Web platform features explorer - document.caretPositionFromPoint()

The document.caretPositionFromPoint() method finds an insertion point, represented by a DOM node and an offset within that node, for given coordinates in the viewport.

Status

Baseline Newly Available (since 2025-12-12)

This feature is expected to reach Baseline Widely Available status on: 2028-06-12

MDN documentation

Document: caretPositionFromPoint() method

Specifications

CSSOM View Module (#dom-document-caretpositionfrompoint), from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group (W3C).

Browser support

Chrome 128 Released on 2024-08-20
Chrome Android 128 Released on 2024-08-20
Edge 128 Released on 2024-08-22
Firefox 20 Released on 2013-04-02
Firefox for Android 20 Released on 2013-04-02
Safari 26.2 Released on 2025-12-12
Safari on iOS 26.2 Released on 2025-12-12

Developer signals

State of HTML 2024: reading_list/reading_list question
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Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~5.167% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.

Web Platform Tests (WPT)

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