| 94.2. OrNone, OrNode, OrElement modifiers | ||
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 | 94. selectNode |  |
| 94.2. OrNone, OrNode, OrElement modifiers | ||
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| | 94. selectNode | |
The OrNone, OrNode, OrElement modifiers may be used to specify fallback behaviors for selectNode commands which otherwise would fail and therefore would do nothing at all.
If specified selectNode command fails to select something new, current selection is canceled.
Example: let explicitly selected node be an empty element. In such case selectNode child fails and therefore, does nothing at all. But selectNode childOrNone succeeds and cancels current selection.
If there is no explicit or implicit node selection to work with, command selectNode explicitly selects textual node containing caret.
Example: caret is contained in a para and there no explicit selection. In such case, selectNode.parent fails and therefore, does nothing at all. But selectNode.parentOrNode succeeds and selects the textual node containing the caret.
If there is no explicit or implicit node selection to work with, command selectNode explicitly selects element containing caret.
Example: caret is contained in a para and there no explicit selection. In such case, selectNode.parent fails and therefore, does nothing at all. But selectNode.parentOrElement succeeds and selects the para containing the caret.
It does not make sense to use OrNone, OrNode, OrElement modifiers and [implicitNode], [implicitElement] options in the same selectNode command. In such case, the OrNone, OrNode, OrElement modifiers are simply ignored.
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| 94.1. List of element names or node types |  | 95. selectNodeAt |