surroundContents method

Moves the contents of a Range to a new parent node, placing the new parent node at the start position of the Range.

 

Syntax

var retval = Range.surroundContents(newParent);

Parameters

newParent [in]

Type: Node

The new node to make the parent.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

This method can return one of these values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The operation completed successfully.
HierarchyRequestError	A document type node is included in the Range that is being cloned.
InvalidStateError	detach has been invoked on the object.
NoModificationAllowedError	A boundary point in the Range is read-only.

 

Standards information

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

Remarks

If the newParent already exists in the document, its content is removed.

See also

Range