gecko-dev/accessible/public/nsIAccessibleEditableText.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIEditor;

[scriptable, uuid(e242d495-5cde-4b1c-8c84-2525b14939f5)]
interface nsIAccessibleEditableText : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Sets the attributes for the text between the two given indices. The old
   * attributes are replaced by the new list of attributes. For example,
   * sets font styles, such as italic, bold...
   *
   * @param startPos - start index of the text whose attributes are modified.
   * @param endPos - end index of the text whose attributes are modified.
   * @param attributes - set of attributes that replaces the old list of
   *                     attributes of the specified text portion.
   */
  void setAttributes (in long startPos, in long endPos,
                      in nsISupports attributes);

  /**
   * Replaces the text represented by this object by the given text.
   */
  void setTextContents (in AString text);

  /**
   * Inserts text at the specified position.
   *
   * @param text - text that is inserted.
   * @param position - index at which to insert the text.
   */
  void insertText (in AString text, in long position);

  /**
   * Copies the text range into the clipboard.
   *
   * @param startPos - start index of the text to moved into the clipboard.
   * @param endPos - end index of the text to moved into the clipboard.
   */
  void copyText (in long startPos, in long endPos);

  /**
   * Deletes a range of text and copies it to the clipboard.
   *
   * @param startPos - start index of the text to be deleted.
   * @param endOffset - end index of the text to be deleted.
   */
  void cutText (in long startPos, in long endPos);

  /**
   * Deletes a range of text.
   *
   * @param startPos - start index of the text to be deleted.
   * @param endPos - end index of the text to be deleted.
   */
  void deleteText (in long startPos, in long endPos);

  /**
   * Pastes text from the clipboard.
   *
   * @param position - index at which to insert the text from the system
   *                   clipboard into the text represented by this object.
   */
  void pasteText (in long position);
};