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TooltipView (ui/tooltip)

@ckeditor/ckeditor5-ui/src/tooltip/tooltipview

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See source

The tooltip view class.

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Properties

  • element : HTMLElement

    inherited

    An HTML element of the view. null until rendered from the template.

    See source
    class SampleView extends View {
	constructor() {
		super();

		// A template instance the #element will be created from.
		this.setTemplate( {
			tag: 'p'

			// ...
		} );
	}
}

const view = new SampleView();

// Renders the #template.
view.render();

// Append the HTML element of the view to <body>.
document.body.appendChild( view.element );

    Note: The element of the view can also be assigned directly:

    view.element = document.querySelector( '#my-container' );

  • isRendered : Boolean

    readonly inherited

    Set true when the view has already been rendered.

    See source

  • locale : Locale

    readonly inherited

    A set of tools to localize the user interface.

    See source

    Also see locale.

  • position : 's' | 'n' | 'e' | 'w' | 'sw' | 'se'

    observable

    The position of the tooltip (south, south-west, south-east, or north).

    See source
    	+-----------+
	|   north   |
	+-----------+
	      V
	  [element]

	  [element]
	      ^
	+-----------+
	|   south   |
	+-----------+

           +----------+

    [element] < | east | +----------+

    +----------+ | west | > [element] +----------+

    	         [element]
	             ^
	+--------------+
	|  south west  |
	+--------------+

  [element]
	  ^
	+--------------+
	|  south east  |
	+--------------+

    Defaults to 's'

  • template : Template

    inherited

    Template of this view. It provides the element representing the view in DOM, which is rendered.

    See source

  • text : String

    observable

    The text of the tooltip visible to the user.

    See source

  • _unboundChildren : ViewCollection

    protected inherited

    A collection of view instances, which have been added directly into the children.

    See source

  • _viewCollections : Set.<ViewCollection>

    protected inherited

    Collections registered with createCollection.

    See source

  • _bindTemplate : Object

    private inherited

    Cached bind chain object created by the template. See bindTemplate.

    See source

Methods

  • constructor( [ locale ] )

    inherited

    Creates an instance of the View class.

    See source

    Also see render.

    Parameters

    [ locale ] : Locale

    The localization services instance.

  • bind( bindProperties ) → Object

    mixed

    Binds observable properties to other objects implementing the Observable interface.

    See source

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

    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 );

    Using a custom callback allows processing the value before passing it to the target property:

    button.bind( 'isEnabled' ).to( command, 'value', value => value === 'heading1' );

    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 other observable(s).

    Returns

    Object

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

  • bindTemplate()

    inherited

    Shorthand for bind, a binding interface pre–configured for the view instance.

    See source

    It provides to() and if() methods that initialize bindings with observable attributes and attach DOM listeners.

    class SampleView extends View {
	constructor( locale ) {
		super( locale );

		const bind = this.bindTemplate;

		// These observable attributes will control
		// the state of the view in DOM.
		this.set( {
			elementClass: 'foo',
		 	isEnabled: true
		 } );

		this.setTemplate( {
			tag: 'p',

			attributes: {
				// The class HTML attribute will follow elementClass
				// and isEnabled view attributes.
				class: [
					bind.to( 'elementClass' )
					bind.if( 'isEnabled', 'present-when-enabled' )
				]
			},

			on: {
				// The view will fire the "clicked" event upon clicking <p> in DOM.
				click: bind.to( 'clicked' )
			}
		} );
	}
}

  • createCollection( [ views ] ) → ViewCollection

    inherited

    Creates a new collection of views, which can be used as children of this view.

    See source
    class SampleView extends View {
	constructor( locale ) {
		super( locale );

		const child = new ChildView( locale );
		this.items = this.createCollection( [ child ] );

		this.setTemplate( {
			tag: 'p',

			// `items` collection will render here.
			children: this.items
		} );
	}
}

const view = new SampleView( locale );
view.render();

// It will append <p><child#element></p> to the <body>.
document.body.appendChild( view.element );

    Parameters

    [ views ] : Iterable.<View>

    Initial views of the collection.

    Returns

    ViewCollection

    A new collection of view instances.

  • decorate( methodName )

    mixed

    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.

    See source

    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

    mixed

    Delegates selected events to another Emitter. For instance:

    See source
    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

  • deregisterChild( children )

    inherited

    The opposite of registerChild. Removes a child view from this view instance. Once removed, the child is no longer managed by its parent, e.g. it can safely become a child of another parent view.

    See source

    Parameters

    children : View | Iterable.<View>

    Child views to be removed.

    Related:

  • destroy()

    inherited

    Recursively destroys the view instance and child views added by registerChild and residing in collections created by the createCollection.

    See source

    Destruction disables all event listeners:

    • created on the view, e.g. view.on( 'event', () => {} ),
    • defined in the template for DOM events.

  • extendTemplate( definition )

    inherited

    Extends the template of the view with with given definition.

    See source

    A shorthand for:

    Template.extend( view.template, definition );

    Note: Is requires the template to be already set. See setTemplate.

    Parameters

    definition : TemplateDefinition

    Definition which extends the template.

  • fire( eventOrInfo, [ args ] ) → *

    mixed

    Fires an event, executing all callbacks registered for it.

    See source

    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).

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

    mixed

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

    See source

    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 )

    mixed

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

    See source

    Parameters

    event : String

    The name of the event.

    callback : function

    The function to stop being called.

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

    mixed

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

    See source

    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] } )

    mixed

    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.

    See source

    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 {}

  • registerChild( children )

    inherited

    Registers a new child view under the view instance. Once registered, a child view is managed by its parent, including rendering and destruction.

    See source

    To revert this, use deregisterChild.

    class SampleView extends View {
	constructor( locale ) {
		super( locale );

		this.childA = new SomeChildView( locale );
		this.childB = new SomeChildView( locale );

		this.setTemplate( { tag: 'p' } );

		// Register the children.
		this.registerChild( [ this.childA, this.childB ] );
	}

	render() {
		super.render();

		this.element.appendChild( this.childA.element );
		this.element.appendChild( this.childB.element );
	}
}

const view = new SampleView( locale );

view.render();

// Will append <p><childA#element><b></b><childB#element></p>.
document.body.appendChild( view.element );

    Note: There's no need to add child views if they're already referenced in the template:

    class SampleView extends View {
	constructor( locale ) {
		super( locale );

		this.childA = new SomeChildView( locale );
		this.childB = new SomeChildView( locale );

		this.setTemplate( {
			tag: 'p',

			// These children will be added automatically. There's no
			// need to call registerChild for any of them.
			children: [ this.childA, this.childB ]
		} );
	}

	// ...
}

    Parameters

    children : View | Iterable.<View>

    Children views to be registered.

  • render()

    inherited

    Recursively renders the view.

    See source

    Once the view is rendered:

    Note: The children of the view:

    In general, render() method is the right place to keep the code which refers to the element and should be executed at the very beginning of the view's life cycle.

    It is possible to extend the template before the view is rendered. To allow an early customization of the view (e.g. by its parent), such references should be done in render().

    class SampleView extends View {
	constructor() {
		this.setTemplate( {
			// ...
		} );
	},

	render() {
		// View#element becomes available.
		super.render();

		// The "scroll" listener depends on #element.
		this.listenTo( window, 'scroll', () => {
			// A reference to #element would render the #template and make it non-extendable.
			if ( window.scrollY > 0 ) {
				this.element.scrollLeft = 100;
			} else {
				this.element.scrollLeft = 0;
			}
		} );
	}
}

const view = new SampleView();

// Let's customize the view before it gets rendered.
view.extendTemplate( {
	attributes: {
		class: [
			'additional-class'
		]
	}
} );

// Late rendering allows customization of the view.
view.render();

  • set( name, [ value ] )

    mixed

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

    See source

    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 has 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).

  • setTemplate( definition )

    inherited

    Sets the template of the view with with given definition.

    See source

    A shorthand for:

    view.setTemplate( definition );

    Parameters

    definition : TemplateDefinition

    Definition of view's template.

  • stopDelegating( [ event ], [ emitter ] )

    mixed

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

    See source
    • 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 ] )

    mixed

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

    See source
    • 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.

  • t()

    inherited

    Shorthand for t.

    See source

    Note: If locale instance hasn't been passed to the view this method may not be available.

    Related:

  • unbind( [ unbindProperties ] )

    mixed

    Removes the binding created with bind.

    See source
    // 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 are provided.

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

    protected mixed

    Adds callback to emitter for given event.

    See source

    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 {}

  • _removeEventListener( event, callback )

    protected mixed

    Removes callback from emitter for given event.

    See source

    Parameters

    event : String

    The name of the event.

    callback : function

    The function to stop being called.

Events

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

    Fired when the position property changed value.

    See source

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    name : String

    Name of the changed property (position).

    value : 's' | 'n' | 'e' | 'w' | 'sw' | 'se'

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

    oldValue : 's' | 'n' | 'e' | 'w' | 'sw' | 'se'

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

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

    Fired when the text property changed value.

    See source

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    name : String

    Name of the changed property (text).

    value : String

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

    oldValue : String

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

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

    mixed

    Fired when a property changed value.

    See source
    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.

  • render( eventInfo )

    inherited

    Event fired by the render method. Actual rendering is executed as a listener to this event with the default priority.

    See source

    See decorate for more information and samples.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

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

    mixed

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

    See source

    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: The 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.