range-lookup

Find all matching DOM ranges for a given text string.

Demo.

Example

var rangeLookup = require('range-lookup');

var ranges = rangeLookup('some string');

ranges
//=> Array [ Range, Range, Range, Range ]

// Highlight ranges.
var selection = window.getSelection();
ranges.forEach(selection.addRange.bind(selection));

API

rangeLookup(query, [opts])

query — string to search for.

Returns array of matching ranges.

opts.ignoreCase

Whether to ignore case while attempting a match in a string. Defaults to false.

Limitations

• This module is not capable of matching text that crosses text nodes boundaries.

Install

npm install range-lookup

License

MIT