This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The CaretPosition interface represents the caret position, an indicator for the text insertion point. You can get a CaretPosition using the document.caretPositionFromPoint method.
Properties
This interface doesn't inherit any properties.
CaretPosition.offsetNodeRead only- Returns a
Nodecontaining the found node at the caret's position. CaretPosition.offsetRead only- Returns a
longrepresenting the character offset in the caret position node.
Methods
Specification
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Object Model (CSSOM) View Module The definition of 'CaretPosition' in that specification. |
Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CaretPosition | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 20 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android Full support 20 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.