • Google Chrome 1 and above
  • Edge 12 and above
  • Firefox 1 and above
  • Safari 1 and above
  • Opera 9 and above
  • Internet Explorer 9 and above


Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2022
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