RE: [selection] Selection.setBaseAndExtent

I have filed a bug to track this issue [1].

Ben

[1] https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=25831


From: Ben Peters [mailto:Ben.Peters@microsoft.com]
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2014 11:28 PM
To: Ryosuke Niwa; public-webapps@w3.org
Subject: [selection] Selection.setBaseAndExtent

I noticed that some websites use selection.setBaseAndExtent [1]. According to what limited documentation I could find, it works similar to selection.extend. Is there any intention to standardize this, or is it made obsolete by selection.extend?

Ben

[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/985272/jquery-selecting-text-in-an-element-akin-to-highlighting-with-your-mouse