Range.getBoundingClientRect()

The Range.getBoundingClientRect() method returns a ClientRect object that bounds the contents of the range; this a rectangle enclosing the union of the bounding rectangles for all the elements in the range.

This is method is useful for determining the viewport coordinates of the cursor or selection inside a text box. See Element.getBoundingClientRect() for the details on the returned value.

Syntax

boundingRect = range.getBoundingClientRect()

Example

range = document.createRange();
range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
rect = range.getBoundingClientRect();

Specification

Browser compatibility

See also

• Range.getClientRects() - finer-grained result for non-rectangular ranges (e.g. when the selection wraps onto the next line);
• Element.getBoundingClientRect()
• Document.caretPositionFromPoint() - to get the (node, offset) from viewport coordinates.