Class

DocumentSelection (engine/model)

@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/documentselection

class

DocumentSelection is a special selection which is used as the document's selection. There can be only one instance of DocumentSelection per document.

Document selection can only be changed by using the Writer instance inside the change() block, as it provides a secure way to modify model.

DocumentSelection is automatically updated upon changes in the document to always contain valid ranges. Its attributes are inherited from the text unless set explicitly.

Differences between Selection and DocumentSelection are:

  • there is always a range in DocumentSelection - even if no ranges were added there is a "default range" present in the selection,
  • ranges added to this selection updates automatically when the document changes,
  • attributes of DocumentSelection are updated automatically according to selection ranges.

Since DocumentSelection uses live ranges and is updated when document changes, it cannot be set on nodes that are inside document fragment. If you need to represent a selection in document fragment, use Selection class instead.

Filtering

Properties

  • anchor : Position | null

    readonly

    Selection anchor. Anchor may be described as a position where the most recent part of the selection starts. Together with focus they define the direction of selection, which is important when expanding/shrinking selection. Anchor is always start or end position of the most recently added range.

    Is set to null if there are no ranges in selection.

    Related:

  • focus : Position | null

    readonly

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

    Is set to null if there are no ranges in selection.

    Related:

  • hasOwnRange : Boolean

    readonly

    Describes whether Documentselection has own range(s) set, or if it is defaulted to document's default range.

  • isBackward : Boolean

    readonly

    Specifies whether the focus precedes anchor.

  • isCollapsed : Boolean

    readonly

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

  • isGravityOverridden

    readonly

    Describes whether the gravity is overridden (using overrideSelectionGravity) or not.

    Note that the gravity remains overridden as long as will not be restored the same number of times as it was overridden.

  • markers : Collection

    readonly

    A collection of selection markers. Marker is a selection marker when selection range is inside the marker range.

    Note: Only markers from observed markers groups are collected.

  • rangeCount : Number

    readonly

    Returns number of ranges in selection.

  • _ranges

    protected

    Used for the compatibility with the isEqual method.

  • _selection

    protected

    Selection used internally by that class (DocumentSelection is a proxy to that selection).

Methods

  • constructor( doc )

    Creates an empty live selection for given Document.

    Parameters

    doc : Document

    Document which owns this selection.

  • containsEntireContent( [ element ] ) → Boolean

    Checks whether the selection contains the entire content of the given element. This means that selection must start at a position touching the element's start and ends at position touching the element's end.

    By default, this method will check whether the entire content of the selection's current root is selected. Useful to check if e.g. the user has just pressed Ctrl + A.

    Parameters

    [ element ] : Element

    Defaults to this.anchor.root

    Returns

    Boolean
  • delegate( events ) → EmitterMixinDelegateChain

    mixed

    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 : String

    Event names that will be delegated to another emitter.

    Returns

    EmitterMixinDelegateChain
  • destroy()

    Unbinds all events previously bound by document selection.

  • fire( eventOrInfo, [ args ] ) → *

    mixed

    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.

    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).

  • getAttribute( key ) → *

    Gets an attribute value for given key or undefined if that attribute is not set on the selection.

    Parameters

    key : String

    Key of attribute to look for.

    Returns

    *

    Attribute value or undefined.

  • getAttributeKeys() → Iterable.<String>

    Returns iterable that iterates over this selection's attribute keys.

    Returns

    Iterable.<String>
  • getAttributes() → Iterable.<*>

    Returns iterable that iterates over this selection's attributes.

    Attributes are returned as arrays containing two items. First one is attribute key and second is attribute value. This format is accepted by native Map object and also can be passed in Node constructor.

    Returns

    Iterable.<*>
  • getFirstPosition() → Position | null

    Returns the first position in the selection. First position is the position that is before any other position in the selection.

    Returns null if there are no ranges in selection.

    Returns

    Position | null
  • getFirstRange() → Range | null

    Returns a 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 there are no ranges in selection.

    Returns

    Range | null
  • getLastPosition() → Position | null

    Returns the last position in the selection. Last position is the position that is after any other position in the selection.

    Returns null if there are no ranges in selection.

    Returns

    Position | null
  • getLastRange() → Range | null

    Returns a 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 range most recently added to the selection).

    Returns null if there are no ranges in selection.

    Returns

    Range | null
  • getRanges() → Iterable.<Range>

    Returns an iterable that iterates over copies of selection ranges.

    Returns

    Iterable.<Range>
  • getSelectedBlocks() → Iterable.<Element>

    Gets elements of type "block" touched by the selection.

    This method's result can be used for example to apply block styling to all blocks covered by this selection.

    Note: getSelectedBlocks() returns blocks that are nested in other non-block elements but will not return blocks nested in other blocks.

    In this case the function will return exactly all 3 paragraphs (note: <blockQuote> is not a block itself):

    <paragraph>[a</paragraph>
    <blockQuote>
    	<paragraph>b</paragraph>
    </blockQuote>
    <paragraph>c]d</paragraph>
    

    In this case the paragraph will also be returned, despite the collapsed selection:

    <paragraph>[]a</paragraph>
    

    In such a scenario, however, only blocks A, B & E will be returned as blocks C & D are nested in block B:

    [<blockA></blockA>
    <blockB>
    	<blockC></blockC>
    	<blockD></blockD>
    </blockB>
    <blockE></blockE>]
    

    If the selection is inside a block all the inner blocks (A & B) are returned:

    <block>
    	<blockA>[a</blockA>
    	<blockB>b]</blockB>
    </block>
    

    Special case: If a selection ends at the beginning of a block, that block is not returned as from user perspective this block wasn't selected. See #984 for more details.

    <paragraph>[a</paragraph>
    <paragraph>b</paragraph>
    <paragraph>]c</paragraph> // this block will not be returned

    Returns

    Iterable.<Element>
  • getSelectedElement() → Element | null

    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

    Element | null
  • hasAttribute( key ) → Boolean

    Checks if the selection has an attribute for given key.

    Parameters

    key : String

    Key of attribute to check.

    Returns

    Boolean

    true if attribute with given key is set on selection, false otherwise.

  • is( type ) → Boolean

    Checks whether this object is of the given type.

    selection.is( 'selection' ); // -> true
    selection.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> true
    selection.is( 'model:selection' ); // -> true
    selection.is( 'model:documentSelection' ); // -> true
    
    selection.is( 'view:selection' ); // -> false
    selection.is( 'element' ); // -> false
    selection.is( 'node' ); // -> false
    

    Check the entire list of model objects which implement the is() method.

    Parameters

    type : String

    Returns

    Boolean
  • 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.

    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 {}

  • observeMarkers( prefixOrName )

    Registers a marker group prefix or a marker name to be collected in the selection markers collection.

    See also MarkerCollection#getMarkersGroup().

    Parameters

    prefixOrName : String

    The marker group prefix or marker name.

  • off( event, callback )

    mixed

    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.

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

    mixed

    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).

    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.

    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 {}

  • refresh()

    Refreshes selection attributes and markers according to the current position in the model.

  • stopDelegating( [ event ], [ emitter ] )

    mixed

    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.

  • stopListening( [ emitter ], [ event ], [ callback ] )

    mixed

    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.

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

    protected mixed

    Adds callback to emitter for given event.

    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 {}

  • _getStoredAttributes() → Iterable.<*>

    protected

    Returns an iterable that iterates through all selection attributes stored in current selection's parent.

    Returns

    Iterable.<*>
  • _overrideGravity() → String

    protected

    Temporarily changes the gravity of the selection from the left to the right.

    The gravity defines from which direction the selection inherits its attributes. If it's the default left gravity, the selection (after being moved by the the user) inherits attributes from its left hand side. This method allows to temporarily override this behavior by forcing the gravity to the right.

    It returns an unique identifier which is required to restore the gravity. It guarantees the symmetry of the process.

    Returns

    String

    The unique id which allows restoring the gravity.

    Related:

  • _removeAttribute( key )

    protected

    Removes an attribute with given key from the selection. If the given attribute was set on the selection, fires the event-change:range event with removed attribute key. Should be used only within the removeSelectionAttribute method.

    Parameters

    key : String

    Key of the attribute to remove.

    Related:

  • _removeEventListener( event, callback )

    protected mixed

    Removes callback from emitter for given event.

    Parameters

    event : String

    The name of the event.

    callback : function

    The function to stop being called.

  • _restoreGravity( uid )

    protected

    Restoring the gravity is only possible using the unique identifier returned by _overrideGravity. Note that the gravity remains overridden as long as won't be restored the same number of times it was overridden.

    Parameters

    uid : String

    The unique id returned by _overrideGravity.

    Related:

  • _setAttribute( key, value )

    protected

    Sets attribute on the selection. If attribute with the same key already is set, it's value is overwritten. Should be used only within the setSelectionAttribute method.

    Parameters

    key : String

    Key of the attribute to set.

    value : *

    Attribute value.

    Related:

  • _setFocus( itemOrPosition, [ offset ] )

    protected

    Moves focus to the specified location. Should be used only within the setSelectionFocus method.

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

    Parameters

    itemOrPosition : Item | Position
    [ offset ] : Number | 'end' | 'before' | 'after'

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

    Related:

  • _setTo( selectable, [ placeOrOffset ], [ options ] = { [options.backward] } )

    protected

    Sets this selection's ranges and direction to the specified location based on the given selectable. Should be used only within the setSelection method.

    Parameters

    selectable : Selectable
    [ placeOrOffset ] : Number | 'before' | 'end' | 'after' | 'on' | 'in'

    Sets place or offset of the selection.

    [ options ] : Object
    Properties
    [ options.backward ] : Boolean

    Sets this selection instance to be backward.

    Related:

Static methods

  • _getStoreAttributeKey( key ) → String

    protected static

    Generates and returns an attribute key for selection attributes store, basing on original attribute key.

    Parameters

    key : String

    Attribute key to convert.

    Returns

    String

    Converted attribute key, applicable for selection store.

  • _isStoreAttributeKey( key ) → Boolean

    protected static

    Checks whether the given attribute key is an attribute stored on an element.

    Parameters

    key : String

    Returns

    Boolean

Events

  • change:attribute( eventInfo, directChange, attributeKeys )

    Fired when selection attribute changed.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    directChange : Boolean

    In case of Selection class it is always set to true which indicates that the selection change was caused by a direct use of selection's API. The DocumentSelection, however, may change because its attributes were directly changed through the writer or because its position was changed in the model and its attributes were refreshed (which means an indirect change). The indirect change does not occur in case of normal (detached) selections because they are "static" (as "not live") which mean that they are not updated once the document changes.

    attributeKeys : Array.<String>

    Array containing keys of attributes that changed.

  • change:marker( eventInfo, directChange, oldMarkers )

    Fired when selection marker(s) changed.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    directChange : Boolean

    This is always set to false in case of change:marker event as there is no possibility to change markers directly through DocumentSelection API. See also event-change:range and event-change:attribute.

    oldMarkers : Array.<Marker>

    Markers in which the selection was before the change.

  • change:range( eventInfo, directChange )

    Fired when selection range(s) changed.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    directChange : Boolean

    In case of Selection class it is always set to true which indicates that the selection change was caused by a direct use of selection's API. The DocumentSelection, however, may change because its position was directly changed through the writer or because its position was changed because the structure of the model has been changed (which means an indirect change). The indirect change does not occur in case of normal (detached) selections because they are "static" (as "not live") which mean that they are not updated once the document changes.