gecko-dev/dom/interfaces/events/nsIDOMDataTransfer.idl

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#include "domstubs.idl"

interface nsIVariant;
interface nsIDOMFileList;

[builtinclass, uuid(c71180e3-298b-4fbb-9ccb-82c822474741)]
interface nsIDOMDataTransfer : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * The actual effect that will be used, and should always be one of the
   * possible values of effectAllowed.
   *
   * For dragstart, drag and dragleave events, the dropEffect is initialized
   * to none. Any value assigned to the dropEffect will be set, but the value
   * isn't used for anything.
   *
   * For the dragenter and dragover events, the dropEffect will be initialized
   * based on what action the user is requesting. How this is determined is
   * platform specific, but typically the user can press modifier keys to
   * adjust which action is desired. Within an event handler for the dragenter
   * and dragover events, the dropEffect should be modified if the action the
   * user is requesting is not the one that is desired.
   *
   * For the drop and dragend events, the dropEffect will be initialized to
   * the action that was desired, which will be the value that the dropEffect
   * had after the last dragenter or dragover event.
   *
   * Possible values:
   *  copy - a copy of the source item is made at the new location
   *  move - an item is moved to a new location
   *  link - a link is established to the source at the new location
   *  none - the item may not be dropped
   *
   * Assigning any other value has no effect and retains the old value.
   */
  attribute DOMString dropEffect;

  /*
   * Specifies the effects that are allowed for this drag. You may set this in
   * the dragstart event to set the desired effects for the source, and within
   * the dragenter and dragover events to set the desired effects for the
   * target. The value is not used for other events.
   *
   * Possible values:
   *  copy - a copy of the source item is made at the new location
   *  move - an item is moved to a new location
   *  link - a link is established to the source at the new location
   *  copyLink, copyMove, linkMove, all - combinations of the above
   *  none - the item may not be dropped
   *  uninitialized - the default value when the effect has not been set,
   *                  equivalent to all.
   *
   * Assigning any other value has no effect and retains the old value.
   */
  attribute DOMString effectAllowed;

  /**
   * Holds a list of all the local files available on this data transfer.
   * A dataTransfer containing no files will return an empty list, and an
   * invalid index access on the resulting file list will return null. 
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMFileList files;

  /**
   * Holds a list of the format types of the data that is stored for the first
   * item, in the same order the data was added. An empty list will be
   * returned if no data was added.
   */
  readonly attribute nsISupports types;

  /**
   * Remove the data associated with a given format. If format is empty or not
   * specified, the data associated with all formats is removed. If data for
   * the specified format does not exist, or the data transfer contains no
   * data, this method will have no effect.
   */
  void clearData([optional] in DOMString format);

  /**
   * Set the data for a given format. If data for the format does not exist,
   * it is added at the end, such that the last item in the types list will be
   * the new format. If data for the format already exists, the existing data
   * is replaced in the same position. That is, the order of the types list is
   * not changed.
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER if the data is null
   */
  void setData(in DOMString format, in DOMString data);

  /**
   * Retrieves the data for a given format, or an empty string if data for
   * that format does not exist or the data transfer contains no data.
   */
  DOMString getData(in DOMString format);

  /**
   * Set the image to be used for dragging if a custom one is desired. Most of
   * the time, this would not be set, as a default image is created from the
   * node that was dragged.
   *
   * If the node is an HTML img element, an HTML canvas element or a XUL image
   * element, the image data is used. Otherwise, image should be a visible
   * node and the drag image will be created from this. If image is null, any
   * custom drag image is cleared and the default is used instead.
   *
   * The coordinates specify the offset into the image where the mouse cursor
   * should be. To center the image for instance, use values that are half the
   * width and height.
   *
   * @param image a node to use 
   * @param x the horizontal offset
   * @param y the vertical offset
   * @throws NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if the item cannot be modified
   */
  void setDragImage(in nsIDOMElement image, in long x, in long y);

  /*
   * Set the drag source. Usually you would not change this, but it will
   * affect which node the drag and dragend events are fired at. The
   * default target is the node that was dragged.
   *
   * @param element drag source to use
   * @throws NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if the item cannot be modified
   */
  void addElement(in nsIDOMElement element);

  /**
   * The number of items being dragged.
   */
  readonly attribute unsigned long mozItemCount;

  /**
   * Sets the drag cursor state. Primarily used to control the cursor during
   * tab drags, but could be expanded to other uses. XXX Currently implemented
   * on Win32 only.
   *
   * Possible values:
   *  auto - use default system behavior.
   *  default - set the cursor to an arrow during the drag operation.
   *
   * Values other than 'default' are indentical to setting mozCursor to
   * 'auto'.
   */
  attribute DOMString mozCursor;

  /**
   * Holds a list of the format types of the data that is stored for an item
   * at the specified index. If the index is not in the range from 0 to
   * itemCount - 1, an empty string list is returned.
   */
  nsISupports mozTypesAt(in unsigned long index);

  /**
   * Remove the data associated with the given format for an item at the
   * specified index. The index is in the range from zero to itemCount - 1.
   *
   * If the last format for the item is removed, the entire item is removed,
   * reducing the itemCount by one.
   *
   * If format is empty, then the data associated with all formats is removed.
   * If the format is not found, then this method has no effect.
   *
   * @param format the format to remove
   * @throws NS_ERROR_DOM_INDEX_SIZE_ERR if index is greater or equal than itemCount
   * @throws NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if the item cannot be modified
   */
  void mozClearDataAt(in DOMString format, in unsigned long index);

  /*
   * A data transfer may store multiple items, each at a given zero-based
   * index. setDataAt may only be called with an index argument less than
   * itemCount in which case an existing item is modified, or equal to
   * itemCount in which case a new item is added, and the itemCount is
   * incremented by one.
   *
   * Data should be added in order of preference, with the most specific
   * format added first and the least specific format added last. If data of
   * the given format already exists, it is replaced in the same position as
   * the old data.
   *
   * The data should be either a string, a primitive boolean or number type
   * (which will be converted into a string) or an nsISupports.
   *
   * @param format the format to add
   * @param data the data to add
   * @throws NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER if the data is null
   * @throws NS_ERROR_DOM_INDEX_SIZE_ERR if index is greater than itemCount
   * @throws NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR if the item cannot be modified
   */
  void mozSetDataAt(in DOMString format, in nsIVariant data, in unsigned long index);

  /**
   * Retrieve the data associated with the given format for an item at the
   * specified index, or null if it does not exist. The index should be in the
   * range from zero to itemCount - 1.
   *
   * @param format the format of the data to look up
   * @returns the data of the given format, or null if it doesn't exist.
   * @throws NS_ERROR_DOM_INDEX_SIZE_ERR if index is greater or equal than itemCount
   */
  nsIVariant mozGetDataAt(in DOMString format, in unsigned long index);

  /**
   * Will be true when the user has cancelled the drag (typically by pressing
   * Escape) and when the drag has been cancelled unexpectedly.  This will be
   * false otherwise, including when the drop has been rejected by its target.
   * This property is only relevant for the dragend event.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean mozUserCancelled;

  /**
   * The node that the mouse was pressed over to begin the drag. For external
   * drags, or if the caller cannot access this node, this will be null.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIDOMNode mozSourceNode;

  /*
   * Integer version of dropEffect, set to one of the constants in nsIDragService.
   */
  [noscript] attribute unsigned long dropEffectInt;

  /*
   * Integer version of effectAllowed, set to one or a combination of the
   * constants in nsIDragService.
   */
  [noscript] attribute unsigned long effectAllowedInt;
};