- From: James M. Greene <james.m.greene@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 18:58:36 -0500
- To: Ben Peters <Ben.Peters@microsoft.com>
- Cc: Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@apple.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CALrbKZjSEn2+wwYO8s7s7rh57vxFQrBNYkZ_M=nyaAWBg8ugSw@mail.gmail.com>
For consistent terminology with the rest of the API, shouldn't it be `setAnchorAndFocus`? Sincerely, James Greene Sent from my [smart?]phone On Aug 5, 2014 5:54 PM, "Ben Peters" <Ben.Peters@microsoft.com> wrote: > I have added proposed text to this bug. Any objections to this? > > > > Proposed text, based on the text for collapse(): > > > > void setBaseAndExtent (Node baseNode, unsigned long baseOffset, Node > extentNode, unsigned long extentOffset); > > > > The method must throw an IndexSizeError exception if offset is negative or > longer than node's length ([DOM4]). Otherwise, it must create a new range, > set ([DOM4]) its start to (baseNode, baseOffset) and its and end to > (extentNode, extentOffset), and set the context object's range to the > newly-created range. > > > > *From:* Ben Peters > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 20, 2014 11:37 AM > *To:* Ben Peters; Ryosuke Niwa; public-webapps@w3.org > *Subject:* 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 > <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 >
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