CaretPosition

Baseline 2025

Newly available

Since December 2025, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

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The CaretPosition interface represents the caret position, an indicator for the text insertion point. You can get a CaretPosition using the Document.caretPositionFromPoint() method.

Instance properties

This interface doesn't inherit any properties.

CaretPosition.offsetNode Read only: Returns a Node containing the found node at the caret's position.
CaretPosition.offset Read only: Returns a long representing the offset of the selection in the caret position node. This will be the character offset in a text node or the selected child node's index in an element node.

Instance methods

CaretPosition.getClientRect: Returns the client rectangle for the caret range.

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module # caret-position

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`CaretPosition`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 128 (Release date: 2024-08-22) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 20 (Release date: 2013-04-02) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 114 (Release date: 2024-09-25) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 20 (Release date: 2013-04-02) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 85 (Release date: 2024-10-29) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 28 (Release date: 2025-04-02) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support
`getClientRect`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 128 (Release date: 2024-08-22) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 23 (Release date: 2013-08-06) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 114 (Release date: 2024-09-25) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 23 (Release date: 2013-08-06) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 85 (Release date: 2024-10-29) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 28 (Release date: 2025-04-02) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support
`offset`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 128 (Release date: 2024-08-22) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 20 (Release date: 2013-04-02) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 114 (Release date: 2024-09-25) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 20 (Release date: 2013-04-02) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 85 (Release date: 2024-10-29) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 28 (Release date: 2025-04-02) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support
`offsetNode`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 128 (Release date: 2024-08-22) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 20 (Release date: 2013-04-02) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 114 (Release date: 2024-09-25) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 20 (Release date: 2013-04-02) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 85 (Release date: 2024-10-29) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 28 (Release date: 2025-04-02) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 128 (Release date: 2024-08-20) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support

CaretPosition

Instance properties

Instance methods

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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