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Document (engine/view)

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Document class creates an abstract layer over the content editable area, contains a tree of view elements and view selection associated with this document.

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Methods

  • constructor()

    Creates a Document instance.

  • bind( bindProperties ) → Object

    Binds obvervable properties to other objects implementing the Observable interface.

    Read more in the dedicated guide covering the topic of property bindings with some additional examples.

    Let's consider two objects: a button and an associated command (both Observable).

    A simple property binding could be as follows:

    button.bind( 'isEnabled' ).to( command, 'isEnabled' );

    or even shorter:

    button.bind( 'isEnabled' ).to( command );

    which works in the following way:

    • button.isEnabled instantly equals command.isEnabled,
    • whenever command.isEnabled changes, button.isEnabled will immediately reflect its value.

    Note: To release the binding use unbind.

    You can also "rename" the property in the binding by specifying the new name in the to() chain:

    button.bind( 'isEnabled' ).to( command, 'isWorking' );

    It is possible to bind more than one property at a time to shorten the code:

    button.bind( 'isEnabled', 'value' ).to( command );

    which corresponds to:

    button.bind( 'isEnabled' ).to( command );
    button.bind( 'value' ).to( command );

    The binding can include more than one observable, combining multiple data sources in a custom callback:

    button.bind( 'isEnabled' ).to( command, 'isEnabled', ui, 'isVisible',
        ( isCommandEnabled, isUIVisible ) => isCommandEnabled && isUIVisible );

    It is also possible to bind to the same property in an array of observables. To bind a button to multiple commands (also Observables) so that each and every one of them must be enabled for the button to become enabled, use the following code:

    button.bind( 'isEnabled' ).toMany( [ commandA, commandB, commandC ], 'isEnabled',
        ( isAEnabled, isBEnabled, isCEnabled ) => isAEnabled && isBEnabled && isCEnabled );

    Parameters

    bindProperties : String

    Observable properties that will be bound to another observable(s).

    Returns

    Object

    The bind chain with the to() and toMany() methods.

  • decorate( methodName )

    Turns the given methods of this object into event-based ones. This means that the new method will fire an event (named after the method) and the original action will be plugged as a listener to that event.

    Read more in the dedicated guide covering the topic of decorating methods with some additional examples.

    Decorating the method does not change its behavior (it only adds an event), but it allows to modify it later on by listening to the method's event.

    For example, to cancel the method execution the event can be stopped:

    class Foo {
        constructor() {
            this.decorate( 'method' );
        }
    
        method() {
            console.log( 'called!' );
        }
    }
    
    const foo = new Foo();
    foo.on( 'method', ( evt ) => {
        evt.stop();
    }, { priority: 'high' } );
    
    foo.method(); // Nothing is logged.

    Note: The high priority listener has been used to execute this particular callback before the one which calls the original method (which uses the "normal" priority).

    It is also possible to change the returned value:

    foo.on( 'method', ( evt ) => {
        evt.return = 'Foo!';
    } );
    
    foo.method(); // -> 'Foo'

    Finally, it is possible to access and modify the arguments the method is called with:

    method( a, b ) {
        console.log( `${ a }, ${ b }`  );
    }
    
    // ...
    
    foo.on( 'method', ( evt, args ) => {
        args[ 0 ] = 3;
    
        console.log( args[ 1 ] ); // -> 2
    }, { priority: 'high' } );
    
    foo.method( 1, 2 ); // -> '3, 2'

    Parameters

    methodName : String

    Name of the method to decorate.

  • delegate( events ) → EmitterMixinDelegateChain

    Delegates selected events to another Emitter. For instance:

    emitterA.delegate( 'eventX' ).to( emitterB );
    emitterA.delegate( 'eventX', 'eventY' ).to( emitterC );

    then eventX is delegated (fired by) emitterB and emitterC along with data:

    emitterA.fire( 'eventX', data );

    and eventY is delegated (fired by) emitterC along with data:

    emitterA.fire( 'eventY', data );

    Parameters

    events : String

    Event names that will be delegated to another emitter.

    Returns

    EmitterMixinDelegateChain
  • fire( eventOrInfo, [ args ] ) → *

    Fires an event, executing all callbacks registered for it.

    The first parameter passed to callbacks is an EventInfo object, followed by the optional args provided in the fire() method call.

    Parameters

    eventOrInfo : String | EventInfo

    The name of the event or EventInfo object if event is delegated.

    [ args ] : *

    Additional arguments to be passed to the callbacks.

    Returns

    *

    By default the method returns undefined. However, the return value can be changed by listeners through modification of the evt.return's property (the event info is the first param of every callback).

  • getRoot( [ name ] ) → RootEditableElement | null

    Gets a view root element with the specified name. If the name is not specific "main" root is returned.

    Parameters

    [ name ] : String

    Name of the root.

    Defaults to 'main'

    Returns

    RootEditableElement | null

    The view root element with the specified name or null when there is no root of given name.

  • listenTo( emitter, event, callback, [ options ] = { [options.priority] } )

    Registers a callback function to be executed when an event is fired in a specific (emitter) object.

    Events can be grouped in namespaces using :. When namespaced event is fired, it additionally fires all callbacks for that namespace.

    // myEmitter.on( ... ) is a shorthand for myEmitter.listenTo( myEmitter, ... ).
    myEmitter.on( 'myGroup', genericCallback );
    myEmitter.on( 'myGroup:myEvent', specificCallback );
    
    // genericCallback is fired.
    myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup' );
    // both genericCallback and specificCallback are fired.
    myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup:myEvent' );
    // genericCallback is fired even though there are no callbacks for "foo".
    myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup:foo' );

    An event callback can stop the event and set the return value of the fire method.

    Parameters

    emitter : Emitter

    The object that fires the event.

    event : String

    The name of the event.

    callback : function

    The function to be called on event.

    [ options ] : Object

    Additional options.

    Properties
    [ options.priority ] : PriorityString | Number

    The priority of this event callback. The higher the priority value the sooner the callback will be fired. Events having the same priority are called in the order they were added.

    Defaults to 'normal'

    Defaults to {}

  • off( event, callback )

    Stops executing the callback on the given event. Shorthand for this.stopListening( this, event, callback ).

    Parameters

    event : String

    The name of the event.

    callback : function

    The function to stop being called.

  • on( event, callback, [ options ] = { [options.priority] } )

    Registers a callback function to be executed when an event is fired.

    Shorthand for this.listenTo( this, event, callback, options ) (it makes the emitter listen on itself).

    Parameters

    event : String

    The name of the event.

    callback : function

    The function to be called on event.

    [ options ] : Object

    Additional options.

    Properties
    [ options.priority ] : PriorityString | Number

    The priority of this event callback. The higher the priority value the sooner the callback will be fired. Events having the same priority are called in the order they were added.

    Defaults to 'normal'

    Defaults to {}

  • once( event, callback, [ options ] = { [options.priority] } )

    Registers a callback function to be executed on the next time the event is fired only. This is similar to calling on followed by off in the callback.

    Parameters

    event : String

    The name of the event.

    callback : function

    The function to be called on event.

    [ options ] : Object

    Additional options.

    Properties
    [ options.priority ] : PriorityString | Number

    The priority of this event callback. The higher the priority value the sooner the callback will be fired. Events having the same priority are called in the order they were added.

    Defaults to 'normal'

    Defaults to {}

  • registerPostFixer( postFixer )

    Used to register a post-fixer callback. A post-fixers mechanism allows to update view tree just before rendering to the DOM.

    Post-fixers are fired just after all changes from the outermost change block were applied but before the render event is fired. If a post-fixer callback made a change, it should return true. When this happens, all post-fixers are fired again to check if something else should not be fixed in the new document tree state.

    View post-fixers are useful when you wants to update view structure whenever it changes, for instance add some classes to elements based on the view structure or selection. However, is you need DOM elements to be already updated, use render event.

    As a parameter, a post-fixer callback receives a downcast writer instance connected with the executed changes block.

    Parameters

    postFixer : function
  • set( name, [ value ] )

    Creates and sets the value of an observable property of this object. Such an property becomes a part of the state and is be observable.

    It accepts also a single object literal containing key/value pairs with properties to be set.

    This method throws the observable-set-cannot-override error if the observable instance already have a property with the given property name. This prevents from mistakenly overriding existing properties and methods, but means that foo.set( 'bar', 1 ) may be slightly slower than foo.bar = 1.

    Parameters

    name : String | Object

    The property's name or object with name=>value pairs.

    [ value ] : *

    The property's value (if name was passed in the first parameter).

  • stopDelegating( [ event ], [ emitter ] )

    Stops delegating events. It can be used at different levels:

    • To stop delegating all events.
    • To stop delegating a specific event to all emitters.
    • To stop delegating a specific event to a specific emitter.

    Parameters

    [ event ] : String

    The name of the event to stop delegating. If omitted, stops it all delegations.

    [ emitter ] : Emitter

    (requires event) The object to stop delegating a particular event to. If omitted, stops delegation of event to all emitters.

  • stopListening( [ emitter ], [ event ], [ callback ] )

    Stops listening for events. It can be used at different levels:

    • To stop listening to a specific callback.
    • To stop listening to a specific event.
    • To stop listening to all events fired by a specific object.
    • To stop listening to all events fired by all objects.

    Parameters

    [ emitter ] : Emitter

    The object to stop listening to. If omitted, stops it for all objects.

    [ event ] : String

    (Requires the emitter) The name of the event to stop listening to. If omitted, stops it for all events from emitter.

    [ callback ] : function

    (Requires the event) The function to be removed from the call list for the given event.

  • unbind( [ unbindProperties ] )

    Removes the binding created with bind.

    // Removes the binding for the 'a' property.
    A.unbind( 'a' );
    
    // Removes bindings for all properties.
    A.unbind();

    Parameters

    [ unbindProperties ] : String

    Observable properties to be unbound. All the bindings will be released if no properties provided.

  • _callPostFixers( writer )

    protected

    Performs post-fixer loops. Executes post-fixer callbacks as long as none of them has done any changes to the model.

    Parameters

    writer : DowncastWriter

Events

  • change:isComposing( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )

    Fired when the isComposing property changed value.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    name : String

    Name of the changed property (isComposing).

    value : Boolean

    New value of the isComposing property with given key or null, if operation should remove property.

    oldValue : Boolean

    Old value of the isComposing property with given key or null, if property was not set before.

  • change:isFocused( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )

    Fired when the isFocused property changed value.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    name : String

    Name of the changed property (isFocused).

    value : Boolean

    New value of the isFocused property with given key or null, if operation should remove property.

    oldValue : Boolean

    Old value of the isFocused property with given key or null, if property was not set before.

  • change:isReadOnly( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )

    Fired when the isReadOnly property changed value.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    name : String

    Name of the changed property (isReadOnly).

    value : Boolean

    New value of the isReadOnly property with given key or null, if operation should remove property.

    oldValue : Boolean

    Old value of the isReadOnly property with given key or null, if property was not set before.

  • change:{property}( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )

    Fired when a property changed value.

    observable.set( 'prop', 1 );
    
    observable.on( 'change:prop', ( evt, propertyName, newValue, oldValue ) => {
        console.log( `${ propertyName } has changed from ${ oldValue } to ${ newValue }` );
    } );
    
    observable.prop = 2; // -> 'prop has changed from 1 to 2'

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    name : String

    The property name.

    value : *

    The new property value.

    oldValue : *

    The previous property value.

  • blur( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when one of the editables loses focus.

    Introduced by FocusObserver.

    Note that because FocusObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • click( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when one of the editables has been clicked.

    Introduced by ClickObserver.

    Note that this event is not available by default. To make it available ClickObserver needs to be added to View by a addObserver method.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • clipboardInput( eventInfo, data = { data.dataTransfer, data.targetRanges } )

    Fired as a continuation of event-paste and event-drop events.

    It is a part of the "clipboard input pipeline".

    Fired with a dataTransfer which comes from the clipboard and which content should be processed and inserted into the editor.

    Note that this event is not available by default. To make it available ClipboardObserver needs to be added to Document by the addObserver method. It's done by the Clipboard feature. If it's not loaded, it must be done manually.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : Object

    Event data.

    Properties
    data.dataTransfer : DataTransfer

    Data transfer instance.

    data.targetRanges : Array.<Range>

    Ranges which are the target of the operation (usually – into which the content should be inserted). If clipboard input was triggered by a paste operation, then these are the selection ranges. If by a drop operation, then it's the drop position (which can be different than the selection at the moment of drop).

    Related:

  • clipboardOutput( eventInfo, data )

    Fired on event-copy and event-cut with a copy of selected content. The content can be processed before it ends up in the clipboard.

    It is a part of the "clipboard output pipeline".

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : ClipboardOutputEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • compositionend( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when composition ends inside one of the editables.

    Introduced by CompositionObserver.

    Note that because CompositionObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • compositionstart( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when composition starts inside one of the editables.

    Introduced by CompositionObserver.

    Note that because CompositionObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • compositionupdate( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when composition is updated inside one of the editables.

    Introduced by CompositionObserver.

    Note that because CompositionObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • copy( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when user copied content from one of the editables.

    Introduced by ClipboardObserver.

    Note that this event is not available by default. To make it available ClipboardObserver needs to be added to Document by the addObserver method. It's done by the Clipboard feature. If it's not loaded, it must be done manually.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : ClipboardEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • cut( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when user cut content from one of the editables.

    Introduced by ClipboardObserver.

    Note that this event is not available by default. To make it available ClipboardObserver needs to be added to Document by the addObserver method. It's done by the Clipboard feature. If it's not loaded, it must be done manually.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : ClipboardEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • delete( eventInfo, data, data.direction, data.unit, data.sequence )

    Event fired when the user tries to delete content (e.g. presses Delete or Backspace).

    Note: This event is fired by the observer (usually registered by the delete feature).

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData
    data.direction : 'forward' | 'delete'

    The direction in which the deletion should happen.

    data.unit : 'character' | 'word'

    The "amount" of content that should be deleted.

    data.sequence : Number

    A number describing which subsequent delete event it is without the key being released. If it's 2 or more it means that the key was pressed and hold.

  • dragover( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when user drags content over one of the editables.

    Introduced by ClipboardObserver.

    Note that this event is not available by default. To make it available ClipboardObserver needs to be added to Document by the addObserver method. It's done by the Clipboard feature. If it's not loaded, it must be done manually.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : ClipboardEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • drop( eventInfo, data, dropRange )

    Fired when user dropped content into one of the editables.

    Introduced by ClipboardObserver.

    Note that this event is not available by default. To make it available ClipboardObserver needs to be added to Document by the addObserver method. It's done by the Clipboard feature. If it's not loaded, it must be done manually.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : ClipboardEventData

    Event data.

    dropRange : Range

    The position into which the content is dropped.

    Related:

  • enter( eventInfo, data, data.isSoft )

    Event fired when the user presses the Enter key.

    Note: This event is fired by the observer (usually registered by the Enter feature and ShiftEnter feature).

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData
    data.isSoft : Boolean

    Whether it's a soft enter (Shift+Enter) or hard enter (Enter).

  • focus( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when one of the editables gets focus.

    Introduced by FocusObserver.

    Note that because FocusObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • imageLoaded( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when an DOM element has been loaded in the DOM root.

    Introduced by ImageLoadObserver.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • keydown( eventInfo, keyEventData )

    Fired when a key has been pressed.

    Introduced by KeyObserver.

    Note that because KeyObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    keyEventData : KeyEventData

    Related:

  • keyup( eventInfo, keyEventData )

    Fired when a key has been released.

    Introduced by KeyObserver.

    Note that because KeyObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    keyEventData : KeyEventData

    Related:

  • mousedown( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when mouse button is pressed down on one of the editables.

    Introduced by MouseObserver.

    Note that this event is not available by default. To make it available MouseObserver needs to be added to View by a addObserver method.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : DomEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • mutations( eventInfo, viewMutations, viewSelection )

    Fired when mutation occurred. If tree view is not changed on this event, DOM will be reverted to the state before mutation, so all changes which should be applied, should be handled on this event.

    Introduced by MutationObserver.

    Note that because MutationObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    viewMutations : Array.<(MutatedText | MutatedChildren)>

    Array of mutations. For mutated texts it will be MutatedText and for mutated elements it will be MutatedChildren. You can recognize the type based on the type property.

    viewSelection : Selection | null

    View selection that is a result of converting DOM selection to view. Keep in mind that the DOM selection is already "updated", meaning that it already acknowledges changes done in mutation.

    Related:

  • paste( eventInfo, data )

    Fired when user pasted content into one of the editables.

    Introduced by ClipboardObserver.

    Note that this event is not available by default. To make it available ClipboardObserver needs to be added to Document by the addObserver method. It's done by the Clipboard feature. If it's not loaded, it must be done manually.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : ClipboardEventData

    Event data.

    Related:

  • selectionChange( eventInfo, data = { data.oldSelection, data.newSelection, data.domSelection } )

    Fired when selection has changed. This event is fired only when the selection change was the only change that happened in the document, and old selection is different then the new selection.

    Introduced by SelectionObserver.

    Note that because SelectionObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : Object
    Properties
    data.oldSelection : DocumentSelection

    Old View selection which is selection.

    data.newSelection : Selection

    New View selection which is converted DOM selection.

    data.domSelection : Selection

    Native DOM selection.

    Related:

  • selectionChangeDone( eventInfo, data = { data.oldSelection, data.newSelection, data.domSelection } )

    Fired when selection stops changing.

    Introduced by SelectionObserver.

    Note that because SelectionObserver is attached by the View this event is available by default.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    data : Object
    Properties
    data.oldSelection : DocumentSelection

    Old View selection which is selection.

    data.newSelection : Selection

    New View selection which is converted DOM selection.

    data.domSelection : Selection

    Native DOM selection.

    Related:

  • layoutChanged( eventInfo )

    Event fired whenever document content layout changes. It is fired whenever content is rendered, but should be also fired by observers in case of other actions which may change layout, for instance when image loads.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

  • set:{property}( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )

    Fired when a property value is going to be set but is not set yet (before the change event is fired).

    You can control the final value of the property by using the event's return property.

    observable.set( 'prop', 1 );
    
    observable.on( 'set:prop', ( evt, propertyName, newValue, oldValue ) => {
        console.log( `Value is going to be changed from ${ oldValue } to ${ newValue }` );
        console.log( `Current property value is ${ observable[ propertyName ] }` );
    
        // Let's override the value.
        evt.return = 3;
    } );
    
    observable.on( 'change:prop', ( evt, propertyName, newValue, oldValue ) => {
        console.log( `Value has changed from ${ oldValue } to ${ newValue }` );
    } );
    
    observable.prop = 2; // -> 'Value is going to be changed from 1 to 2'
                         // -> 'Current property value is 1'
                         // -> 'Value has changed from 1 to 3'

    Note: Event is fired even when the new value is the same as the old value.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    name : String

    The property name.

    value : *

    The new property value.

    oldValue : *

    The previous property value.