Selection: anchorOffset property
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Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The Selection.anchorOffset read-only property returns the
number of characters that the selection's anchor is offset within the
Selection.anchorNode if said node is of type Text, CDATASection or Comment.
In the case of Selection.anchorNode being another type of node, Selection.anchorOffset returns the number of Node.childNodes the selection's anchor is offset within the Selection.anchorNode.
This number is zero-based. If the selection begins with the first character in the
Selection.anchorNode, 0 is returned.
Value
A number.
Specifications
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See also
Selection, the interface it belongs to.