Question

How can I remove the window.getSelection().anchorNode from a range?

I have tried the following…

window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0).detach(window.getSelection().anchorNode);

…and since the method is poorly documented…

window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0).detach.window.getSelection().anchorNode;

Answer 1

While this does not resolve the problem at hand (which I have not mentioned) this does seem to remove the node from the range…

alert(window.getSelection().anchorNode.parentNode.nodevalue);

for (var k=0;k<window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0).commonAncestorContainer.childNodes.length;k++)
{
 if (window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0).commonAncestorContainer.childNodes[k].isSameNode(window.getSelection().anchorNode))
 {
  window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0).detach(window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0).commonAncestorContainer.childNodes[k]);
  break;
 }
}

alert(window.getSelection().anchorNode.parentNode.nodeName);