gecko-dev/toolkit/components/autocomplete/public/nsIAutoCompleteInput.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"
#include "nsIAutoCompleteController.idl"

interface nsIAutoCompletePopup;

[scriptable, uuid(916aa9a0-e049-4ef9-a6dc-ff2f9f0f210b)]
interface nsIAutoCompleteInput : nsISupports
{  
  /*
   * The result view that will be used to display results
   */
  readonly attribute nsIAutoCompletePopup popup;
  
  /*
   * The controller.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIAutoCompleteController controller;

  /* 
   * Indicates if the popup is currently open
   */
  attribute boolean popupOpen;

  /*
   * Option to disable autocomplete functionality
   */ 
  attribute boolean disableAutoComplete;
  
  /* 
   * If a search result has its defaultIndex set, this will optionally
   * try to complete the text in the textbox to the entire text of the
   * result at the default index as the user types
   */
  attribute boolean completeDefaultIndex;

  /*
   * complete text in the textbox as the user selects from the dropdown
   * options if set to true
   */
  attribute boolean completeSelectedIndex;

  /* 
   * Option for completing to the default result whenever the user hits
   * enter or the textbox loses focus
   */
  attribute boolean forceComplete;
    
  /*
   * Option to open the popup only after a certain number of results are available
   */
  attribute unsigned long minResultsForPopup;
  
  /*
   * The maximum number of rows to show in the autocomplete popup.
   */
  attribute unsigned long maxRows;

  /*
   * Option to show a second column in the popup which contains
   * the comment for each autocomplete result
   */
  attribute boolean showCommentColumn;

  /* 
   * Number of milliseconds after a keystroke before a search begins
   */
  attribute unsigned long timeout;

  /*
   * An extra parameter to configure searches with.
   */
  attribute AString searchParam;

  /*
   * The number of autocomplete session to search
   */
  readonly attribute unsigned long searchCount;
  
  /*
   * Get the name of one of the autocomplete search session objects
   */
  ACString getSearchAt(in unsigned long index);

  /*
   * The value of text in the autocomplete textbox
   */
  attribute AString textValue;

  /*
   * Report the starting index of the cursor in the textbox
   */
  readonly attribute long selectionStart;

  /*
   * Report the ending index of the cursor in the textbox
   */
  readonly attribute long selectionEnd;

  /*
   * Select a range of text in the autocomplete textbox
   */
  void selectTextRange(in long startIndex, in long endIndex);

  /*
   * Notification that the search concluded successfully
   */
  void onSearchComplete();

  /*
   * Notification that the user selected and entered a result item
   *
   * @return True if the user wishes to prevent the enter
   */
  boolean onTextEntered();

  /*
   * Notification that the user cancelled the autocomplete session
   *
   * @return True if the user wishes to prevent the revert
   */
  boolean onTextReverted();

  /*
   * This popup should consume or dispatch the rollup event.
   * TRUE: should consume; FALSE: should dispatch.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean consumeRollupEvent;
};