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7 #include "nsISupports.idl"
8 #include "nsIClipboard.idl"
9 #include "domstubs.idl"
11 %{C++
12 #include "mozilla/Debug.h"
15 interface nsISelectionController;
16 interface nsIDocumentStateListener;
17 interface nsIEditActionListener;
18 interface nsIInlineSpellChecker;
19 interface nsITransferable;
21 webidl Document;
22 webidl Element;
23 webidl Node;
24 webidl Selection;
26 %{C++
27 namespace mozilla {
28 class EditorBase;
29 class HTMLEditor;
30 class TextEditor;
31 } // namespace mozilla
34 [scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(094be624-f0bf-400f-89e2-6a84baab9474)]
35 interface nsIEditor : nsISupports
37 %{C++
38 typedef short EDirection;
39 typedef short EStripWrappers;
41 const short eNone = 0;
42 const short eNext = 1;
43 const short ePrevious = 2;
44 const short eNextWord = 3;
45 const short ePreviousWord = 4;
46 const short eToBeginningOfLine = 5;
47 const short eToEndOfLine = 6;
49 %{C++
50 static bool EDirectionIsValid(EDirection aDirectionAndAmount) {
51 return aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eNone ||
52 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eNext ||
53 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::ePrevious ||
54 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eNextWord ||
55 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::ePreviousWord ||
56 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eToBeginningOfLine ||
57 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eToEndOfLine;
59 static bool EDirectionIsValidExceptNone(EDirection aDirectionAndAmount) {
60 return aDirectionAndAmount != nsIEditor::eNone &&
61 EDirectionIsValid(aDirectionAndAmount);
64 /**
65 * Return true if nsIEditor::EDirection value means the direction of pressing
66 * `Backspace` key.
68 [[nodiscard]] static bool DirectionIsBackspace(
69 EDirection aDirectionAndAmount) {
70 MOZ_ASSERT(EDirectionIsValid(aDirectionAndAmount));
71 return aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::ePrevious ||
72 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::ePreviousWord ||
73 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eToBeginningOfLine;
76 /**
77 * Return true if nsIEditor::EDirection value means the direction of pressing
78 * `Delete` key (forwardDelete).
80 [[nodiscard]] static bool DirectionIsDelete(
81 EDirection aDirectionAndAmount) {
82 MOZ_ASSERT(EDirectionIsValid(aDirectionAndAmount));
83 return aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eNext ||
84 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eNextWord ||
85 aDirectionAndAmount == nsIEditor::eToEndOfLine;
89 const short eStrip = 0;
90 const short eNoStrip = 1;
92 // If you want an HTML editor to behave as a plaintext editor, specify this
93 // flag. This is currently used only with plaintext email composer.
94 const long eEditorPlaintextMask = 0x0001;
95 // We don't support single line editor mode with HTML editors. Therefore,
96 // don't specify this for HTML editor.
97 const long eEditorSingleLineMask = 0x0002;
98 // We don't support password editor mode with HTML editors. Therefore,
99 // don't specify this for HTML editor.
100 const long eEditorPasswordMask = 0x0004;
101 // When the editor should be in readonly mode (currently, same as "disabled"),
102 // you can specify this flag with any editor instances.
103 // NOTE: Setting this flag does not change the style of editor. This just
104 // changes the internal editor's readonly state.
105 // NOTE: The readonly mode does NOT block XPCOM APIs which modify the editor
106 // content. This just blocks edit operations from user input and editing
107 // commands (both HTML Document.execCommand and the XUL commands).
108 // FIXME: XPCOM methods of TextEditor may be blocked by this flag. If you
109 // find it, file a bug.
110 const long eEditorReadonlyMask = 0x0008;
111 // If you want an HTML editor to work as an email composer, specify this flag.
112 // And you can specify this to text editor too for making spellchecker for
113 // the text editor should work exactly same as email composer's.
114 const long eEditorMailMask = 0x0020;
115 // allow the editor to set font: monospace on the root node
116 const long eEditorEnableWrapHackMask = 0x0040;
117 // If you want to move focus from an HTML editor with tab navigation,
118 // specify this flag. This is not available with text editors becase
119 // it's always tabbable.
120 // Note that if this is not specified, link navigation is also enabled in
121 // the editable content.
122 const long eEditorAllowInteraction = 0x0200;
123 // when this flag is set, the internal direction of the editor is RTL.
124 // if neither of the direction flags are set, the direction is determined
125 // from the text control's content node.
126 const long eEditorRightToLeft = 0x0800;
127 // when this flag is set, the internal direction of the editor is LTR.
128 const long eEditorLeftToRight = 0x1000;
129 // when this flag is set, the editor's text content is not spell checked.
130 const long eEditorSkipSpellCheck = 0x2000;
133 * The valid values for newlines handling.
134 * Can't change the values unless we remove
135 * use of the pref.
137 const long eNewlinesPasteIntact = 0;
138 const long eNewlinesPasteToFirst = 1;
139 const long eNewlinesReplaceWithSpaces = 2;
140 const long eNewlinesStrip = 3;
141 const long eNewlinesReplaceWithCommas = 4;
142 const long eNewlinesStripSurroundingWhitespace = 5;
144 readonly attribute Selection selection;
146 [can_run_script]
147 void setAttributeOrEquivalent(in Element element,
148 in AString sourceAttrName,
149 in AString sourceAttrValue,
150 in boolean aSuppressTransaction);
151 [can_run_script]
152 void removeAttributeOrEquivalent(in Element element,
153 in AString sourceAttrName,
154 in boolean aSuppressTransaction);
156 /** edit flags for this editor. May be set at any time. */
157 [setter_can_run_script] attribute unsigned long flags;
160 * the MimeType of the document
162 attribute AString contentsMIMEType;
164 /** Returns true if we have a document that is not marked read-only */
165 readonly attribute boolean isDocumentEditable;
167 /** Returns true if the current selection anchor is editable */
168 readonly attribute boolean isSelectionEditable;
171 * the DOM Document this editor is associated with, refcounted.
173 readonly attribute Document document;
175 /** the body element, i.e. the root of the editable document.
177 readonly attribute Element rootElement;
180 * the selection controller for the current presentation, refcounted.
182 readonly attribute nsISelectionController selectionController;
185 /* ------------ Selected content removal -------------- */
188 * DeleteSelection removes all nodes in the current selection.
189 * @param aDir if eNext, delete to the right (for example, the DEL key)
190 * if ePrevious, delete to the left (for example, the BACKSPACE key)
191 * @param stripWrappers If eStrip, strip any empty inline elements left
192 * behind after the deletion; if eNoStrip, don't. If in
193 * doubt, pass eStrip -- eNoStrip is only for if you're
194 * about to insert text or similar right after.
196 [can_run_script]
197 void deleteSelection(in short action, in short stripWrappers);
200 /* ------------ Document info and file methods -------------- */
202 /** Returns true if the document has no *meaningful* content */
203 readonly attribute boolean documentIsEmpty;
205 /** Returns true if the document is modifed and needs saving */
206 readonly attribute boolean documentModified;
209 * Sets document's character set. This is available only when the editor
210 * instance is an HTMLEditor since it's odd to change character set of
211 * parent document of `<input>` and `<textarea>`.
213 [setter_can_run_script]
214 attribute ACString documentCharacterSet;
216 /** to be used ONLY when we need to override the doc's modification
217 * state (such as when it's saved).
219 [can_run_script]
220 void resetModificationCount();
222 /** Gets the modification count of the document we are editing.
223 * @return the modification count of the document being edited.
224 * Zero means unchanged.
226 long getModificationCount();
228 /** called each time we modify the document.
229 * Increments the modification count of the document.
230 * @param aModCount the number of modifications by which
231 * to increase or decrease the count
233 [can_run_script]
234 void incrementModificationCount(in long aModCount);
236 /* ------------ Transaction methods -------------- */
238 /** turn the undo system on or off
239 * @param aEnable if PR_TRUE, the undo system is turned on if available
240 * if PR_FALSE the undo system is turned off if it
241 * was previously on
242 * @return if aEnable is PR_TRUE, returns NS_OK if
243 * the undo system could be initialized properly
244 * if aEnable is PR_FALSE, returns NS_OK.
246 void enableUndo(in boolean enable);
249 * Returns true when undo/redo is enabled (by default).
251 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean undoRedoEnabled;
254 * Retruns true when undo/redo is enabled and there is one or more transaction
255 * in the undo stack.
257 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean canUndo;
260 * Returns true when undo/redo is enabled and there is one or more transaction
261 * in the redo stack.
263 [infallible] readonly attribute boolean canRedo;
266 * Clears the transactions both for undo and redo.
267 * This may fail if you call this while editor is handling something, i.e.,
268 * don't call this from a legacy mutation event listeners, then, you won't
269 * see any exceptions.
271 [binaryname(ClearUndoRedoXPCOM)]
272 void clearUndoRedo();
275 * Undo the topmost transaction in the undo stack.
276 * This may throw exception when this is called while editor is handling
277 * transactions.
279 [can_run_script]
280 void undo();
283 * Undo all transactions in the undo stack.
284 * This may throw exception when this is called while editor is handling
285 * transactions.
287 [can_run_script]
288 void undoAll();
291 * Redo the topmost transaction in the redo stack.
292 * This may throw exception when this is called while editor is handling
293 * transactions.
295 [can_run_script]
296 void redo();
298 /** beginTransaction is a signal from the caller to the editor that
299 * the caller will execute multiple updates to the content tree
300 * that should be treated as a single logical operation,
301 * in the most efficient way possible.<br>
302 * All transactions executed between a call to beginTransaction and
303 * endTransaction will be undoable as an atomic action.<br>
304 * endTransaction must be called after beginTransaction.<br>
305 * Calls to beginTransaction can be nested, as long as endTransaction
306 * is called once per beginUpdate.
308 [can_run_script]
309 void beginTransaction();
311 /** endTransaction is a signal to the editor that the caller is
312 * finished updating the content model.<br>
313 * beginUpdate must be called before endTransaction is called.<br>
314 * Calls to beginTransaction can be nested, as long as endTransaction
315 * is called once per beginTransaction.
317 [can_run_script]
318 void endTransaction();
320 /* ------------ Inline Spell Checking methods -------------- */
322 /** Returns the inline spell checker associated with this object. The spell
323 * checker is lazily created, so this function may create the object for
324 * you during this call.
325 * @param autoCreate If true, this will create a spell checker object
326 * if one does not exist yet for this editor. If false
327 * and the object has not been created, this function
328 * WILL RETURN NULL.
330 nsIInlineSpellChecker getInlineSpellChecker(in boolean autoCreate);
332 /** Called when the user manually overrides the spellchecking state for this
333 * editor.
334 * @param enable The new state of spellchecking in this editor, as
335 * requested by the user.
337 void setSpellcheckUserOverride(in boolean enable);
339 /* ------------ Clipboard methods -------------- */
341 /** cut the currently selected text, putting it into the OS clipboard
342 * What if no text is selected?
343 * What about mixed selections?
344 * What are the clipboard formats?
346 [can_run_script]
347 void cut();
350 * canCut() returns true if selected content is allowed to be copied to the
351 * clipboard and to be removed.
352 * Note that this always returns true if the editor is in a non-chrome
353 * HTML/XHTML document.
354 * FYI: Current user in script is only BlueGriffon.
356 [can_run_script]
357 boolean canCut();
359 /** copy the currently selected text, putting it into the OS clipboard
360 * What if no text is selected?
361 * What about mixed selections?
362 * What are the clipboard formats?
364 [can_run_script]
365 void copy();
368 * canCopy() returns true if selected content is allowed to be copied to
369 * the clipboard.
370 * Note that this always returns true if the editor is in a non-chrome
371 * HTML/XHTML document.
372 * FYI: Current user in script is only BlueGriffon.
374 [can_run_script]
375 boolean canCopy();
377 /** paste the text in the OS clipboard at the cursor position, replacing
378 * the selected text (if any)
380 [can_run_script]
381 void paste(in nsIClipboard_ClipboardType aClipboardType);
383 /** Paste the text in |aTransferable| at the cursor position, replacing the
384 * selected text (if any).
386 [can_run_script]
387 void pasteTransferable(in nsITransferable aTransferable);
389 /** Can we paste? True if the doc is modifiable, and we have
390 * pasteable data in the clipboard.
392 boolean canPaste(in nsIClipboard_ClipboardType aClipboardType);
394 /* ------------ Selection methods -------------- */
396 /** sets the document selection to the entire contents of the document */
397 [can_run_script]
398 void selectAll();
401 * Collapses selection at start of the document. If it's an HTML editor,
402 * collapses selection at start of current editing host (<body> element if
403 * it's in designMode) instead. If there is a non-editable node before any
404 * editable text nodes or inline elements which can have text nodes as their
405 * children, collapses selection at start of the editing host. If there is
406 * an editable text node which is not collapsed, collapses selection at
407 * start of the text node. If there is an editable inline element which
408 * cannot have text nodes as its child, collapses selection at before the
409 * element node. Otherwise, collapses selection at start of the editing
410 * host.
412 [can_run_script]
413 void beginningOfDocument();
416 * Sets the selection to the end of the last leaf child/descendant or the root
417 * element.
419 [can_run_script]
420 void endOfDocument();
422 /* ------------ Node manipulation methods -------------- */
425 * setAttribute() sets the attribute of aElement.
426 * No checking is done to see if aAttribute is a legal attribute of the node,
427 * or if aValue is a legal value of aAttribute.
429 * @param aElement the content element to operate on
430 * @param aAttribute the string representation of the attribute to set
431 * @param aValue the value to set aAttribute to
433 [can_run_script]
434 void setAttribute(in Element aElement, in AString attributestr,
435 in AString attvalue);
438 * removeAttribute() deletes aAttribute from the attribute list of aElement.
439 * If aAttribute is not an attribute of aElement, nothing is done.
441 * @param aElement the content element to operate on
442 * @param aAttribute the string representation of the attribute to get
444 [can_run_script]
445 void removeAttribute(in Element aElement,
446 in AString aAttribute);
449 * cloneAttributes() is similar to Node::cloneNode(),
450 * it assures the attribute nodes of the destination are identical
451 * with the source node by copying all existing attributes from the
452 * source and deleting those not in the source.
453 * This is used when the destination element already exists
455 * @param aDestNode the destination element to operate on
456 * @param aSourceNode the source element to copy attributes from
458 [can_run_script]
459 void cloneAttributes(in Element aDestElement, in Element aSourceElement);
462 * insertNode inserts aNode into aParent at aPosition and this operation is
463 * undoable.
464 * No checking is done to verify the legality of the insertion.
465 * That is the responsibility of the caller.
466 * TODO: Move this method to nsIHTMLEditor, TextEditor does not allow chrome
467 * script to customize its anonymous subtree.
469 * @param aNode The DOM Node to insert.
470 * @param aParent The node to insert the new object into
471 * @param aPosition The place in aParent to insert the new node
472 * 0=first child, 1=second child, etc.
473 * If larger than number of children of aParent,
474 * this will append aNode into aParent.
475 * @param aPreseveSelection The default value is false. If set to true,
476 * the insert node handler does not update
477 * Selection.
478 * FYI: If somebody handles `beforeinput` event or
479 * `input` event caused by this and it does
480 * something undoable, selection may be changed by
481 * that.
483 [optional_argc, can_run_script]
484 void insertNode(in Node node,
485 in Node parent,
486 in unsigned long aPosition,
487 [optional] in boolean aPreserveSelection);
491 * deleteNode removes aChild from aParent and this operation is undobable.
492 * TODO: Move this method to nsIHTMLEditor, TextEditor does not allow chrome
493 * script to customize its anonymous subtree.
495 * @param aChild The node to delete
496 * @param aPreseveSelection The default value is false. If set to true,
497 * the insert node handler does not update
498 * Selection.
499 * FYI: If somebody handles `beforeinput` event or
500 * `input` event caused by this and it does
501 * something undoable, selection may be changed by
502 * that.
504 [optional_argc, can_run_script]
505 void deleteNode(in Node child, [optional] in boolean aPreserveSelection);
507 /* ------------ Output methods -------------- */
510 * Output methods:
511 * aFormatType is a mime type, like text/plain.
513 AString outputToString(in AString formatType,
514 in unsigned long flags);
516 /* ------------ Various listeners methods --------------
517 * nsIEditor holds strong references to the editor observers, action listeners
518 * and document state listeners.
521 /** add an EditActionListener to the editors list of listeners. */
522 void addEditActionListener(in nsIEditActionListener listener);
524 /** Remove an EditActionListener from the editor's list of listeners. */
525 void removeEditActionListener(in nsIEditActionListener listener);
527 /** Add a DocumentStateListener to the editors list of doc state listeners. */
528 void addDocumentStateListener(in nsIDocumentStateListener listener);
530 /** Remove a DocumentStateListener to the editors list of doc state listeners. */
531 void removeDocumentStateListener(in nsIDocumentStateListener listener);
534 * forceCompositionEnd() force the composition end
536 void forceCompositionEnd();
539 * whether this editor has active IME transaction
541 readonly attribute boolean composing;
544 * unmask() is available only when the editor is a passwrod field. This
545 * unmasks characters in specified by aStart and aEnd. If there have
546 * already unmasked characters, they are masked when this is called.
547 * Note that if you calls this without non-zero `aTimeout`, you bear
548 * responsibility for masking password with calling `mask()`. I.e.,
549 * user inputting password won't be masked automacitally. If user types
550 * a new character and echo is enabled, unmasked range is expanded to
551 * including it.
553 * @param aStart Optional, first index to show the character. If you
554 * specify middle of a surrogate pair, this expands the
555 * range to include the prceding high surrogate
556 * automatically.
557 * If omitted, it means that all characters of the
558 * password becomes unmasked.
559 * @param aEnd Optional, next index of last unmasked character. If
560 * you specify middle of a surrogate pair, the expands
561 * the range to include the following low surrogate.
562 * If omitted or negative value, it means unmasking all
563 * characters after aStart. Specifying same index
564 * throws an exception.
565 * @param aTimeout Optional, specify milliseconds to hide the unmasked
566 * characters if you want to show them temporarily.
567 * If omitted or 0, it means this won't mask the characters
568 * automatically.
570 [can_run_script, optional_argc] void unmask(
571 [optional] in unsigned long aStart,
572 [optional] in long long aEnd,
573 [optional] in unsigned long aTimeout);
576 * mask() is available only when the editor is a password field. This masks
577 * all unmasked characters immediately.
579 [can_run_script] void mask();
582 * These attributes are available only when the editor is a password field.
583 * unmaskedStart is first unmasked character index, or 0 if there is no
584 * unmasked characters.
585 * unmaskedEnd is next index of the last unmasked character. 0 means there
586 * is no unmasked characters.
588 readonly attribute unsigned long unmaskedStart;
589 readonly attribute unsigned long unmaskedEnd;
592 * autoMaskingEnabled is true if unmasked range and newly inputted characters
593 * are masked automatically. That's the default state. If false, until
594 * `mask()` is called, unmasked range and newly inputted characters are
595 * unmasked.
597 readonly attribute boolean autoMaskingEnabled;
600 * passwordMask attribute is a mask character which is used to mask password.
602 readonly attribute AString passwordMask;
605 * The length of the contents in characters.
607 readonly attribute unsigned long textLength;
609 /** Get and set newline handling.
611 * Values are the constants defined above.
613 attribute long newlineHandling;
616 * Inserts a string at the current location,
617 * given by the selection.
618 * If the selection is not collapsed, the selection is deleted
619 * and the insertion takes place at the resulting collapsed selection.
621 * @param aString the string to be inserted
623 [can_run_script]
624 void insertText(in AString aStringToInsert);
627 * Insert a line break into the content model.
628 * The interpretation of a break is up to the implementation:
629 * it may enter a character, split a node in the tree, etc.
630 * This may be more efficient than calling InsertText with a newline.
632 [can_run_script]
633 void insertLineBreak();
635 %{C++
636 inline bool IsHTMLEditor() const;
637 inline bool IsTextEditor() const;
640 * AsEditorBase() returns a pointer to EditorBase class.
642 * In order to avoid circular dependency issues, this method is defined
643 * in mozilla/EditorBase.h. Consumers need to #include that header.
645 inline mozilla::EditorBase* AsEditorBase();
646 inline const mozilla::EditorBase* AsEditorBase() const;
649 * AsTextEditor() and GetTextEditor() return a pointer to TextEditor class.
650 * AsTextEditor() does not check the concrete class type. So, it never
651 * returns nullptr. GetAsTextEditor() does check the concrete class type.
652 * So, it may return nullptr.
654 * In order to avoid circular dependency issues, this method is defined
655 * in mozilla/TextEditor.h. Consumers need to #include that header.
657 inline mozilla::TextEditor* AsTextEditor();
658 inline const mozilla::TextEditor* AsTextEditor() const;
659 inline mozilla::TextEditor* GetAsTextEditor();
660 inline const mozilla::TextEditor* GetAsTextEditor() const;
663 * AsHTMLEditor() and GetHTMLEditor() return a pointer to HTMLEditor class.
664 * AsHTMLEditor() does not check the concrete class type. So, it never
665 * returns nullptr. GetAsHTMLEditor() does check the concrete class type.
666 * So, it may return nullptr.
668 * In order to avoid circular dependency issues, this method is defined
669 * in mozilla/HTMLEditor.h. Consumers need to #include that header.
671 inline mozilla::HTMLEditor* AsHTMLEditor();
672 inline const mozilla::HTMLEditor* AsHTMLEditor() const;
673 inline mozilla::HTMLEditor* GetAsHTMLEditor();
674 inline const mozilla::HTMLEditor* GetAsHTMLEditor() const;