[removed] error 800a025e using range selector

Question

I\'m executing these simple rows of javascript in latest ie 11, just to select all content of a div

Here a screenshot from ie11 dev tool

Answer 1

I got this error when trying to window.getSelection().removeAllRanges(); and there was no selection. One workaround is to check if there is a selection first:

if (window.getSelection().getRangeAt(0).getClientRects.length > 0) {
    window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
}

Also, this question is a duplicate of Could not complete the operation due to error 800a025e, but I couldn't mark it as such because the other question doesn't have an accepted answers.