diff --git a/src/lib/utils/jsonUtils.test.ts b/src/lib/utils/jsonUtils.test.ts
index 6b8753c1..6c1c295f 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/jsonUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/jsonUtils.test.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ import {
   toJSONContent,
   toTextContent,
   validateContentType,
-  parseAndRepairOrUndefined
+  parseAndRepairOrUndefined,
+  findTextLocation,
+  findSelectionFromTextLocation
 } from './jsonUtils.js'
+import { createMultiSelection } from 'svelte-jsoneditor'
 
 const LosslessJSONParser = { parse, stringify }
 
@@ -439,4 +442,34 @@ describe('jsonUtils', () => {
       // expect(parseAndRepairOrUndefined('0123', JSON)).toEqual('0123') // FIXME
     })
   })
+
+  describe('findTextLocation', () => {
+    // TODO: write more unit tests for findTextLocation
+    test('find a text location', () => {
+      const text = `{\n  "object": {\n    "a":2  \n}\n}`
+      const path = ['object', 'a']
+      expect(findTextLocation(text, path)).toEqual({
+        path,
+        line: 2,
+        column: 4,
+        from: 20,
+        to: 23
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('findSelectionFromTextLocation', () => {
+    // TODO: write more unit tests for findSelectionFromTextLocation
+    test('find the path', () => {
+      const text = `{\n  "object": {\n    "a":2  \n}\n}`
+
+      expect(findSelectionFromTextLocation(text, 20, 20)).toEqual(
+        createMultiSelection(['object', 'a'], ['object', 'a'])
+      )
+
+      expect(findSelectionFromTextLocation(text, 23, 24)).toEqual(
+        createMultiSelection(['object', 'a'], ['object', 'a'])
+      )
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/jsonUtils.ts b/src/lib/utils/jsonUtils.ts
index e3fb39d5..d9121426 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/jsonUtils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/jsonUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { JSONPath } from 'immutable-json-patch'
+import { type JSONPath, parseJSONPointer } from 'immutable-json-patch'
 import { compileJSONPointer } from 'immutable-json-patch'
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ import type {
   Content,
   JSONContent,
   JSONParser,
+  JSONSelection,
   ParseError,
   TextContent,
   TextLocation
 } from '../types'
 import { int } from './numberUtils.js'
+import { createMultiSelection } from '$lib/logic/selection'
 
 /**
  * Parse the JSON. if this fails, try to repair and parse.
@@ -201,7 +203,6 @@ export function countCharacterOccurrences(
 /**
  * Find the text location of a JSON path
  */
-// TODO: write unit tests
 export function findTextLocation(text: string, path: JSONPath): TextLocation {
   try {
     const jsmap = jsonSourceMap.parse(text)
@@ -230,6 +231,43 @@ export function findTextLocation(text: string, path: JSONPath): TextLocation {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Find the text location from a JSON path
+ * Returns null when not found (either not exists, or the document cannot be parsed)
+ */
+export function findSelectionFromTextLocation(
+  text: string,
+  anchor: number,
+  head: number
+): JSONSelection | null {
+  try {
+    const jsmap = jsonSourceMap.parse(text)
+    const pointers = Object.keys(jsmap.pointers)
+
+    let anchorPath: JSONPath = []
+    let focusPath: JSONPath = []
+
+    for (const pointer of pointers) {
+      const state = jsmap.pointers[pointer]
+
+      // TODO: work out creating a KeySelection, ValueSelection,
+      //  AfterSelection, InsideSelection, and MultiSelection
+
+      if (state?.key?.pos <= anchor && state?.valueEnd?.pos >= anchor) {
+        anchorPath = parseJSONPointer(pointer)
+      }
+
+      if (state?.key?.pos <= head && state?.valueEnd?.pos >= head) {
+        focusPath = parseJSONPointer(pointer)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return createMultiSelection(anchorPath, focusPath)
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert a JSON object, array, or value to another type
  * If it cannot be converted, an error is thrown