CaretPosition: offsetNode property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The offsetNode property of the CaretPosition interface returns a Node containing the found node at the caret's position.

Value

A Node.

Examples

This example logs the offsetNode and offset of the caret position when clicking inside the input field

html
<input
  aria-label="text field"
  value="Click inside this input field"
  style="width: 100%; padding: 10px; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box" />
js
document.querySelector("input").addEventListener("click", (event) => {
  const x = event.clientX;
  const y = event.clientY;

  const caret = document.caretPositionFromPoint?.(x, y);
  if (!caret) return;

  const node = caret.offsetNode;
  const offset = caret.offset;

  console.log("offsetNode:", node);
  console.log("offset:", offset);
});

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module
# dom-caretposition-offsetnode

Browser compatibility

See also