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feat: clarify that focus is required for method to do anything #33684

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feat: clarify that focus is required for method to do anything
Stan-Stani May 20, 2024
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Update files/en-us/web/api/htmlinputelement/setselectionrange/index.md
wbamberg May 28, 2024
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Merge branch 'main' into patch-3
Stan-Stani May 28, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ The **`HTMLInputElement.setSelectionRange()`** method sets the
start and end positions of the current text selection in an {{HTMLElement("input")}}
or {{HTMLElement("textarea")}} element.

Note that the element must be focused for the call to have any effect.

Optionally, in newer browser versions, you can specify the direction in which selection
should be considered to have occurred. This lets you indicate, for example, that the
selection was set by the user clicking and dragging from the end of the selected text
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