accessible/public/nsIAccessibleText.idl

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:39:09 +0100

author
Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <michael@schloh.com>
date
Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:39:09 +0100
branch
TOR_BUG_9701
changeset 8
97036ab72558
permissions
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Conditionally force memory storage according to privacy.thirdparty.isolate;
This solves Tor bug #9701, complying with disk avoidance documented in
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#disk-avoidance.

michael@0 1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
michael@0 2 *
michael@0 3 * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
michael@0 4 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
michael@0 5 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
michael@0 6
michael@0 7 #include "nsISupports.idl"
michael@0 8
michael@0 9 typedef long AccessibleTextBoundary;
michael@0 10
michael@0 11 interface nsIAccessible;
michael@0 12 interface nsIArray;
michael@0 13 interface nsIPersistentProperties;
michael@0 14 interface nsIAccessibleTextRange;
michael@0 15
michael@0 16 [scriptable, uuid(88789f40-54c9-494a-846d-3acaaf4cf46a)]
michael@0 17 interface nsIAccessibleText : nsISupports
michael@0 18 {
michael@0 19 // In parameters for character offsets:
michael@0 20 // -1 will be treated as the equal to the end of the text
michael@0 21 // -2 will be treated as the caret position
michael@0 22 const int32_t TEXT_OFFSET_END_OF_TEXT = -1;
michael@0 23 const int32_t TEXT_OFFSET_CARET = -2;
michael@0 24
michael@0 25 const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_CHAR = 0;
michael@0 26 const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_WORD_START = 1;
michael@0 27 const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_WORD_END = 2;
michael@0 28 const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_SENTENCE_START = 3; // don't use, deprecated
michael@0 29 const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_SENTENCE_END = 4; // don't use, deprecated
michael@0 30 const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_LINE_START = 5;
michael@0 31 const AccessibleTextBoundary BOUNDARY_LINE_END = 6;
michael@0 32
michael@0 33 /**
michael@0 34 * The current current caret offset.
michael@0 35 * If set < 0 then caret will be placed at the end of the text
michael@0 36 */
michael@0 37 [binaryname(ScriptableCaretOffset)]
michael@0 38 attribute long caretOffset;
michael@0 39
michael@0 40 readonly attribute long characterCount;
michael@0 41 readonly attribute long selectionCount;
michael@0 42
michael@0 43 /**
michael@0 44 * String methods may need to return multibyte-encoded strings,
michael@0 45 * since some locales can't be encoded using 16-bit chars.
michael@0 46 * So the methods below might return UTF-16 strings, or they could
michael@0 47 * return "string" values which are UTF-8.
michael@0 48 */
michael@0 49 AString getText (in long startOffset, in long endOffset);
michael@0 50
michael@0 51 AString getTextAfterOffset (in long offset,
michael@0 52 in AccessibleTextBoundary boundaryType,
michael@0 53 out long startOffset,
michael@0 54 out long endOffset);
michael@0 55
michael@0 56 AString getTextAtOffset (in long offset,
michael@0 57 in AccessibleTextBoundary boundaryType,
michael@0 58 out long startOffset,
michael@0 59 out long endOffset);
michael@0 60
michael@0 61 AString getTextBeforeOffset (in long offset,
michael@0 62 in AccessibleTextBoundary boundaryType,
michael@0 63 out long startOffset,
michael@0 64 out long endOffset);
michael@0 65
michael@0 66 /**
michael@0 67 * It would be better to return an unsigned long here,
michael@0 68 * to allow unicode chars > 16 bits
michael@0 69 */
michael@0 70 wchar getCharacterAtOffset (in long offset);
michael@0 71
michael@0 72 /**
michael@0 73 * Get the accessible start/end offsets around the given offset,
michael@0 74 * return the text attributes for this range of text.
michael@0 75 *
michael@0 76 * @param includeDefAttrs [in] points whether text attributes applied to
michael@0 77 * the entire accessible should be included or not.
michael@0 78 * @param offset [in] text offset
michael@0 79 * @param rangeStartOffset [out] start offset of the range of text
michael@0 80 * @param rangeEndOffset [out] end offset of the range of text
michael@0 81 */
michael@0 82 nsIPersistentProperties getTextAttributes(in boolean includeDefAttrs,
michael@0 83 in long offset,
michael@0 84 out long rangeStartOffset,
michael@0 85 out long rangeEndOffset);
michael@0 86
michael@0 87 /**
michael@0 88 * Return the text attributes that apply to the entire accessible.
michael@0 89 */
michael@0 90 readonly attribute nsIPersistentProperties defaultTextAttributes;
michael@0 91
michael@0 92 /**
michael@0 93 * Returns the bounding box of the specified position.
michael@0 94 *
michael@0 95 * The virtual character after the last character of the represented text,
michael@0 96 * i.e. the one at position length is a special case. It represents the
michael@0 97 * current input position and will therefore typically be queried by AT more
michael@0 98 * often than other positions. Because it does not represent an existing
michael@0 99 * character its bounding box is defined in relation to preceding characters.
michael@0 100 * It should be roughly equivalent to the bounding box of some character when
michael@0 101 * inserted at the end of the text. Its height typically being the maximal
michael@0 102 * height of all the characters in the text or the height of the preceding
michael@0 103 * character, its width being at least one pixel so that the bounding box is
michael@0 104 * not degenerate.
michael@0 105 *
michael@0 106 * @param offset - Index of the character for which to return its bounding
michael@0 107 * box. The valid range is 0..length.
michael@0 108 * @param x - X coordinate of the bounding box of the referenced character.
michael@0 109 * @param y - Y coordinate of the bounding box of the referenced character.
michael@0 110 * @param width - Width of the bounding box of the referenced character.
michael@0 111 * @param height - Height of the bounding box of the referenced character.
michael@0 112 * @param coordType - Specifies if the coordinates are relative to the screen
michael@0 113 * or to the parent window (see constants declared in
michael@0 114 * nsIAccessibleCoordinateType).
michael@0 115 */
michael@0 116 void getCharacterExtents (in long offset,
michael@0 117 out long x,
michael@0 118 out long y,
michael@0 119 out long width,
michael@0 120 out long height,
michael@0 121 in unsigned long coordType);
michael@0 122
michael@0 123 void getRangeExtents (in long startOffset,
michael@0 124 in long endOffset,
michael@0 125 out long x,
michael@0 126 out long y,
michael@0 127 out long width,
michael@0 128 out long height,
michael@0 129 in unsigned long coordType);
michael@0 130
michael@0 131 /**
michael@0 132 * Get the text offset at the given point, or return -1
michael@0 133 * if no character exists at that point
michael@0 134 *
michael@0 135 * @param x - The position's x value for which to look up the index of the
michael@0 136 * character that is rendered on to the display at that point.
michael@0 137 * @param y - The position's y value for which to look up the index of the
michael@0 138 * character that is rendered on to the display at that point.
michael@0 139 * @param coordType - Screen coordinates or window coordinates (see constants
michael@0 140 * declared in nsIAccessibleCoordinateType).
michael@0 141 * @return offset - Index of the character under the given point or -1 if
michael@0 142 * the point is invalid or there is no character under
michael@0 143 * the point.
michael@0 144 */
michael@0 145 long getOffsetAtPoint (in long x, in long y,
michael@0 146 in unsigned long coordType);
michael@0 147
michael@0 148 void getSelectionBounds (in long selectionNum,
michael@0 149 out long startOffset,
michael@0 150 out long endOffset);
michael@0 151
michael@0 152 /**
michael@0 153 * Set the bounds for the given selection range
michael@0 154 */
michael@0 155 void setSelectionBounds (in long selectionNum,
michael@0 156 in long startOffset,
michael@0 157 in long endOffset);
michael@0 158
michael@0 159 void addSelection (in long startOffset, in long endOffset);
michael@0 160
michael@0 161 void removeSelection (in long selectionNum);
michael@0 162
michael@0 163
michael@0 164 /**
michael@0 165 * Makes a specific part of string visible on screen.
michael@0 166 *
michael@0 167 * @param startIndex 0-based character offset
michael@0 168 * @param endIndex 0-based character offset - the offset of the
michael@0 169 * character just past the last character of the
michael@0 170 * string
michael@0 171 * @param scrollType defines how to scroll (see nsIAccessibleScrollType for
michael@0 172 * available constants)
michael@0 173 */
michael@0 174 [binaryname(ScriptableScrollSubstringTo)]
michael@0 175 void scrollSubstringTo(in long startIndex, in long endIndex,
michael@0 176 in unsigned long scrollType);
michael@0 177
michael@0 178 /**
michael@0 179 * Moves the top left of a substring to a specified location.
michael@0 180 *
michael@0 181 * @param startIndex 0-based character offset
michael@0 182 * @param endIndex 0-based character offset - the offset of the
michael@0 183 * character just past the last character of
michael@0 184 * the string
michael@0 185 * @param coordinateType specifies the coordinates origin (for available
michael@0 186 * constants refer to nsIAccessibleCoordinateType)
michael@0 187 * @param x defines the x coordinate
michael@0 188 * @param y defines the y coordinate
michael@0 189 */
michael@0 190 [binaryname(ScriptableScrollSubstringToPoint)]
michael@0 191 void scrollSubstringToPoint(in long startIndex, in long endIndex,
michael@0 192 in unsigned long coordinateType,
michael@0 193 in long x, in long y);
michael@0 194
michael@0 195 /**
michael@0 196 * Return a range that encloses this text control or otherwise the document
michael@0 197 * this text accessible belongs to.
michael@0 198 */
michael@0 199 readonly attribute nsIAccessibleTextRange enclosingRange;
michael@0 200
michael@0 201 /**
michael@0 202 * Return an array of disjoint ranges for selected text within the text control
michael@0 203 * or otherwise the document this accessible belongs to.
michael@0 204 */
michael@0 205 readonly attribute nsIArray selectionRanges;
michael@0 206
michael@0 207 /**
michael@0 208 * Return an array of disjoint ranges of visible text within the text control
michael@0 209 * or otherwise the document this accessible belongs to.
michael@0 210 */
michael@0 211 readonly attribute nsIArray visibleRanges;
michael@0 212
michael@0 213 /**
michael@0 214 * Return a range containing the given accessible.
michael@0 215 */
michael@0 216 nsIAccessibleTextRange getRangeByChild(in nsIAccessible child);
michael@0 217
michael@0 218 /**
michael@0 219 * Return a range containing an accessible at the given point.
michael@0 220 */
michael@0 221 nsIAccessibleTextRange getRangeAtPoint(in long x, in long y);
michael@0 222 };
michael@0 223
michael@0 224 /*
michael@0 225 Assumptions:
michael@0 226
michael@0 227 Using wstring (UCS2) instead of string encoded in UTF-8.
michael@0 228 Multibyte encodings (or at least potentially multi-byte
michael@0 229 encodings) would be preferred for the reasons cited above.
michael@0 230
michael@0 231 The following methods will throw an exception on failure
michael@0 232 (since not every text component will allow every operation):
michael@0 233 setSelectionBounds, addSelection, removeSelection, setCaretOffset.
michael@0 234
michael@0 235 we assume that all text components support the idea of
michael@0 236 a caret offset, whether visible or "virtual". If this
michael@0 237 isn't the case, caretOffset can be made readonly and
michael@0 238 a setCaretOffset method provided which throws an exception
michael@0 239 on failure (as with *selection methods above).
michael@0 240 */

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