ViewSelection

Selection anchor. Anchor may be described as a position where the selection starts. Together with focus they define the direction of selection, which is important when expanding/shrinking selection. Anchor is always the start or end of the most recent added range. It may be a bit unintuitive when there are multiple ranges in selection.

ViewEditableElement instance that contains this selection, or null if the selection is not inside an editable element.

Returns fake selection label.

Selection focus. Focus is a position where the selection ends.

Specifies whether the focus precedes anchor.

Returns whether the selection is collapsed. Selection is collapsed when there is exactly one range which is collapsed.

Returns true if selection instance is marked as fake.

Returns number of ranges in selection.

Fake selection's label.

Specifies whether selection instance is fake.

Specifies whether the last added range was added as a backward or forward range.

Stores all ranges that are selected.

Creates new selection instance.

Note: The selection constructor is available as a factory method:

• View#createSelection(),
• UpcastWriter#createSelection().

// Creates empty selection without ranges.
const selection = writer.createSelection();

// Creates selection at the given range.
const range = writer.createRange( start, end );
const selection = writer.createSelection( range );

// Creates selection at the given ranges
const ranges = [ writer.createRange( start1, end2 ), writer.createRange( star2, end2 ) ];
const selection = writer.createSelection( ranges );

// Creates selection from the other selection.
const otherSelection = writer.createSelection();
const selection = writer.createSelection( otherSelection );

// Creates selection from the document selection.
const selection = writer.createSelection( editor.editing.view.document.selection );

// Creates selection at the given position.
const position = writer.createPositionFromPath( root, path );
const selection = writer.createSelection( position );

// Creates collapsed selection at the position of given item and offset.
const paragraph = writer.createContainerElement( 'paragraph' );
const selection = writer.createSelection( paragraph, offset );

// Creates a range inside an element which starts before the
// first child of that element and ends after the last child of that element.
const selection = writer.createSelection( paragraph, 'in' );

// Creates a range on an item which starts before the item and ends
// just after the item.
const selection = writer.createSelection( paragraph, 'on' );

Selection's constructor allow passing additional options (backward, fake and label) as the last argument.

// Creates backward selection.
const selection = writer.createSelection( range, { backward: true } );

Fake selection does not render as browser native selection over selected elements and is hidden to the user. This way, no native selection UI artifacts are displayed to the user and selection over elements can be represented in other way, for example by applying proper CSS class.

Additionally fake's selection label can be provided. It will be used to describe fake selection in DOM (and be properly handled by screen readers).

// Creates fake selection with label.
const selection = writer.createSelection( range, { fake: true, label: 'foo' } );

Parameters

args : tuple

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 : Array<string>

Event names that will be delegated to another emitter.

Returns

EmitterMixinDelegateChain

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.

Type parameters

TEvent : extends BaseEvent

The type describing the event. See BaseEvent.

Parameters

eventOrInfo : GetNameOrEventInfo<TEvent>

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

args : TEvent[ 'args' ]

Additional arguments to be passed to the callbacks.

Returns

GetEventInfo<TEvent>[ 'return' ]

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).

Returns copy of the first position in the selection. First position is the position that is before any other position in the selection ranges. Returns null if no ranges are added to selection.

Returns

null | ViewPosition

Returns copy of the first range in the selection. First range is the one which start position is before start position of all other ranges (not to confuse with the first range added to the selection). Returns null if no ranges are added to selection.

Returns

null | ViewRange

Returns copy of the last position in the selection. Last position is the position that is after any other position in the selection ranges. Returns null if no ranges are added to selection.

Returns

null | ViewPosition

Returns copy of the last range in the selection. Last range is the one which end position is after end position of all other ranges (not to confuse with the last range added to the selection). Returns null if no ranges are added to selection.

Returns

null | ViewRange

Returns an iterable that contains copies of all ranges added to the selection.

Returns

IterableIterator<ViewRange>

Returns the selected element. Element is considered as selected if there is only one range in the selection, and that range contains exactly one element. Returns null if there is no selected element.

Returns

null | ViewElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewElement or its subclass.

element.is( 'element' ); // -> true
element.is( 'node' ); // -> true
element.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
element.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

element.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
element.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false

Assuming that the object being checked is an element, you can also check its name:

element.is( 'element', 'img' ); // -> true if this is an <img> element
text.is( 'element', 'img' ); -> false

Parameters

type : 'element' | 'view:element'

Returns

this is ViewElement | ViewAttributeElement | ViewContainerElement | ViewEditableElement | ViewEmptyElement | ViewRawElement | ViewRootEditableElement | ViewUIElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewContainerElement or its subclass.

containerElement.is( 'containerElement' ); // -> true
containerElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
containerElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
containerElement.is( 'view:containerElement' ); // -> true
containerElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
containerElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

containerElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
containerElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false

Assuming that the object being checked is a container element, you can also check its name:

containerElement.is( 'element', 'div' ); // -> true if this is a div container element
containerElement.is( 'contaienrElement', 'div' ); // -> same as above
text.is( 'element', 'div' ); -> false

Parameters

type : 'containerElement' | 'view:containerElement'

Returns

this is ViewContainerElement | ViewEditableElement | ViewRootEditableElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewEditableElement or its subclass.

editableElement.is( 'editableElement' ); // -> true
editableElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
editableElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
editableElement.is( 'view:editableElement' ); // -> true
editableElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
editableElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

editableElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
editableElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false

Assuming that the object being checked is an editbale element, you can also check its name:

editableElement.is( 'element', 'div' ); // -> true if this is a div element
editableElement.is( 'editableElement', 'div' ); // -> same as above
text.is( 'element', 'div' ); -> false

Parameters

type : 'editableElement' | 'view:editableElement'

Returns

this is ViewEditableElement | ViewRootEditableElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewAttributeElement.

attributeElement.is( 'attributeElement' ); // -> true
attributeElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
attributeElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
attributeElement.is( 'view:attributeElement' ); // -> true
attributeElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
attributeElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

attributeElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
attributeElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false

Assuming that the object being checked is an attribute element, you can also check its name:

attributeElement.is( 'element', 'b' ); // -> true if this is a bold element
attributeElement.is( 'attributeElement', 'b' ); // -> same as above
text.is( 'element', 'b' ); -> false

Parameters

type : 'attributeElement' | 'view:attributeElement'

Returns

this is ViewAttributeElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewRootEditableElement.

rootEditableElement.is( 'rootElement' ); // -> true
rootEditableElement.is( 'editableElement' ); // -> true
rootEditableElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
rootEditableElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
rootEditableElement.is( 'view:editableElement' ); // -> true
rootEditableElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
rootEditableElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

rootEditableElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
rootEditableElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false

Assuming that the object being checked is a root editable element, you can also check its name:

rootEditableElement.is( 'element', 'div' ); // -> true if this is a div root editable element
rootEditableElement.is( 'rootElement', 'div' ); // -> same as above
text.is( 'element', 'div' ); -> false

Parameters

type : 'rootElement' | 'view:rootElement'

Returns

this is ViewRootEditableElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewTextProxy.

textProxy.is( '$textProxy' ); // -> true
textProxy.is( 'view:$textProxy' ); // -> true

textProxy.is( 'model:$textProxy' ); // -> false
textProxy.is( 'element' ); // -> false
textProxy.is( 'range' ); // -> false

Note: Until version 20.0.0 this method wasn't accepting '$textProxy' type. The legacy 'textProxy' type is still accepted for backward compatibility.

Parameters

type : '$textProxy' | 'view:$textProxy'

Returns

this is ViewTextProxy

Checks whether this object is of type ViewPosition.

position.is( 'position' ); // -> true
position.is( 'view:position' ); // -> true

position.is( 'model:position' ); // -> false
position.is( 'element' ); // -> false
position.is( 'range' ); // -> false

Parameters

type : 'position' | 'view:position'

Returns

this is ViewPosition

hecks whether this object is of type ViewDocumentFragment.

docFrag.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> true
docFrag.is( 'view:documentFragment' ); // -> true

docFrag.is( 'model:documentFragment' ); // -> false
docFrag.is( 'element' ); // -> false
docFrag.is( 'node' ); // -> false

Parameters

type : 'documentFragment' | 'view:documentFragment'

Returns

this is ViewDocumentFragment

Checks whether this object is of type ViewText.

text.is( '$text' ); // -> true
text.is( 'node' ); // -> true
text.is( 'view:$text' ); // -> true
text.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

text.is( 'model:$text' ); // -> false
text.is( 'element' ); // -> false
text.is( 'range' ); // -> false

Parameters

type : '$text' | 'view:$text'

Returns

this is ViewText

Checks whether this object is of type ViewUIElement.

uiElement.is( 'uiElement' ); // -> true
uiElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
uiElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
uiElement.is( 'view:uiElement' ); // -> true
uiElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
uiElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

uiElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
uiElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false

Assuming that the object being checked is an ui element, you can also check its name:

uiElement.is( 'element', 'span' ); // -> true if this is a span ui element
uiElement.is( 'uiElement', 'span' ); // -> same as above
text.is( 'element', 'span' ); -> false

Parameters

type : 'uiElement' | 'view:uiElement'

Returns

this is ViewUIElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewRawElement.

rawElement.is( 'rawElement' ); // -> true
rawElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
rawElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
rawElement.is( 'view:rawElement' ); // -> true
rawElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
rawElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

rawElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
rawElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false

Assuming that the object being checked is a raw element, you can also check its name:

rawElement.is( 'img' ); // -> true if this is an img element
rawElement.is( 'rawElement', 'img' ); // -> same as above
text.is( 'img' ); -> false

Parameters

type : 'rawElement' | 'view:rawElement'

Returns

this is ViewRawElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewEmptyElement.

emptyElement.is( 'emptyElement' ); // -> true
emptyElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
emptyElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
emptyElement.is( 'view:emptyElement' ); // -> true
emptyElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
emptyElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true

emptyElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
emptyElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false

Assuming that the object being checked is an empty element, you can also check its name:

emptyElement.is( 'element', 'img' ); // -> true if this is a img element
emptyElement.is( 'emptyElement', 'img' ); // -> same as above
text.is( 'element', 'img' ); -> false

Parameters

type : 'emptyElement' | 'view:emptyElement'

Returns

this is ViewEmptyElement

Checks whether this object is of type ViewRange.

range.is( 'range' ); // -> true
range.is( 'view:range' ); // -> true

range.is( 'model:range' ); // -> false
range.is( 'element' ); // -> false
range.is( 'selection' ); // -> false

Parameters

type : 'range' | 'view:range'

Returns

this is ViewRange

Checks whether this object is of type ViewDocumentSelection.

`docSelection.is( 'selection' ); // -> true
docSelection.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> true
docSelection.is( 'view:selection' ); // -> true
docSelection.is( 'view:documentSelection' ); // -> true

docSelection.is( 'model:documentSelection' ); // -> false
docSelection.is( 'element' ); // -> false
docSelection.is( 'node' ); // -> false

Parameters

type : 'documentSelection' | 'view:documentSelection'

Returns

this is ViewDocumentSelection

Checks whether the object is of type ViewAttributeElement and has the specified name.

Type parameters

N : extends string

Parameters

type : 'attributeElement' | 'view:attributeElement'

name : N

Returns

boolean

Checks whether the object is of type ViewEditableElement or its subclass and has the specified name.

Type parameters

N : extends string

Parameters

type : 'editableElement' | 'view:editableElement'

name : N

Returns

boolean

Checks whether the object is of type ViewRawElement and has the specified name.

Type parameters

N : extends string

Parameters

type : 'rawElement' | 'view:rawElement'

name : N

Returns

boolean

Checks whether the object is of type ViewUIElement and has the specified name.

Type parameters

N : extends string

Parameters

type : 'uiElement' | 'view:uiElement'

name : N

Returns

boolean

Checks whether the object is of type ViewRootEditableElement and has the specified name.

Type parameters

N : extends string

Parameters

type : 'rootElement' | 'view:rootElement'

name : N

Returns

boolean

Checks whether the object is of type ViewEmptyElement has the specified name.

Type parameters

N : extends string

Parameters

type : 'emptyElement' | 'view:emptyElement'

name : N

Returns

boolean

Checks whether the object is of type ViewContainerElement or its subclass and has the specified name.

Type parameters

N : extends string

Parameters

type : 'containerElement' | 'view:containerElement'

name : N

Returns

boolean

Checks whether the object is of type ViewElement or its subclass and has the specified name.

Type parameters

N : extends string

Parameters

type : 'element' | 'view:element'

name : N

Returns

boolean

Checks whether this object is of type ViewSelection or ViewDocumentSelection.

selection.is( 'selection' ); // -> true
selection.is( 'view:selection' ); // -> true

selection.is( 'model:selection' ); // -> false
selection.is( 'element' ); // -> false
selection.is( 'range' ); // -> false

Parameters

type : 'selection' | 'view:selection'

Returns

this is ViewSelection | ViewDocumentSelection

Checks whether this object is of type ViewNode or its subclass.

This method is useful when processing view objects that are of unknown type. For example, a function may return a ViewDocumentFragment or a ViewNode that can be either a text node or an element. This method can be used to check what kind of object is returned.

someObject.is( 'element' ); // -> true if this is an element
someObject.is( 'node' ); // -> true if this is a node (a text node or an element)
someObject.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> true if this is a document fragment

Since this method is also available on a range of model objects, you can prefix the type of the object with model: or view: to check, for example, if this is the model's or view's element:

viewElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
viewElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false

By using this method it is also possible to check a name of an element:

imgElement.is( 'element', 'img' ); // -> true
imgElement.is( 'view:element', 'img' ); // -> same as above, but more precise

Parameters

type : 'node' | 'view:node'

Returns

this is ViewText | ViewNode | ViewElement | ViewAttributeElement | ViewContainerElement | ViewEditableElement | ViewEmptyElement | ViewRawElement | ViewRootEditableElement | ViewUIElement

Checks whether, this selection is equal to given selection. Selections are equal if they have same directions, same number of ranges and all ranges from one selection equal to a range from other selection.

Parameters

otherSelection : ViewSelection | ViewDocumentSelection

Selection to compare with.

Returns

boolean

true if selections are equal, false otherwise.

Checks whether this selection is similar to given selection. Selections are similar if they have same directions, same number of ranges, and all trimmed ranges from one selection are equal to any trimmed range from other selection.

Parameters

otherSelection : ViewSelection | ViewDocumentSelection

Selection to compare with.

Returns

boolean

true if selections are similar, false otherwise.

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.

Type parameters

TEvent : extends BaseEvent

The type describing the event. See BaseEvent.

Parameters

emitter : Emitter

The object that fires the event.

event : TEvent[ 'name' ]

The name of the event.

callback : GetCallback<TEvent>

The function to be called on event.

[ options ] : GetCallbackOptions<TEvent>

Additional options.

Returns

void

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.

Returns

void

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).

Type parameters

TEvent : extends BaseEvent

The type descibing the event. See BaseEvent.

Parameters

event : TEvent[ 'name' ]

The name of the event.

callback : GetCallback<TEvent>

The function to be called on event.

[ options ] : GetCallbackOptions<TEvent>

Additional options.

Returns

void

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.

Type parameters

TEvent : extends BaseEvent

The type descibing the event. See BaseEvent.

Parameters

event : TEvent[ 'name' ]

The name of the event.

callback : GetCallback<TEvent>

The function to be called on event.

[ options ] : GetCallbackOptions<TEvent>

Additional options.

Returns

void

Moves focus to the specified location.

The location can be specified in the same form as view.createPositionAt() parameters.

Parameters

itemOrPosition : ViewPosition | ViewItem

[ offset ] : ViewPositionOffset

Offset or one of the flags. Used only when first parameter is a view item.

Returns

void

Fires

• change

Sets this selection's ranges and direction to the specified location based on the given selectable.

// Sets selection to the given range.
const range = writer.createRange( start, end );
selection.setTo( range );

// Sets selection to given ranges.
const ranges = [ writer.createRange( start1, end2 ), writer.createRange( star2, end2 ) ];
selection.setTo( range );

// Sets selection to the other selection.
const otherSelection = writer.createSelection();
selection.setTo( otherSelection );

// Sets selection to contents of ViewDocumentSelection.
selection.setTo( editor.editing.view.document.selection );

// Sets collapsed selection at the given position.
const position = writer.createPositionAt( root, path );
selection.setTo( position );

// Sets collapsed selection at the position of given item and offset.
selection.setTo( paragraph, offset );

Creates a range inside an element which starts before the first child of that element and ends after the last child of that element.

selection.setTo( paragraph, 'in' );

Creates a range on an item which starts before the item and ends just after the item.

selection.setTo( paragraph, 'on' );

// Clears selection. Removes all ranges.
selection.setTo( null );

Selection#setTo() method allow passing additional options (backward, fake and label) as the last argument.

// Sets selection as backward.
selection.setTo( range, { backward: true } );

Fake selection does not render as browser native selection over selected elements and is hidden to the user. This way, no native selection UI artifacts are displayed to the user and selection over elements can be represented in other way, for example by applying proper CSS class.

Additionally fake's selection label can be provided. It will be used to describe fake selection in DOM (and be properly handled by screen readers).

// Creates fake selection with label.
selection.setTo( range, { fake: true, label: 'foo' } );

Parameters

args : tuple

Returns

void

Fires

• change

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.

Returns

void

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.

Returns

void

Converts ViewSelection instance to plain object and returns it.

Returns

unknown

ViewSelection instance converted to plain object.

Adds a range to the selection. Added range is copied. This means that passed range is not saved in the selection instance and you can safely operate on it.

Accepts a flag describing in which way the selection is made - passed range might be selected from start to end or from end to start. The flag is used to set anchor and focus properties.

Throws CKEditorError view-selection-range-intersects if added range intersects with ranges already stored in Selection instance.

Parameters

range : ViewRange

isBackward : boolean

Defaults to false

Returns

void

Adds range to selection - creates copy of given range so it can be safely used and modified.

Throws CKEditorError view-selection-range-intersects if added range intersects with ranges already stored in selection instance.

Parameters

range : ViewRange

Returns

void

Sets this selection instance to be marked as fake. A fake selection does not render as browser native selection over selected elements and is hidden to the user. This way, no native selection UI artifacts are displayed to the user and selection over elements can be represented in other way, for example by applying proper CSS class.

Additionally fake's selection label can be provided. It will be used to describe fake selection in DOM (and be properly handled by screen readers).

Parameters

options : ViewSelectionOptions

Defaults to {}

Returns

void

Replaces all ranges that were added to the selection with given array of ranges. Last range of the array is treated like the last added range and is used to set anchor and focus. Accepts a flag describing in which way the selection is made.

Parameters

newRanges : Iterable<ViewRange>

Iterable object of ranges to set.

isLastBackward : boolean

Flag describing if last added range was selected forward - from start to end (false) or backward - from end to start (true). Defaults to false.

Defaults to false

Returns

void

Fired whenever selection ranges are changed through Selection API.

Parameters

eventInfo : EventInfo

An object containing information about the fired event.