Range: intersectsNode() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2018.

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The Range.intersectsNode() method returns a boolean indicating whether the given Node intersects the Range.

Syntax

intersectsNode(referenceNode)

Parameters

referenceNode: The Node to compare with the Range.

Return value

A boolean.

Examples

const range = document.createRange();

range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
const intersectingNode = range.intersectsNode(
  document.getElementsByTagName("p").item(0),
);

Specifications

Specification
DOM # ref-for-dom-range-intersectsnode①

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
`intersectsNode`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 17 (Release date: 2018-04-30) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 17 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 19 (Release date: 2013-02-19) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support