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7 #ifndef DirectionalityUtils_h___
8 #define DirectionalityUtils_h___
10 #include "nscore.h"
11 #include "nsStringFwd.h"
13 class nsIContent;
14 class nsINode;
15 class nsAttrValue;
17 namespace mozilla::dom {
18 class Element;
19 class HTMLSlotElement;
20 class Text;
21 struct UnbindContext;
22 } // namespace mozilla::dom
24 namespace mozilla {
26 enum class Directionality : uint8_t { Unset, Rtl, Ltr, Auto };
28 /**
29 * Various methods for returning the directionality of a string using the
30 * first-strong algorithm defined in http://unicode.org/reports/tr9/#P2
32 * @param[out] aFirstStrong the offset to the first character in the string with
33 * strong directionality, or UINT32_MAX if there is none (in which
34 * case the return value is Directionality::Unset).
35 * @return the directionality of the string, or Unset if not available.
37 Directionality GetDirectionFromText(const char16_t* aText,
38 const uint32_t aLength,
39 uint32_t* aFirstStrong = nullptr);
41 /**
42 * Set the directionality of an element according to the algorithm defined at
43 * https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#the-directionality, not including elements with
44 * auto direction.
46 * @return the directionality that the element was set to
48 Directionality RecomputeDirectionality(mozilla::dom::Element* aElement,
49 bool aNotify = true);
51 /**
52 * https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#parent-directionality
54 Directionality GetParentDirectionality(const mozilla::dom::Element* aElement);
56 /**
57 * Set the directionality of any descendants of a node that do not themselves
58 * have a dir attribute.
59 * For performance reasons we walk down the descendant tree in the rare case
60 * of setting the dir attribute, rather than walking up the ancestor tree in
61 * the much more common case of getting the element's directionality.
63 void SetDirectionalityOnDescendants(mozilla::dom::Element* aElement,
64 Directionality aDir, bool aNotify = true);
66 /**
67 * Walk the descendants of a node in tree order and, for any text node
68 * descendant that determines the directionality of some element and is not a
69 * descendant of another descendant of the original node with dir=auto,
70 * redetermine that element's directionality
72 void WalkDescendantsResetAutoDirection(mozilla::dom::Element* aElement);
74 /**
75 * In case a element was added to a slot it may change the directionality
76 * of ancestors or assigned nodes.
78 void SlotAssignedNodeAdded(dom::HTMLSlotElement* aSlot,
79 nsIContent& aAssignedNode);
81 /**
82 * In case a element was removed from a slot it may change the directionality
83 * of ancestors or assigned nodes.
85 void SlotAssignedNodeRemoved(dom::HTMLSlotElement* aSlot,
86 nsIContent& aUnassignedNode);
88 /**
89 * After setting dir=auto on an element, walk its descendants in tree order.
90 * If the node doesn't have the NODE_ANCESTOR_HAS_DIR_AUTO flag, set the
91 * NODE_ANCESTOR_HAS_DIR_AUTO flag on all of its descendants.
92 * Resolve the directionality of the element by the "downward propagation
93 * algorithm" (defined in section 3 in the comments at the beginning of
94 * DirectionalityUtils.cpp)
96 void WalkDescendantsSetDirAuto(mozilla::dom::Element* aElement,
97 bool aNotify = true);
99 /**
100 * After unsetting dir=auto on an element, walk its descendants in tree order,
101 * skipping any that have dir=auto themselves, and unset the
102 * NODE_ANCESTOR_HAS_DIR_AUTO flag
104 void WalkDescendantsClearAncestorDirAuto(nsIContent* aContent);
107 * When the contents of a text node are about to change, retrieve the current
108 * directionality of the text
110 * @return whether the text node affects the directionality of any element
112 bool TextNodeWillChangeDirection(dom::Text* aTextNode, Directionality* aOldDir,
113 uint32_t aOffset);
116 * After the contents of a text node have changed, change the directionality
117 * of any elements whose directionality is determined by that node
119 void TextNodeChangedDirection(dom::Text* aTextNode, Directionality aOldDir,
120 bool aNotify);
123 * When a text node is appended to an element, find any ancestors with dir=auto
124 * whose directionality will be determined by the text node
126 void SetDirectionFromNewTextNode(dom::Text* aTextNode);
129 * When a text node is removed from a document, find any ancestors whose
130 * directionality it determined and redetermine their directionality
132 void ResetDirectionSetByTextNode(dom::Text*, dom::UnbindContext&);
135 * Update directionality of this and other affected elements.
137 void ResetDirFormAssociatedElement(mozilla::dom::Element* aElement,
138 bool aNotify, bool aHasDirAuto,
139 const nsAString* aKnownValue = nullptr);
142 * Called when setting the dir attribute on an element, immediately after
143 * AfterSetAttr. This is instead of using BeforeSetAttr or AfterSetAttr, because
144 * in AfterSetAttr we don't know the old value, so we can't identify all cases
145 * where we need to walk up or down the document tree and reset the direction;
146 * and in BeforeSetAttr we can't do the walk because this element hasn't had the
147 * value set yet so the results will be wrong.
149 void OnSetDirAttr(mozilla::dom::Element* aElement, const nsAttrValue* aNewValue,
150 bool hadValidDir, bool hadDirAuto, bool aNotify);
153 * Called when binding a new element to the tree, to set the
154 * NodeAncestorHasDirAuto flag and set the direction of the element and its
155 * ancestors if necessary
157 void SetDirOnBind(mozilla::dom::Element* aElement, nsIContent* aParent);
160 * Called when unbinding an element from the tree, to recompute the
161 * directionality of the element if it doesn't have autodirection, and to
162 * clean up any entries in nsTextDirectionalityMap that refer to it.
164 void ResetDir(mozilla::dom::Element* aElement);
165 } // end namespace mozilla
167 #endif /* DirectionalityUtils_h___ */