Range.startContainer

The Range.startContainer read-only property returns the Node within which the Range starts. To change the start position of a node, use one of the Range.setStart() methods.

Syntax

startRangeNode = range.startContainer;

Example

range = document.createRange();
range.setStart(startNode,startOffset);
range.setEnd(endNode,endOffset);
startRangeNode = range.startContainer;

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DOM The definition of 'Range.endContainer' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification The definition of 'Range.startContainer' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial specification.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The DOM interfaces index