Revision 1014705 of Range.getBoundingClientRect()

<p>{{ApiRef("DOM")}}{{SeeCompatTable}}</p>

<p>The <strong><code>Range.getBoundingClientRect()</code></strong> method returns a {{ domxref("ClientRect") }}&nbsp;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.</p>

<p>This is method is useful for determining the viewport coordinates of the cursor or selection inside a text box. See {{domxref("Element.getBoundingClientRect()")}} for the details on the returned value.</p>

<h2 id="Syntax" name="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<pre class="syntaxbox">
<em>boundingRect</em> = <em>range</em>.getBoundingClientRect()
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<h2 id="Example" name="Example">Example</h2>

<pre class="brush: js">
range = document.createRange();
range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
rect = range.getBoundingClientRect();
</pre>

<h2 id="Specification" name="Specification">Specification</h2>

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 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSSOM View', '#dom-range-getboundingclientrect', 'Range.getBoundingClientRect()')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSSOM View')}}</td>
   <td>Initial specification.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

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 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("2.0")}}</td>
   <td>9.0</td>
   <td>15.0</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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<table class="compat-table">
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  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("2.0")}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>15.0</td>
   <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>{{domxref("Range.getClientRects()")}} - finer-grained result for non-rectangular ranges (e.g. when the selection wraps onto the next line);</li>
 <li>{{domxref("Element.getBoundingClientRect()")}}</li>
 <li>{{domxref("Document.caretPositionFromPoint()")}} - to get the (node, offset) from viewport coordinates.</li>
</ul>