phorge/webroot/rsrc/js/core/TextAreaUtils.js
epriestley fe042def42 Add a Javascript method to find the pixel position of a range in a textarea
Summary:
Ref T3725. This might eventually allow us to do `@username` typeaheads in textareas.

Javascript!!!

Test Plan:
Dumped this into console and got a "<<<" at the caret position in Safari, Firefox and Chrome.

```
setInterval(function() {

var area = JX.$('comment-content');
var r = JX.TextAreaUtils.getSelectionRange(area);
var d = JX.TextAreaUtils.getPixelDimensions(area, r.start, r.end);

JX.log(d);

try {
  JX.DOM.remove(JX.$('ptr'));
} catch (_) {}

document.body.appendChild(
  JX.$N(
    'div',
    {id: "ptr", style: { position: 'absolute', left: d.start.x + 'px', top: d.start.y + 'px', zIndex: 9999, border: '2px solid red' }},
    '<<<'));
}, 1000);
```

Reviewers: chad, btrahan

Reviewed By: btrahan

Subscribers: epriestley

Maniphest Tasks: T3725

Differential Revision: https://secure.phabricator.com/D10280
2014-08-18 13:15:40 -07:00

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JavaScript

/**
* @requires javelin-install
* javelin-dom
* javelin-vector
* @provides phabricator-textareautils
* @javelin
*/
JX.install('TextAreaUtils', {
statics : {
getSelectionRange : function(area) {
var v = area.value;
// NOTE: This works well in Safari, Firefox and Chrome. We'll probably get
// less-good behavior on IE.
var s = v.length;
var e = v.length;
if ('selectionStart' in area) {
s = area.selectionStart;
e = area.selectionEnd;
}
return {start: s, end: e};
},
getSelectionText : function(area) {
var v = area.value;
var r = JX.TextAreaUtils.getSelectionRange(area);
return v.substring(r.start, r.end);
},
setSelectionRange : function(area, start, end) {
if ('setSelectionRange' in area) {
area.focus();
area.setSelectionRange(start, end);
}
},
setSelectionText : function(area, text) {
var v = area.value;
var r = JX.TextAreaUtils.getSelectionRange(area);
v = v.substring(0, r.start) + text + v.substring(r.end, v.length);
area.value = v;
JX.TextAreaUtils.setSelectionRange(area, r.start, r.start + text.length);
},
/**
* Get the document pixel positions of the beginning and end of a character
* range in a textarea.
*/
getPixelDimensions: function(area, start, end) {
var v = area.value;
// We're using zero-width spaces to make sure the spans get some
// height even if there's no text in the metrics tag.
var head = v.substring(0, start);
var before = JX.$N('span', {}, '\u200b');
var body = v.substring(start, end);
var after = JX.$N('span', {}, '\u200b');
// Create a similar shadow element which we can measure.
var metrics = JX.$N(
'var',
{
className: area.className,
},
[head, before, body, after]);
// If the textarea has a scrollbar, force a scrollbar on the shadow
// element too.
if (area.scrollHeight > area.clientHeight) {
metrics.style.overflowY = 'scroll';
}
area.parentNode.appendChild(metrics);
// Adjust the positions we read out of the document to account for the
// current scroll position of the textarea.
var metrics_pos = JX.Vector.getPos(metrics);
metrics_pos.x += area.scrollLeft;
metrics_pos.y += area.scrollTop;
var area_pos = JX.Vector.getPos(area);
var before_pos = JX.Vector.getPos(before);
var after_pos = JX.Vector.getPos(after);
JX.DOM.remove(metrics);
return {
start: {
x: area_pos.x + (before_pos.x - metrics_pos.x),
y: area_pos.y + (before_pos.y - metrics_pos.y)
},
end: {
x: area_pos.x + (after_pos.x - metrics_pos.x),
y: area_pos.y + (after_pos.y - metrics_pos.y)
}
};
}
}
});