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Expand Up @@ -1046,6 +1046,9 @@ <h3 id="editcontext-interface">EditContext Interface</h3>
sequence&lt;HTMLElement&gt; attachedElements();

readonly attribute DOMString text;
readonly attribute unsigned long textLength;
DOMString getText(unsigned long rangeStart, unsigned long rangeEnd);

readonly attribute unsigned long selectionStart;
readonly attribute unsigned long selectionEnd;
readonly attribute unsigned long characterBoundsRangeStart;
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<dt>characterBoundsRangeStart</dt>
<dd>The {{EditContext/characterBoundsRangeStart}} getter steps are to return [=this=]'s [=codepoint rects start index=].</dd>

<dt>textLength</dt>
<dd>The {{EditContext/textLength}} getter steps are to return [=this=]'s [=text=]'s length.</dd>

<dt>getText() method</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The method must follow these steps:
</p>
<div class="algorithm">
<dl>
<dt>Input</dt>
<dd>|rangeStart|, an unsigned long</dd>
<dd>|rangeEnd|, an unsigned long</dd>
<dt>Output</dt>
<dd>A {{DOMString}}</dd>
</dl>
<ol>
<li>
If |rangeStart| is greater than the length of [=text=],
set |rangeStart| to the length of [=text=].
</li>
<li>
If |rangeEnd| is greater than the length of [=text=],
set |rangeEnd| to the length of [=text=].
</li>
<li>
Return the substring of [=text=] in the range of |rangeStart| and |rangeEnd|.
<div class="note">It's permissible that |rangeStart| > |rangeEnd|. The substring between the indices should be retrieved in the same way as if |rangeStart| and |rangeEnd| were swapped.</div>
</li>
</ol>
</dd>

<dt>updateText() method</dt>
<dd>
<p>
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