HTML DOM Range extractContents() Method

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
Edge
Firefox
Safari
Opera
Internet Explorer

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