---
title: Range API
slug: docs/github-example/range-api
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createdAt: 2026-05-05T15:31:38.031Z
---

`Range` objects are a set of points that refer to a specific span of a Slate document. They can define a span inside a single node or they can span across multiple nodes. The editor's `selection` is stored as a range.

```typescript
interface Range {
  anchor: Point
  focus: Point
}
```

- [Static methods](docId:7xevw2NLqJnZs-UjUwC1N)
  - [Retrieval methods](docId:7xevw2NLqJnZs-UjUwC1N)
  - [Check methods](docId:7xevw2NLqJnZs-UjUwC1N)
  - [Transform methods](docId:7xevw2NLqJnZs-UjUwC1N)

## Static methods

### Retrieval methods

### `Range.edges(range: Range, options?) => [Point, Point]`

Get the start and end points of a `range`, in the order in which they appear in the document.

Options: `{reverse?: boolean}`

### `Range.end(range: Range) => Point`

Get the end point of a `range` according to the order in which it appears in the document.

### `Range.intersection(range: Range, another: Range) => Range | null`

Get the intersection of one `range` with `another`. If the two ranges do not overlap, return `null`.

### `Range.points(range: Range) => Generator<PointEntry>`

Iterate through the two point entries in a `Range`. First it will yield a `PointEntry` representing the `anchor`, then it will yield a `PointEntry` representing the `focus`.

### `Range.start(range: Range) => Point`

Get the start point of a `range` according to the order in which it appears in the document.

### Check methods

Check some attribute of a Range. Always returns a boolean.

### `Range.equals(range: Range, another: Range) => boolean`

Check if a `range` is exactly equal to `another`.

### `Range.includes(range: Range, target: Path | Point | Range) => boolean`

Check if a `range` includes a path, a point, or part of another range.

For clarity the definition of `includes` can mean partially includes. Another way to describe this is if one Range intersectns the other Range.

### `Range.isBackward(range: Range) => boolean`

Check if a `range` is backward, meaning that its anchor point appears *after* its focus point in the document.

### `Range.isCollapsed(range: Range) => boolean`

Check if a `range` is collapsed, meaning that both its anchor and focus points refer to the exact same position in the document.

### `Range.isExpanded(range: Range) => boolean`

Check if a `range` is expanded. This is the opposite of `Range.isCollapsed` and is provided for legibility.

### `Range.isForward(range: Range) => boolean`

Check if a `range` is forward. This is the opposite of `Range.isBackward` and is provided for legibility.

### `Range.isRange(value: any) => value is Range`

Check if a `value` implements the `Range` interface.

### Transform methods

### `Range.transform(range: Range, op: Operation, options) => Range | null`

Transform a `range` by an `op`.

Options: `{affinity: 'forward' | 'backward' | 'outward' | 'inward' | null}`