Bug 1613876 [wpt PR 21654] - Reland "Move SMIL events tests to WPT", a=testonly
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1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
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7 #include "nsISupports.idl"
8 #include "domstubs.idl"
10 interface nsIURI;
11 interface nsIContent;
12 interface nsISelectionController;
13 interface nsIDocumentStateListener;
14 interface nsIOutputStream;
15 interface nsITransactionManager;
16 interface nsITransaction;
17 interface nsIEditorObserver;
18 interface nsIEditActionListener;
19 interface nsIInlineSpellChecker;
20 interface nsITransferable;
22 webidl Document;
23 webidl Element;
24 webidl Node;
25 webidl Selection;
27 %{C++
28 namespace mozilla {
29 class EditorBase;
30 class HTMLEditor;
31 class TextEditor;
32 } // namespace mozilla
35 [scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(094be624-f0bf-400f-89e2-6a84baab9474)]
36 interface nsIEditor : nsISupports
38 %{C++
39 typedef short EDirection;
40 typedef short EStripWrappers;
42 const short eNone = 0;
43 const short eNext = 1;
44 const short ePrevious = 2;
45 const short eNextWord = 3;
46 const short ePreviousWord = 4;
47 const short eToBeginningOfLine = 5;
48 const short eToEndOfLine = 6;
50 const short eStrip = 0;
51 const short eNoStrip = 1;
53 // only plain text entry is allowed via events
54 const long eEditorPlaintextMask = 0x0001;
55 // enter key and CR-LF handled specially
56 const long eEditorSingleLineMask = 0x0002;
57 // text is not entered into content, only a representative character
58 const long eEditorPasswordMask = 0x0004;
59 // editing events are disabled. Editor may still accept focus.
60 const long eEditorReadonlyMask = 0x0008;
61 // all events are disabled (like scrolling). Editor will not accept focus.
62 const long eEditorDisabledMask = 0x0010;
63 // text input is limited to certain character types, use mFilter
64 const long eEditorFilterInputMask = 0x0020;
65 // use mail-compose editing rules
66 const long eEditorMailMask = 0x0040;
67 // allow the editor to set font: monospace on the root node
68 const long eEditorEnableWrapHackMask = 0x0080;
69 // bit for widgets (form elements)
70 const long eEditorWidgetMask = 0x0100;
71 // this HTML editor should not create css styles
72 const long eEditorNoCSSMask = 0x0200;
73 // whether HTML document specific actions are executed or not.
74 // e.g., if this flag is set, the editor doesn't handle Tab key.
75 // besides, anchors of HTML are not clickable.
76 const long eEditorAllowInteraction = 0x0400;
77 // when this is set, the characters in password editor are always masked.
78 // see bug 530367 for the detail.
79 const long eEditorDontEchoPassword = 0x0800;
80 // when this flag is set, the internal direction of the editor is RTL.
81 // if neither of the direction flags are set, the direction is determined
82 // from the text control's content node.
83 const long eEditorRightToLeft = 0x1000;
84 // when this flag is set, the internal direction of the editor is LTR.
85 const long eEditorLeftToRight = 0x2000;
86 // when this flag is set, the editor's text content is not spell checked.
87 const long eEditorSkipSpellCheck = 0x4000;
90 * The valid values for newlines handling.
91 * Can't change the values unless we remove
92 * use of the pref.
94 const long eNewlinesPasteIntact = 0;
95 const long eNewlinesPasteToFirst = 1;
96 const long eNewlinesReplaceWithSpaces = 2;
97 const long eNewlinesStrip = 3;
98 const long eNewlinesReplaceWithCommas = 4;
99 const long eNewlinesStripSurroundingWhitespace = 5;
101 readonly attribute Selection selection;
103 [can_run_script]
104 void setAttributeOrEquivalent(in Element element,
105 in AString sourceAttrName,
106 in AString sourceAttrValue,
107 in boolean aSuppressTransaction);
108 [can_run_script]
109 void removeAttributeOrEquivalent(in Element element,
110 in AString sourceAttrName,
111 in boolean aSuppressTransaction);
113 /** edit flags for this editor. May be set at any time. */
114 attribute unsigned long flags;
117 * the MimeType of the document
119 attribute string contentsMIMEType;
121 /** Returns true if we have a document that is not marked read-only */
122 readonly attribute boolean isDocumentEditable;
124 /** Returns true if the current selection anchor is editable */
125 readonly attribute boolean isSelectionEditable;
128 * the DOM Document this editor is associated with, refcounted.
130 readonly attribute Document document;
132 /** the body element, i.e. the root of the editable document.
134 readonly attribute Element rootElement;
137 * the selection controller for the current presentation, refcounted.
139 readonly attribute nsISelectionController selectionController;
142 /* ------------ Selected content removal -------------- */
145 * DeleteSelection removes all nodes in the current selection.
146 * @param aDir if eNext, delete to the right (for example, the DEL key)
147 * if ePrevious, delete to the left (for example, the BACKSPACE key)
148 * @param stripWrappers If eStrip, strip any empty inline elements left
149 * behind after the deletion; if eNoStrip, don't. If in
150 * doubt, pass eStrip -- eNoStrip is only for if you're
151 * about to insert text or similar right after.
153 [can_run_script]
154 void deleteSelection(in short action, in short stripWrappers);
157 /* ------------ Document info and file methods -------------- */
159 /** Returns true if the document has no *meaningful* content */
160 readonly attribute boolean documentIsEmpty;
162 /** Returns true if the document is modifed and needs saving */
163 readonly attribute boolean documentModified;
165 /** Sets the current 'Save' document character set */
166 [can_run_script] // setter only
167 attribute ACString documentCharacterSet;
169 /** to be used ONLY when we need to override the doc's modification
170 * state (such as when it's saved).
172 [can_run_script]
173 void resetModificationCount();
175 /** Gets the modification count of the document we are editing.
176 * @return the modification count of the document being edited.
177 * Zero means unchanged.
179 long getModificationCount();
181 /** called each time we modify the document.
182 * Increments the modification count of the document.
183 * @param aModCount the number of modifications by which
184 * to increase or decrease the count
186 [can_run_script]
187 void incrementModificationCount(in long aModCount);
189 /* ------------ Transaction methods -------------- */
191 /** transactionManager Get the transaction manager the editor is using.
193 readonly attribute nsITransactionManager transactionManager;
195 /** doTransaction() fires a transaction.
196 * It is provided here so clients can create their own transactions.
197 * If a transaction manager is present, it is used.
198 * Otherwise, the transaction is just executed directly.
200 * @param aTxn the transaction to execute
202 [can_run_script]
203 void doTransaction(in nsITransaction txn);
206 /** turn the undo system on or off
207 * @param aEnable if PR_TRUE, the undo system is turned on if available
208 * if PR_FALSE the undo system is turned off if it
209 * was previously on
210 * @return if aEnable is PR_TRUE, returns NS_OK if
211 * the undo system could be initialized properly
212 * if aEnable is PR_FALSE, returns NS_OK.
214 void enableUndo(in boolean enable);
216 /** undo reverses the effects of the last Do operation,
217 * if Undo is enabled in the editor.
218 * It is provided here so clients need no knowledge of whether
219 * the editor has a transaction manager or not.
220 * If a transaction manager is present, it is told to undo,
221 * and the result of that undo is returned.
222 * Otherwise, the Undo request is ignored and an
223 * error NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE is returned.
226 [can_run_script]
227 void undo(in unsigned long count);
229 /** returns state information about the undo system.
230 * @param aIsEnabled [OUT] PR_TRUE if undo is enabled
231 * @param aCanUndo [OUT] PR_TRUE if at least one transaction is
232 * currently ready to be undone.
234 void canUndo(out boolean isEnabled, out boolean canUndo);
236 /** redo reverses the effects of the last Undo operation
237 * It is provided here so clients need no knowledge of whether
238 * the editor has a transaction manager or not.
239 * If a transaction manager is present, it is told to redo and the
240 * result of the previously undone transaction is reapplied to the document.
241 * If no transaction is available for Redo, or if the document
242 * has no transaction manager, the Redo request is ignored and an
243 * error NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE is returned.
246 [can_run_script]
247 void redo(in unsigned long count);
249 /** returns state information about the redo system.
250 * @param aIsEnabled [OUT] PR_TRUE if redo is enabled
251 * @param aCanRedo [OUT] PR_TRUE if at least one transaction is
252 currently ready to be redone.
254 void canRedo(out boolean isEnabled, out boolean canRedo);
256 /** beginTransaction is a signal from the caller to the editor that
257 * the caller will execute multiple updates to the content tree
258 * that should be treated as a single logical operation,
259 * in the most efficient way possible.<br>
260 * All transactions executed between a call to beginTransaction and
261 * endTransaction will be undoable as an atomic action.<br>
262 * endTransaction must be called after beginTransaction.<br>
263 * Calls to beginTransaction can be nested, as long as endTransaction
264 * is called once per beginUpdate.
266 void beginTransaction();
268 /** endTransaction is a signal to the editor that the caller is
269 * finished updating the content model.<br>
270 * beginUpdate must be called before endTransaction is called.<br>
271 * Calls to beginTransaction can be nested, as long as endTransaction
272 * is called once per beginTransaction.
274 [can_run_script]
275 void endTransaction();
278 * While setting the flag with this method to false, CreateElementTransaction,
279 * DeleteRangeTransaction, DeleteTextTransaction, InsertNodeTransaction,
280 * InsertTextTransaction and SplitNodeTransaction won't change Selection
281 * after modifying the DOM tree.
282 * Note that calling this with false does not guarantee that Selection won't
283 * be changed because other transaction may ignore this flag, editor itself
284 * may change selection, and current selection may become invalid after
285 * changing the DOM tree, etc.
286 * After calling this method with true, the caller should guarantee that
287 * Selection should be positioned where user expects.
289 * @param should false if you don't want above transactions to modify
290 * Selection automatically after modifying the DOM tree.
291 * Note that calling this with false does not guarantee
292 * that Selection is never changed.
294 void setShouldTxnSetSelection(in boolean should);
296 /* ------------ Inline Spell Checking methods -------------- */
298 /** Returns the inline spell checker associated with this object. The spell
299 * checker is lazily created, so this function may create the object for
300 * you during this call.
301 * @param autoCreate If true, this will create a spell checker object
302 * if one does not exist yet for this editor. If false
303 * and the object has not been created, this function
304 * WILL RETURN NULL.
306 nsIInlineSpellChecker getInlineSpellChecker(in boolean autoCreate);
308 /** Called when the user manually overrides the spellchecking state for this
309 * editor.
310 * @param enable The new state of spellchecking in this editor, as
311 * requested by the user.
313 void setSpellcheckUserOverride(in boolean enable);
315 /* ------------ Clipboard methods -------------- */
317 /** cut the currently selected text, putting it into the OS clipboard
318 * What if no text is selected?
319 * What about mixed selections?
320 * What are the clipboard formats?
322 [can_run_script]
323 void cut();
326 * canCut() returns true if selected content is allowed to be copied to the
327 * clipboard and to be removed.
328 * Note that this always returns true if the editor is in a non-chrome
329 * HTML/XHTML document.
330 * FYI: Current user in script is only BlueGriffon.
332 boolean canCut();
334 /** copy the currently selected text, putting it into the OS clipboard
335 * What if no text is selected?
336 * What about mixed selections?
337 * What are the clipboard formats?
339 void copy();
342 * canCopy() returns true if selected content is allowed to be copied to
343 * the clipboard.
344 * Note that this always returns true if the editor is in a non-chrome
345 * HTML/XHTML document.
346 * FYI: Current user in script is only BlueGriffon.
348 boolean canCopy();
350 /** paste the text in the OS clipboard at the cursor position, replacing
351 * the selected text (if any)
353 [can_run_script]
354 void paste(in long aClipboardType);
356 /** Paste the text in |aTransferable| at the cursor position, replacing the
357 * selected text (if any).
359 [can_run_script]
360 void pasteTransferable(in nsITransferable aTransferable);
362 /** Can we paste? True if the doc is modifiable, and we have
363 * pasteable data in the clipboard.
365 boolean canPaste(in long aClipboardType);
367 /* ------------ Selection methods -------------- */
369 /** sets the document selection to the entire contents of the document */
370 [can_run_script]
371 void selectAll();
374 * Collapses selection at start of the document. If it's an HTML editor,
375 * collapses selection at start of current editing host (<body> element if
376 * it's in designMode) instead. If there is a non-editable node before any
377 * editable text nodes or inline elements which can have text nodes as their
378 * children, collapses selection at start of the editing host. If there is
379 * an editable text node which is not collapsed, collapses selection at
380 * start of the text node. If there is an editable inline element which
381 * cannot have text nodes as its child, collapses selection at before the
382 * element node. Otherwise, collapses selection at start of the editing
383 * host.
385 void beginningOfDocument();
387 /** sets the document selection to the end of the document */
388 void endOfDocument();
390 /* ------------ Node manipulation methods -------------- */
393 * setAttribute() sets the attribute of aElement.
394 * No checking is done to see if aAttribute is a legal attribute of the node,
395 * or if aValue is a legal value of aAttribute.
397 * @param aElement the content element to operate on
398 * @param aAttribute the string representation of the attribute to set
399 * @param aValue the value to set aAttribute to
401 [can_run_script]
402 void setAttribute(in Element aElement, in AString attributestr,
403 in AString attvalue);
406 * removeAttribute() deletes aAttribute from the attribute list of aElement.
407 * If aAttribute is not an attribute of aElement, nothing is done.
409 * @param aElement the content element to operate on
410 * @param aAttribute the string representation of the attribute to get
412 [can_run_script]
413 void removeAttribute(in Element aElement,
414 in AString aAttribute);
417 * cloneAttributes() is similar to Node::cloneNode(),
418 * it assures the attribute nodes of the destination are identical
419 * with the source node by copying all existing attributes from the
420 * source and deleting those not in the source.
421 * This is used when the destination element already exists
423 * @param aDestNode the destination element to operate on
424 * @param aSourceNode the source element to copy attributes from
426 [can_run_script]
427 void cloneAttributes(in Element aDestElement, in Element aSourceElement);
430 * insertNode inserts aNode into aParent at aPosition.
431 * No checking is done to verify the legality of the insertion.
432 * That is the responsibility of the caller.
433 * @param aNode The DOM Node to insert.
434 * @param aParent The node to insert the new object into
435 * @param aPosition The place in aParent to insert the new node
436 * 0=first child, 1=second child, etc.
437 * any number > number of current children = last child
439 [can_run_script]
440 void insertNode(in Node node,
441 in Node parent,
442 in long aPosition);
446 * deleteNode removes aChild from aParent.
447 * @param aChild The node to delete
449 [can_run_script]
450 void deleteNode(in Node child);
452 /* ------------ Output methods -------------- */
455 * Output methods:
456 * aFormatType is a mime type, like text/plain.
458 AString outputToString(in AString formatType,
459 in unsigned long flags);
461 /* ------------ Various listeners methods --------------
462 * nsIEditor holds strong references to the editor observers, action listeners
463 * and document state listeners.
466 /** add an EditorObserver to the editors list of observers. */
467 void addEditorObserver(in nsIEditorObserver observer);
469 /** add an EditActionListener to the editors list of listeners. */
470 void addEditActionListener(in nsIEditActionListener listener);
472 /** Remove an EditActionListener from the editor's list of listeners. */
473 void removeEditActionListener(in nsIEditActionListener listener);
475 /** Add a DocumentStateListener to the editors list of doc state listeners. */
476 void addDocumentStateListener(in nsIDocumentStateListener listener);
478 /** Remove a DocumentStateListener to the editors list of doc state listeners. */
479 void removeDocumentStateListener(in nsIDocumentStateListener listener);
482 * forceCompositionEnd() force the composition end
484 void forceCompositionEnd();
487 * whether this editor has active IME transaction
489 readonly attribute boolean composing;
492 * unmask() is available only when the editor is a passwrod field. This
493 * unmasks characters in specified by aStart and aEnd. If there have
494 * already unmasked characters, they are masked when this is called.
495 * Note that if you calls this without non-zero `aTimeout`, you bear
496 * responsibility for masking password with calling `mask()`. I.e.,
497 * user inputting password won't be masked automacitally. If user types
498 * a new character and echo is enabled, unmasked range is expanded to
499 * including it.
501 * @param aStart Optional, first index to show the character. If you
502 * specify middle of a surrogate pair, this expands the
503 * range to include the prceding high surrogate
504 * automatically.
505 * If omitted, it means that all characters of the
506 * password becomes unmasked.
507 * @param aEnd Optional, next index of last unmasked character. If
508 * you specify middle of a surrogate pair, the expands
509 * the range to include the following low surrogate.
510 * If omitted or negative value, it means unmasking all
511 * characters after aStart. Specifying same index
512 * throws an exception.
513 * @param aTimeout Optional, specify milliseconds to hide the unmasked
514 * characters if you want to show them temporarily.
515 * If omitted or 0, it means this won't mask the characters
516 * automatically.
518 [can_run_script, optional_argc] void unmask(
519 [optional] in unsigned long aStart,
520 [optional] in long long aEnd,
521 [optional] in unsigned long aTimeout);
524 * mask() is available only when the editor is a password field. This masks
525 * all unmasked characters immediately.
527 [can_run_script] void mask();
530 * These attributes are available only when the editor is a password field.
531 * unmaskedStart is first unmasked character index, or 0 if there is no
532 * unmasked characters.
533 * unmaskedEnd is next index of the last unmasked character. 0 means there
534 * is no unmasked characters.
536 readonly attribute unsigned long unmaskedStart;
537 readonly attribute unsigned long unmaskedEnd;
540 * autoMaskingEnabled is true if unmasked range and newly inputted characters
541 * are masked automatically. That's the default state. If false, until
542 * `mask()` is called, unmasked range and newly inputted characters are
543 * unmasked.
545 readonly attribute boolean autoMaskingEnabled;
548 * passwordMask attribute is a mask character which is used to mask password.
550 readonly attribute AString passwordMask;
553 * The length of the contents in characters.
554 * XXX change this type to 'unsigned long'
556 readonly attribute long textLength;
558 /** Get and set the body wrap width.
560 * Special values:
561 * 0 = wrap to window width
562 * -1 = no wrap at all
564 attribute long wrapWidth;
566 /** Get and set newline handling.
568 * Values are the constants defined above.
570 attribute long newlineHandling;
573 * Inserts a string at the current location,
574 * given by the selection.
575 * If the selection is not collapsed, the selection is deleted
576 * and the insertion takes place at the resulting collapsed selection.
578 * @param aString the string to be inserted
580 [can_run_script]
581 void insertText(in AString aStringToInsert);
584 * Insert a line break into the content model.
585 * The interpretation of a break is up to the implementation:
586 * it may enter a character, split a node in the tree, etc.
587 * This may be more efficient than calling InsertText with a newline.
589 [can_run_script]
590 void insertLineBreak();
592 %{C++
594 * AsEditorBase() returns a pointer to EditorBase class.
596 * In order to avoid circular dependency issues, this method is defined
597 * in mozilla/EditorBase.h. Consumers need to #include that header.
599 inline mozilla::EditorBase* AsEditorBase();
600 inline const mozilla::EditorBase* AsEditorBase() const;
603 * AsTextEditor() returns a pointer to TextEditor class.
605 * In order to avoid circular dependency issues, this method is defined
606 * in mozilla/TextEditor.h. Consumers need to #include that header.
608 inline mozilla::TextEditor* AsTextEditor();
609 inline const mozilla::TextEditor* AsTextEditor() const;
612 * AsHTMLEditor() returns a pointer to HTMLEditor class.
614 * In order to avoid circular dependency issues, this method is defined
615 * in mozilla/HTMLEditor.h. Consumers need to #include that header.
617 inline mozilla::HTMLEditor* AsHTMLEditor();
618 inline const mozilla::HTMLEditor* AsHTMLEditor() const;