Defines the properties and methods inherited by objects in the Selection prototype chain.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	Selection.prototype

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the Selection Constructor object.

Attributes/Properties

Property	Description
type	Retrieves the type of selection.
typeDetail	Retrieves the name of the selection type.

Methods

Method	Description
clear	Clears the contents of the selection.
createRange	Creates a TextRange object from the current text selection, or a controlRange collection from a control selection.
createRangeCollection	Creates a TextRange object collection from the current selection.
empty	Cancels the current selection, sets the selection type to none, and sets the item property to null.

Remarks

For more information on this and other DOM Prototypes see Document Object Model Prototypes, Part 1: Introduction.

This prototype does not derive from any objects.

Applies To

selection