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Jon
Jon

Reputation: 2399

Get Range to set first element as setStart

How would I assign the setStart and setEnd range to the first element (could be text, an image, hyperlink...) in the document?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 757

Answers (1)

Tim Down
Tim Down

Reputation: 324627

If you mean the first element within the body of the document, I'd suggest the following. It uses setStartBefore() in case the element is one that cannot have children, such as <img> or <br>:

var range = document.createRange();
var firstElInBody = document.body.getElementsByTagName("*")[0];
if (firstElInBody) {
    range.setStartBefore(firstElInBody);
    range.collapse(true);
}

One final thing: in case you're not aware, IE < 9 does not support Range.

Upvotes: 3

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