Range: detach() method

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The Range.detach() method does nothing. It used to disable the {{domxref("Range")}} object and enable the browser to release associated resources. The method has been kept for compatibility.

Syntax

detach()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

Examples

const range = document.createRange();

range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
range.detach();

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• The DOM interfaces index