EditableElement (engine/view)
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine/src/view/editableelement
Editable element which can be a root or nested editable area in the editor.
Editable is automatically read-only when its Document is read-only.
The constructor of this class shouldn't be used directly. To create new EditableElement
use the
downcastWriter#createEditableElement()
method.
Filtering
Properties
-
childCount : Number
readonly inherited
Number of element's children.
-
The document instance to which this node belongs.
-
index : Number | null
readonly inherited
Index of the node in the parent element or null if the node has no parent.
Accessing this property throws an error if this node's parent element does not contain it. This means that view tree got broken.
-
isEmpty : Boolean
readonly inherited
Is
true
if there are no nodes inside this element,false
otherwise. -
isFocused : Boolean
readonly observable
Whether the editable is focused.
This property updates when document.isFocused or view selection is changed.
-
isReadOnly : Boolean
Whether the editable is in read-write or read-only mode.
-
name : String
readonly inherited
Name of the element.
-
nextSibling : Node | null
readonly inherited
Node's next sibling, or
null
if it is the last child. -
parent : Element | DocumentFragment | null
readonly inherited
Parent element. Null by default. Set by
_insertChild
. -
previousSibling : Node | null
readonly inherited
Node's previous sibling, or
null
if it is the first child. -
root : Node | DocumentFragment
readonly inherited
Top-most ancestor of the node. If the node has no parent it is the root itself.
-
_attrs : Map
protected inherited
Map of attributes, where attributes names are keys and attributes values are values.
-
Array of child nodes.
-
_classes : Set
protected inherited
Set of classes associated with element instance.
-
_customProperties : Map
protected inherited
Map of custom properties. Custom properties can be added to element instance, will be cloned but not rendered into DOM.
-
Normalized styles.
-
_unsafeAttributesToRender : Array.<String>
private readonly inherited
A list of attribute names that should be rendered in the editing pipeline even though filtering mechanisms implemented in the
DomConverter
(for instance,shouldRenderAttribute
) would filter them out.These attributes can be specified as an option when the element is created by the
DowncastWriter
. To check whether an unsafe an attribute should be permitted, use theshouldRenderUnsafeAttribute
method.
Methods
-
constructor()
protected
Creates an editable element.
Related:
-
bind( bindProperties ) → Object
mixed
Binds observable properties to other objects implementing the
Observable
interface.Read more in the dedicated guide covering the topic of property bindings with some additional examples.
Consider two objects: a
button
and an associatedcommand
(bothObservable
).A simple property binding could be as follows:
or even shorter:
which works in the following way:
button.isEnabled
instantly equalscommand.isEnabled
,- whenever
command.isEnabled
changes,button.isEnabled
will immediately reflect its value.
Note: To release the binding, use
unbind
.You can also "rename" the property in the binding by specifying the new name in the
to()
chain:It is possible to bind more than one property at a time to shorten the code:
which corresponds to:
The binding can include more than one observable, combining multiple data sources in a custom callback:
Using a custom callback allows processing the value before passing it to the target property:
It is also possible to bind to the same property in an array of observables. To bind a
button
to multiple commands (alsoObservables
) so that each and every one of them must be enabled for the button to become enabled, use the following code:Parameters
bindProperties : String
Observable properties that will be bound to other observable(s).
Returns
Object
The bind chain with the
to()
andtoMany()
methods.
-
decorate( methodName )
mixed
Turns the given methods of this object into event-based ones. This means that the new method will fire an event (named after the method) and the original action will be plugged as a listener to that event.
Read more in the dedicated guide covering the topic of decorating methods with some additional examples.
Decorating the method does not change its behavior (it only adds an event), but it allows to modify it later on by listening to the method's event.
For example, to cancel the method execution the event can be stopped:
Note: The high priority listener has been used to execute this particular callback before the one which calls the original method (which uses the "normal" priority).
It is also possible to change the returned value:
Finally, it is possible to access and modify the arguments the method is called with:
Parameters
methodName : String
Name of the method to decorate.
-
delegate( events ) → EmitterMixinDelegateChain
mixed
Delegates selected events to another
Emitter
. For instance:then
eventX
is delegated (fired by)emitterB
andemitterC
along withdata
:and
eventY
is delegated (fired by)emitterC
along withdata
:Parameters
events : String
Event names that will be delegated to another emitter.
Returns
-
findAncestor( patterns ) → Element | null
inherited
Returns ancestor element that match specified pattern. Provided patterns should be compatible with Matcher as it is used internally.
-
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 optionalargs
provided in thefire()
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 theevt.return
's property (the event info is the first param of every callback).
-
getAncestors( options = { [options.includeSelf], [options.parentFirst] } ) → Array
inherited
Returns ancestors array of this node.
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 ) → String | undefined
inherited
Gets attribute by key. If attribute is not present - returns undefined.
Parameters
key : String
Attribute key.
Returns
String | undefined
Attribute value.
-
getAttributeKeys() → Iterable.<String>
inherited
Returns an iterator that contains the keys for attributes. Order of inserting attributes is not preserved.
Returns
Iterable.<String>
Keys for attributes.
-
getAttributes() → Iterable.<*>
inherited
Returns iterator that iterates over this element'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 inNode
constructor.Returns
Iterable.<*>
-
Gets child at the given index.
-
getChildIndex( node ) → Number
inherited
Gets index of the given child node. Returns
-1
if child node is not found. -
getChildren() → Iterable.<Node>
inherited
Gets child nodes iterator.
Returns
Iterable.<Node>
Child nodes iterator.
-
getClassNames() → Iterable.<String>
inherited
Returns iterator that contains all class names.
Returns
Iterable.<String>
-
getCommonAncestor( node, options = { [options.includeSelf] } ) → Element | DocumentFragment | null
inherited
Returns a
Element
orDocumentFragment
which is a common ancestor of both nodes.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
-
getCustomProperties() → Iterable.<*>
inherited
Returns an iterator which iterates over this element's custom properties. Iterator provides
[ key, value ]
pairs for each stored property.Returns
Iterable.<*>
-
getCustomProperty( key ) → *
inherited
Returns the custom property value for the given key.
Parameters
key : String | Symbol
Returns
*
-
getFillerOffset()
inherited
Returns block filler offset or
null
if block filler is not needed. -
getIdentity() → String
inherited
Returns identity string based on element's name, styles, classes and other attributes. Two elements that are similar will have same identity string. It has the following format:
For example:
Note: Classes, styles and other attributes are sorted alphabetically.
Returns
String
-
getNormalizedStyle( property ) → Object | String | undefined
inherited
Returns a normalized style object or single style value.
For an element with style set to: margin:1px 2px 3em;
will return:
and reading for single style value:
Will return a
2px
string.Note: This method will return normalized values only if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See
StylesMap#getNormalized()
for details.Parameters
property : String
Name of CSS property
Returns
Object | String | undefined
-
getPath() → Array.<Number>
inherited
Gets a path to the node. The path is an array containing indices of consecutive ancestors of this node, beginning from root, down to this node's index.
Returns
Array.<Number>
The path.
-
getStyle( property ) → String | undefined
inherited
Returns style value for the given property mae. If the style does not exist
undefined
is returned.Note: This method can work with normalized style names if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See
StylesMap#getAsString()
for details.For an element with style set to
'margin:1px'
:Parameters
property : String
Returns
String | undefined
-
getStyleNames( [ expand ] ) → Iterable.<String>
inherited
Returns iterator that contains all style names.
Parameters
[ expand ] : Boolean
Expand shorthand style properties and return all equivalent style representations.
Defaults to
false
Returns
Iterable.<String>
-
hasAttribute( key ) → Boolean
inherited
Returns a boolean indicating whether an attribute with the specified key exists in the element.
Parameters
key : String
Attribute key.
Returns
Boolean
true
if attribute with the specified key exists in the element, false otherwise.
-
hasClass( className )
inherited
Returns true if class is present. If more then one class is provided - returns true only when all classes are present.
Parameters
className : String
-
hasStyle( property )
inherited
Returns true if style keys are present. If more then one style property is provided - returns true only when all properties are present.
Parameters
property : String
-
is( type ) → Boolean
inherited
Checks whether this object is of the given type.
This method is useful when processing view objects that are of unknown type. For example, a function may return a
DocumentFragment
or aNode
that can be either a text node or an element. This method can be used to check what kind of object is returned.Since this method is also available on a range of model objects, you can prefix the type of the object with
model:
orview:
to check, for example, if this is the model's or view's element:By using this method it is also possible to check a name of an element:
The list of view objects which implement the
is()
method:AttributeElement#is()
ContainerElement#is()
DocumentFragment#is()
DocumentSelection#is()
EditableElement#is()
Element#is()
EmptyElement#is()
Node#is()
Position#is()
Range#is()
RootEditableElement#is()
Selection#is()
Text#is()
TextProxy#is()
UIElement#is()
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 differentDocumentFragment
s). -
isAttached() → Boolean
inherited
Returns true if the node is in a tree rooted in the document (is a descendant of one of its roots).
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 differentDocumentFragment
s). -
isSimilar() → Boolean
inherited
Checks if provided node is similar to this node.
Returns
Boolean
True if nodes are similar.
-
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.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
{}
-
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 byoff
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
{}
-
set( name, [ value ] )
mixed
Creates and sets the value of an observable property of this object. Such a property becomes a part of the state and is observable.
It accepts also a single object literal containing key/value pairs with properties to be set.
This method throws the
observable-set-cannot-override
error if the observable instance already has a property with the given property name. This prevents from mistakenly overriding existing properties and methods, but means thatfoo.set( 'bar', 1 )
may be slightly slower thanfoo.bar = 1
.Parameters
name : String | Object
The property's name or object with
name=>value
pairs.[ value ] : *
The property's value (if
name
was passed in the first parameter).
-
shouldRenderUnsafeAttribute( attributeName ) → Boolean
inherited
Decides whether an unsafe attribute is whitelisted and should be rendered in the editing pipeline even though filtering mechanisms like
shouldRenderAttribute
say it should not.Unsafe attribute names can be specified when creating an element via
DowncastWriter
.Parameters
attributeName : String
The name of the attribute to be checked.
Returns
Boolean
-
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 ofevent
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 fromemitter
.[ callback ] : function
(Requires the
event
) The function to be removed from the call list for the givenevent
.
-
toJSON() → Object
inherited
Custom toJSON method to solve child-parent circular dependencies.
Returns
Object
Clone of this object with the parent property removed.
-
unbind( [ unbindProperties ] )
mixed
Removes the binding created with
bind
.Parameters
[ unbindProperties ] : String
Observable properties to be unbound. All the bindings will be released if no properties are provided.
-
_addClass( className )
protected inherited
Adds specified class.
-
_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
{}
-
_appendChild( items ) → Number
protected inherited
Insert a child node or a list of child nodes at the end of this node and sets the parent of these nodes to this element.
Parameters
Returns
Number
Number of appended nodes.
Fires
Related:
-
Clones this node.
Returns
Node
Clone of this node.
-
_fireChange( type, node )
protected inherited
-
_insertChild( index, items ) → Number
protected inherited
-
_remove()
protected inherited
Removes node from parent.
-
_removeAttribute( key ) → Boolean
protected inherited
Removes attribute from the element.
Parameters
key : String
Attribute key.
Returns
Boolean
Returns true if an attribute existed and has been removed.
Fires
Related:
-
_removeChildren( index, [ howMany ] ) → Array.<Node>
protected inherited
Removes number of child nodes starting at the given index and set the parent of these nodes to
null
.Parameters
index : Number
Number of the first node to remove.
[ howMany ] : Number
Number of nodes to remove.
Defaults to
1
Returns
Array.<Node>
The array of removed nodes.
Fires
Related:
-
_removeClass( className )
protected inherited
Removes specified class.
-
_removeCustomProperty( key ) → Boolean
protected inherited
Removes the custom property stored under the given key.
Parameters
key : String | Symbol
Returns
Boolean
Returns true if property was removed.
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.
-
_removeStyle( property )
protected inherited
Removes specified style.
Note: This method can work with normalized style names if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See
StylesMap#remove()
for details.Parameters
property : Array.<String> | String
Fires
Related:
-
_setAttribute( key, value )
protected inherited
Adds or overwrite attribute with a specified key and value.
Parameters
key : String
Attribute key.
value : String
Attribute value.
Fires
Related:
-
_setCustomProperty( key, value )
protected inherited
Sets a custom property. Unlike attributes, custom properties are not rendered to the DOM, so they can be used to add special data to elements.
-
_setStyle( property, [ value ] )
protected inherited
Adds style to the element.
Note: This method can work with normalized style names if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See
StylesMap#set()
for details.Parameters
property : String | Object
Property name or object with key - value pairs.
[ value ] : String
Value to set. This parameter is ignored if object is provided as the first parameter.
Fires
Related:
Events
-
change( eventInfo )
inherited
Parameters
eventInfo : EventInfo
An object containing information about the fired event.
-
change:attributes( eventInfo, changedNode )
inherited
Fired when list of elements attributes changes.
-
change:children( eventInfo, changedNode )
inherited
Fired when list of elements children changes.
-
change:isFocused( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )
Fired when the
isFocused
property changed value.Parameters
eventInfo : EventInfo
An object containing information about the fired event.
name : String
Name of the changed property (
isFocused
).value : Boolean
New value of the
isFocused
property with given key ornull
, if operation should remove property.oldValue : Boolean
Old value of the
isFocused
property with given key ornull
, if property was not set before.
-
change:isReadOnly( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )
Fired when the
isReadOnly
property changed value.Parameters
eventInfo : EventInfo
An object containing information about the fired event.
name : String
Name of the changed property (
isReadOnly
).value : Boolean
New value of the
isReadOnly
property with given key ornull
, if operation should remove property.oldValue : Boolean
Old value of the
isReadOnly
property with given key ornull
, if property was not set before.
-
change:text( eventInfo, changedNode )
inherited
Fired when text nodes data changes.
-
change:{property}( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )
mixed
Fired when a property changed value.
Parameters
eventInfo : EventInfo
An object containing information about the fired event.
name : String
The property name.
value : *
The new property value.
oldValue : *
The previous property value.
-
set:{property}( eventInfo, name, value, oldValue )
mixed
Fired when a property value is going to be set but is not set yet (before the
change
event is fired).You can control the final value of the property by using the event's
return
property.Note: The event is fired even when the new value is the same as the old value.
Parameters
eventInfo : EventInfo
An object containing information about the fired event.
name : String
The property name.
value : *
The new property value.
oldValue : *
The previous property value.
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