What is equivalent to the getRangeAt() method in IE < 9?

Question

I need the equivalent to the getRangeAt() method in Internet Explorer before version 9

if (window.getSelection) {
    sel = window.getSelection();
    if (sel.rangeCount) {
        range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
    }
} else if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) {
    // What shall I write here to do the same thing in IE before version 9
}


var table = document.createElement("table");
table.border = 1;
table.className = "tabley";
range.insertNode(table);

Maybe this helps: http://stackoverflow.com/q/9083705/778118 – jahroy Feb 13 '13 at 23:21 — jahroy, Feb 13 '13 at 23:21
... or this: http://stackoverflow.com/q/5421892/778118 – jahroy Feb 13 '13 at 23:21 — jahroy, Feb 13 '13 at 23:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 04 '13 at 11:49

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document.selection.createRange(); is the code which creates a range object in IE<9 and is equivalent to getRangeAt method used in IE>= 9

answered Jul 04 '13 at 11:49

Dushyanth

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That usually creates a `TextRange`, which serves a similar purpose to a DOM Range but has a very different API, so they're not really equivalent. – Tim Down Jul 04 '13 at 12:04

What is equivalent to the getRangeAt() method in IE < 9?

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