Selection API: setBaseAndExtent() throws IndexSizeError for too large offsets

DOM

setBaseAndExtent() silently clamped too large offset values. IndexSizeError should be thrown for such values to match to Firefox, Edge, and the specification.

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Editing>Selection

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

Chrome for desktop release 58
Chrome for Android release 58
Android WebView release 58

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

Firefox: Shipped
Edge: Shipped
Safari: No public signals
Web Developers: No signals

Owner

tkent@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14