commonAncestorContainer

Summary

Returns the deepest node in which two boundary points exist.

Property of dom/Rangedom/Range

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var rangeAcestor = range.commonAncestorContainer;

Return Value

Returns an object of type DOM NodeDOM Node

Node that contains both the Range.startContainer and Range.endContainer nodes.

Examples

var range = document.createRange();

range.setStart(startNode,startOffset);
range.setEnd(endNode,endOffset);
rangeAncestor = range.commonAncestorContainer;

Syntax

rangeAncestor = range.commonAncestorContainer;

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification, Section 2.13

Related specifications

DOM

Living Standard

Attributions

• Mozilla Developer Network : [Range.commonAncestorContainer Article]

• Microsoft Developer Network: [commonAncestorContainer Property Article]