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Selection controls for input & textarea

SetSelectionRangestartIndex, endIndex A new object property 'selectionStart' number|string will be available that indicates the beginning of the selection range.

Last updated on : 2023-03-20

Browser Versions

Edge

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

5.5 - 8

9 - 11

12 - 111

2 - 113

4 - 114

4 - 16.4

10.6 - 95

Fully Supported

Partially

No Support

Specifications

HTML Standard # dom-textarea/input-setselectionrange-dev

Syntax

element.setSelectionRange(selectionStart, selectionEnd [, selectionDirection]);

Browser Compatibility

Selection controls for input & textarea on IE is fully supported on 9-11, and not supported on 5.5-8 IE versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Edge is fully supported on all Edge versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Firefox is fully supported on all Firefox versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Chrome is fully supported on all Chrome versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Safari is fully supported on all Safari versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Opera is fully supported on all Opera versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Safari on iOS is fully supported on all Safari on iOS versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Android Browser is fully supported on all Android Browser versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Opera Mobile is fully supported on all Opera Mobile versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Chrome for Android is fully supported on all Chrome for Android versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Firefox for Android is fully supported on all Firefox for Android versions.

Selection controls for input & textarea on Samsung Internet is fully supported on all Samsung Internet versions.

Browser Support for Selection controls for input & textarea

Selection controls for input & textarea on Chrome

Selection controls for input & textarea on Safari

Selection controls for input & textarea on Firefox

Selection controls for input & textarea on Internet Explorer

Selection controls for input & textarea on Opera

Selection controls for input & textarea on Edge

References

Data sourced from

100

High

Overall Browser Compatibility Score

Note:Selection controls for input & textarea shows a browser compatibility score of 100. This is a collective score out of 100 to represent browser support of a web technology. The higher this score is, the greater is the browser compatibility. The browser compatibility score is not a 100% reflection for every browser and the web technology support. However, it does give you an estimate on how much you should rely on a particular web technology in terms of browser compatibility.

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