HTML DOM Range startContainer property
Last Updated :
14 Jul, 2022
The startContainer property returns the Parent Node within which the Current Range starts. This is a read only property.
Syntax:
ParentNode = range.startContainer;
Return Value:
- Returns the node within which the current range starts.
Example: This example will show how to get the startContainer Node of the Current Range.
HTML
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML DOM range startContainer property</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<p>This is the Range Content</p>
</body>
<script>
let range = document.createRange();
let referenceNode = document.getElementsByTagName('p').item(0);
range.selectNode(referenceNode);
console.log(range.startContainer);
</script>
</html>
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Output: In console, we got the startContainer Node for our range.
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
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