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Text (engine/model)

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

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See source

Model text node. Type of node that contains text data.

Important: see Node to read about restrictions using Text and Node API.

Note: keep in mind that Text instances might indirectly got removed from model tree when model is changed. This happens when model writer is used to change model and the text node is merged with another text node. Then, both text nodes are removed and a new text node is inserted into the model. Because of this behavior, keeping references to Text is not recommended. Instead, consider creating live position placed before the text node.

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Properties

  • data : String

    readonly

    Returns a text data contained in the node.

    See source

  • endOffset : Number | null

    readonly inherited

    Offset at which this node ends in it's parent. It is equal to the sum of this node's start offset and offset size. Equals to null if the node has no parent.

    See source

  • index : Number | null

    readonly inherited

    Index of this node in it's parent or null if the node has no parent.

    See source

    Accessing this property throws an error if this node's parent element does not contain it. This means that model tree got broken.

  • nextSibling : Node | null

    readonly inherited

    Node's next sibling or null if the node is a last child of it's parent or if the node has no parent.

    See source

  • offsetSize : Number

    readonly inherited

    Offset size of this node. Represents how much "offset space" is occupied by the node in it's parent. It is important for position. When node has offsetSize greater than 1, position can be placed between that node start and end. offsetSize greater than 1 is for nodes that represents more than one entity, i.e. text node.

    See source

  • parent : Element | DocumentFragment | null

    readonly inherited

    Parent of this node. It could be Element or DocumentFragment. Equals to null if the node has no parent.

    See source

  • previousSibling : Node | null

    readonly inherited

    Node's previous sibling or null if the node is a first child of it's parent or if the node has no parent.

    See source

  • root : Node | DocumentFragment

    readonly inherited

    The top-most ancestor of the node. If node has no parent it is the root itself. If the node is a part of DocumentFragment, it's root is equal to that DocumentFragment.

    See source

  • startOffset : Number | null

    readonly inherited

    Offset at which this node starts in it's parent. It is equal to the sum of offsetSize of all it's previous siblings. Equals to null if node has no parent.

    See source

    Accessing this property throws an error if this node's parent element does not contain it. This means that model tree got broken.

  • _data : String

    protected

    Text data contained in this text node.

    See source

  • _attrs : Map

    private inherited

    Attributes set on this node.

    See source

Methods

  • constructor( data, [ attrs ] )

    protected

    Creates a text node.

    See source

    Note: Constructor of this class shouldn't be used directly in the code. Use the createText method instead.

    Parameters

    data : String

    Node's text.

    [ attrs ] : Object

    Node's attributes. See toMap for a list of accepted values.

  • getAncestors( options = { [options.includeSelf], [options.parentFirst] } ) → Array

    inherited

    Returns ancestors array of this node.

    See source

    Parameters

    options : Object

    Options object.

    Properties
    [ options.includeSelf ] : Boolean

    When set to true this node will be also included in parent's array.

    Defaults to false

    [ options.parentFirst ] : Boolean

    When set to true, array will be sorted from node's parent to root element, otherwise root element will be the first item in the array.

    Defaults to false

    Returns

    Array

    Array with ancestors.

  • getAttribute( key ) → *

    inherited

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

    See source

    Parameters

    key : String

    Key of attribute to look for.

    Returns

    *

    Attribute value or undefined.

  • getAttributeKeys() → Iterable.<String>

    inherited

    Returns iterator that iterates over this node's attribute keys.

    See source

    Returns

    Iterable.<String>

  • getAttributes() → Iterable.<*>

    inherited

    Returns iterator that iterates over this node's attributes.

    See source

    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.<*>

  • getCommonAncestor( node, options = { [options.includeSelf] } ) → Element | DocumentFragment | null

    inherited

    Returns a Element or DocumentFragment which is a common ancestor of both nodes.

    See source

    Parameters

    node : Node

    The second node.

    options : Object

    Options object.

    Properties
    [ options.includeSelf ] : Boolean

    When set to true both nodes will be considered "ancestors" too. Which means that if e.g. node A is inside B, then their common ancestor will be B.

    Defaults to false

    Returns

    Element | DocumentFragment | null

  • getPath() → Array.<Number>

    inherited

    Gets path to the node. The path is an array containing starting offsets of consecutive ancestors of this node, beginning from root, down to this node's starting offset. The path can be used to create Position instance.

    See source
    const abc = new Text( 'abc' );
const foo = new Text( 'foo' );
const h1 = new Element( 'h1', null, new Text( 'header' ) );
const p = new Element( 'p', null, [ abc, foo ] );
const div = new Element( 'div', null, [ h1, p ] );
foo.getPath(); // Returns [ 1, 3 ]. `foo` is in `p` which is in `div`. `p` starts at offset 1, while `foo` at 3.
h1.getPath(); // Returns [ 0 ].
div.getPath(); // Returns [].

    Returns

    Array.<Number>

    The path.

  • hasAttribute( key ) → Boolean

    inherited

    Checks if the node has an attribute with given key.

    See source

    Parameters

    key : String

    Key of attribute to check.

    Returns

    Boolean

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

  • is( type ) → Boolean

    Checks whether this object is of the given.

    See source
    text.is( '$text' ); // -> true
text.is( 'node' ); // -> true
text.is( 'model:$text' ); // -> true
text.is( 'model:node' ); // -> true

text.is( 'view:$text' ); // -> false
text.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false

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

    Note: Until version 20.0.0 this method wasn't accepting '$text' type. The legacy 'text' type is still accepted for backward compatibility.

    Parameters

    type : String

    Type to check.

    Returns

    Boolean

  • isAfter( node ) → Boolean

    inherited

    Returns whether this node is after given node. false is returned if nodes are in different trees (for example, in different DocumentFragments).

    See source

    Parameters

    node : Node

    Node to compare with.

    Returns

    Boolean

  • isAttached() → Boolean

    inherited

    Returns true if the node is in a tree rooted in the document (is a descendant of one of its roots).

    See source

    Returns

    Boolean

  • isBefore( node ) → Boolean

    inherited

    Returns whether this node is before given node. false is returned if nodes are in different trees (for example, in different DocumentFragments).

    See source

    Parameters

    node : Node

    Node to compare with.

    Returns

    Boolean

  • toJSON() → Object

    inherited

    Converts Node to plain object and returns it.

    See source

    Returns

    Object

    Node converted to plain object.

  • _clearAttributes()

    protected inherited

    Removes all attributes from the node.

    See source

    Related:

  • _clone() → Node

    protected inherited

    Creates a copy of this node, that is a node with exactly same attributes, and returns it.

    See source

    Returns

    Node

    Node with same attributes as this node.

  • _remove()

    protected inherited

    Removes this node from it's parent.

    See source

    Related:

  • _removeAttribute( key ) → Boolean

    protected inherited

    Removes an attribute with given key from the node.

    See source

    Parameters

    key : String

    Key of attribute to remove.

    Returns

    Boolean

    true if the attribute was set on the element, false otherwise.

    Related:

  • _setAttribute( key, value )

    protected inherited

    Sets attribute on the node. If attribute with the same key already is set, it's value is overwritten.

    See source

    Parameters

    key : String

    Key of attribute to set.

    value : *

    Attribute value.

    Related:

  • _setAttributesTo( [ attrs ] )

    protected inherited

    Removes all attributes from the node and sets given attributes.

    See source

    Parameters

    [ attrs ] : Object

    Attributes to set. See toMap for a list of accepted values.

    Related:

Static methods

  • fromJSON( json ) → Text

    static

    Creates a Text instance from given plain object (i.e. parsed JSON string).

    See source

    Parameters

    json : Object

    Plain object to be converted to Text.

    Returns

    Text

    Text instance created using given plain object.