The Range.extractContents()
method moves contents of the Range
from the document tree into a DocumentFragment
.
Event Listeners added using DOM Events are not retained during extraction. HTML attribute events are retained or duplicated as they are for the Node.cloneNode()
method. HTML id attributes are also cloned, which can lead to an invalid document if a partially-selected node is extracted and appended to the document.
Partially selected nodes are cloned to include the parent tags necessary to make the document fragment valid.
Syntax
documentFragment = range.extractContents();
Example
var range = document.createRange(); range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0)); var documentFragment = range.extractContents(); document.body.appendChild(documentFragment);
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
DOM The definition of 'Range.extractContents()' in that specification. |
Living Standard | No change. |
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification The definition of 'Range.extractContents()' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial specification. |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | 9.0 | 9.0 | (Yes) |
Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | 1.0 (1.0) | 9.0 | 9.0 | (Yes) |