Name
moveEnd( ), moveStart( ) — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a
Synopsis
moveEnd(unit
[,
count
])
moveStart(unit
[,
count
])
Moves only the end or start point (respectively) of the current text
range by one or more units. An optional parameter lets you specify
both the number of units and direction. To shift the start point of a
text range toward the beginning of the original range, be sure to
specify a negative value. When moving the end point to the right by
word units, be aware that a word ends with a white-space character
(including a period). Therefore, if a findText( )
method sets the range to a found string that does not end in a space,
the first moveEnd("word")
method moves the ending
point to the spot past the space after the found string rather than
to the following word.
Returned Value
Integer of the number of units moved.
Parameters
-
unit
A case-insensitive string value of the desired unit:
character
|word
|sentence
|textedit
. Thetextedit
value moves the insertion pointer to the start or end of the entire original range.-
count
An optional integer of the number of units to move the insertion pointer. Positive values move the pointer forward; negative values move the pointer backward. Default value is
1
.
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