Mozilla/mozilla/content/base/public/nsISelection.idl
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/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
* License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
* except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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*
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*
* The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
* Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
* Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s):
*/
#include "nsISupports.idl"
/* THIS IS A PUBLIC INTERFACE */
interface nsIDOMNode;
interface nsIDOMRange;
/**
* Interface for manipulating and querying the current selected range
* of nodes within the document.
*
* @status FROZEN
* @version 1.0
*/
[scriptable, uuid(B2C7ED59-8634-4352-9E37-5484C8B6E4E1)]
interface nsISelection : nsISupports
{
/**
* The node representing one end of the selection.
*/
readonly attribute nsIDOMNode anchorNode;
/**
* The offset within the (text) node where the selection begins.
*/
readonly attribute long anchorOffset;
/**
* The node with keyboard focus.
*/
readonly attribute nsIDOMNode focusNode;
/**
* The offset within the (text) node where focus starts.
*/
readonly attribute long focusOffset;
/**
* Indicates if the whole selection just one point, or unset.
*/
readonly attribute boolean isCollapsed;
/**
* Returns the number of ranges in the selection.
*/
readonly attribute long rangeCount;
/**
* Returns the range at the specified index.
*/
nsIDOMRange getRangeAt(in long index);
/**
* Collapses the selection to a single point, at the specified offset
* in the given DOM node. When the selection is collapsed, and the content
* is focused and editable, the caret will blink there.
* @param parentNode The given dom node where the selection will be set
* @param offset Where in given dom node to place the selection (the offset into the given node)
*/
void collapse(in nsIDOMNode parentNode, in long offset);
/**
* Extends the selection by moving the focus to the specified node and offset,
* preserving the anchor postion. The new selection end result will always
* be from the anchor to the new focus, regardless of direction.
* @param parentNode The node where the selection will be extended to
* @param offset Where in node to place the offset in the new focused node
*/
void extend(in nsIDOMNode parentNode, in long offset);
/**
* Collapses the whole selection to a single point at the start
* of the current selection (irrespective of direction). If content
* is focused and editable, the caret will blink there.
*/
void collapseToStart();
/**
* Collapses the whole selection to a single point at the end
* of the current selection (irrespective of direction). If content
* is focused and editable, the caret will blink there.
*/
void collapseToEnd();
/**
* The value of entirelyContained determines the detail of the search to determine if
* the selection contains the node. If entirelyContained is set to PR_TRUE, t
* or false if
* @param node The node where the selection will be extended to
* @param entirelyContained Whether
*/
boolean containsNode(in nsIDOMNode node, in boolean entirelyContained);
/**
* Adds all children of the specified node to the selection.
* @param parentNode the parent of the children to be added to the selection.
*/
void selectAllChildren(in nsIDOMNode parentNode);
/**
* Adds a range to the current selection.
*/
void addRange(in nsIDOMRange range);
/**
* Removes a range from the current selection.
*/
void removeRange(in nsIDOMRange range);
/**
* Removes all ranges from the current selection.
*/
void removeAllRanges();
/**
* Deletes this selection from document the nodes belong to.
*/
void deleteFromDocument();
/**
* Modifies the cursor Bidi level after a change in keyboard direction
* @param langRTL is PR_TRUE if the new language is right-to-left or
* PR_FALSE if the new language is left-to-right.
*/
void selectionLanguageChange(in boolean langRTL);
/**
* Returns the whole selection into a plain text string.
*/
wstring toString();
};