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diff --git a/accessible/interfaces/nsIAccessibleText.idl b/accessible/interfaces/nsIAccessibleText.idl new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7612fbfe2 --- /dev/null +++ b/accessible/interfaces/nsIAccessibleText.idl @@ -0,0 +1,237 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- + * + * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#include "nsISupports.idl" + +typedef long AccessibleTextBoundary; + +interface nsIAccessible; +interface nsIArray; +interface nsIPersistentProperties; +interface nsIAccessibleTextRange; + +[scriptable, builtinclass, uuid(93ad2ca1-f12b-4ab9-a793-95d9fa9d1774)] +interface nsIAccessibleText : nsISupports +{ + // In parameters for character offsets: + // -1 will be treated as the equal to the end of the text + // -2 will be treated as the caret position + const int32_t TEXT_OFFSET_END_OF_TEXT = -1; + const int32_t TEXT_OFFSET_CARET = -2; + + const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_CHAR = 0; + const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_WORD_START = 1; + const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_WORD_END = 2; + const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_SENTENCE_START = 3; // don't use, deprecated + const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_SENTENCE_END = 4; // don't use, deprecated + const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_LINE_START = 5; + const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_LINE_END = 6; + + /** + * The current current caret offset. + * If set < 0 then caret will be placed at the end of the text + */ + attribute long caretOffset; + + readonly attribute long characterCount; + readonly attribute long selectionCount; + + /** + * String methods may need to return multibyte-encoded strings, + * since some locales can't be encoded using 16-bit chars. + * So the methods below might return UTF-16 strings, or they could + * return "string" values which are UTF-8. + */ + AString getText (in long startOffset, in long endOffset); + + AString getTextAfterOffset (in long offset, + in AccessibleTextBoundary boundaryType, + out long startOffset, + out long endOffset); + + AString getTextAtOffset (in long offset, + in AccessibleTextBoundary boundaryType, + out long startOffset, + out long endOffset); + + AString getTextBeforeOffset (in long offset, + in AccessibleTextBoundary boundaryType, + out long startOffset, + out long endOffset); + + /** + * It would be better to return an unsigned long here, + * to allow unicode chars > 16 bits + */ + wchar getCharacterAtOffset (in long offset); + + /** + * Get the accessible start/end offsets around the given offset, + * return the text attributes for this range of text. + * + * @param includeDefAttrs [in] points whether text attributes applied to + * the entire accessible should be included or not. + * @param offset [in] text offset + * @param rangeStartOffset [out] start offset of the range of text + * @param rangeEndOffset [out] end offset of the range of text + */ + nsIPersistentProperties getTextAttributes(in boolean includeDefAttrs, + in long offset, + out long rangeStartOffset, + out long rangeEndOffset); + + /** + * Return the text attributes that apply to the entire accessible. + */ + readonly attribute nsIPersistentProperties defaultTextAttributes; + + /** + * Returns the bounding box of the specified position. + * + * The virtual character after the last character of the represented text, + * i.e. the one at position length is a special case. It represents the + * current input position and will therefore typically be queried by AT more + * often than other positions. Because it does not represent an existing + * character its bounding box is defined in relation to preceding characters. + * It should be roughly equivalent to the bounding box of some character when + * inserted at the end of the text. Its height typically being the maximal + * height of all the characters in the text or the height of the preceding + * character, its width being at least one pixel so that the bounding box is + * not degenerate. + * + * @param offset - Index of the character for which to return its bounding + * box. The valid range is 0..length. + * @param x - X coordinate of the bounding box of the referenced character. + * @param y - Y coordinate of the bounding box of the referenced character. + * @param width - Width of the bounding box of the referenced character. + * @param height - Height of the bounding box of the referenced character. + * @param coordType - Specifies if the coordinates are relative to the screen + * or to the parent window (see constants declared in + * nsIAccessibleCoordinateType). + */ + void getCharacterExtents (in long offset, + out long x, + out long y, + out long width, + out long height, + in unsigned long coordType); + + void getRangeExtents (in long startOffset, + in long endOffset, + out long x, + out long y, + out long width, + out long height, + in unsigned long coordType); + + /** + * Get the text offset at the given point, or return -1 + * if no character exists at that point + * + * @param x - The position's x value for which to look up the index of the + * character that is rendered on to the display at that point. + * @param y - The position's y value for which to look up the index of the + * character that is rendered on to the display at that point. + * @param coordType - Screen coordinates or window coordinates (see constants + * declared in nsIAccessibleCoordinateType). + * @return offset - Index of the character under the given point or -1 if + * the point is invalid or there is no character under + * the point. + */ + long getOffsetAtPoint (in long x, in long y, + in unsigned long coordType); + + void getSelectionBounds (in long selectionNum, + out long startOffset, + out long endOffset); + + /** + * Set the bounds for the given selection range + */ + void setSelectionBounds (in long selectionNum, + in long startOffset, + in long endOffset); + + void addSelection (in long startOffset, in long endOffset); + + void removeSelection (in long selectionNum); + + + /** + * Makes a specific part of string visible on screen. + * + * @param startIndex 0-based character offset + * @param endIndex 0-based character offset - the offset of the + * character just past the last character of the + * string + * @param scrollType defines how to scroll (see nsIAccessibleScrollType for + * available constants) + */ + void scrollSubstringTo(in long startIndex, in long endIndex, + in unsigned long scrollType); + + /** + * Moves the top left of a substring to a specified location. + * + * @param startIndex 0-based character offset + * @param endIndex 0-based character offset - the offset of the + * character just past the last character of + * the string + * @param coordinateType specifies the coordinates origin (for available + * constants refer to nsIAccessibleCoordinateType) + * @param x defines the x coordinate + * @param y defines the y coordinate + */ + void scrollSubstringToPoint(in long startIndex, in long endIndex, + in unsigned long coordinateType, + in long x, in long y); + + /** + * Return a range that encloses this text control or otherwise the document + * this text accessible belongs to. + */ + readonly attribute nsIAccessibleTextRange enclosingRange; + + /** + * Return an array of disjoint ranges for selected text within the text control + * or otherwise the document this accessible belongs to. + */ + readonly attribute nsIArray selectionRanges; + + /** + * Return an array of disjoint ranges of visible text within the text control + * or otherwise the document this accessible belongs to. + */ + readonly attribute nsIArray visibleRanges; + + /** + * Return a range containing the given accessible. + */ + nsIAccessibleTextRange getRangeByChild(in nsIAccessible child); + + /** + * Return a range containing an accessible at the given point. + */ + nsIAccessibleTextRange getRangeAtPoint(in long x, in long y); +}; + +/* + Assumptions: + + Using wstring (UCS2) instead of string encoded in UTF-8. + Multibyte encodings (or at least potentially multi-byte + encodings) would be preferred for the reasons cited above. + + The following methods will throw an exception on failure + (since not every text component will allow every operation): + setSelectionBounds, addSelection, removeSelection, setCaretOffset. + + we assume that all text components support the idea of + a caret offset, whether visible or "virtual". If this + isn't the case, caretOffset can be made readonly and + a setCaretOffset method provided which throws an exception + on failure (as with *selection methods above). +*/ |