Selection: collapseToStart() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.

The Selection.collapseToStart() method collapses the selection to the start of the first range in the selection. If the content of the selection is focused and editable, the caret will blink there.

Syntax

js
collapseToStart()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Specifications

Specification
Selection API
# dom-selection-collapsetostart

Browser compatibility

desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
collapseToStart

See also