ReactInputSelection.js

/**
 * Copyright 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
 * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
 *
 * @providesModule ReactInputSelection
 */

'use strict';

var ReactDOMSelection = require('ReactDOMSelection');

var containsNode = require('containsNode');
var focusNode = require('focusNode');
var getActiveElement = require('getActiveElement');

function isInDocument(node) {
  return containsNode(document.documentElement, node);
}

/**
 * @ReactInputSelection: React input selection module. Based on Selection.js,
 * but modified to be suitable for react and has a couple of bug fixes (doesn't
 * assume buttons have range selections allowed).
 * Input selection module for React.
 */
var ReactInputSelection = {

  hasSelectionCapabilities: function(elem) {
    var nodeName = elem && elem.nodeName && elem.nodeName.toLowerCase();
    return nodeName && (
      (nodeName === 'input' && elem.type === 'text') ||
      nodeName === 'textarea' ||
      elem.contentEditable === 'true'
    );
  },

  getSelectionInformation: function() {
    var focusedElem = getActiveElement();
    return {
      focusedElem: focusedElem,
      selectionRange:
          ReactInputSelection.hasSelectionCapabilities(focusedElem) ?
          ReactInputSelection.getSelection(focusedElem) :
          null,
    };
  },

  /**
   * @restoreSelection: If any selection information was potentially lost,
   * restore it. This is useful when performing operations that could remove dom
   * nodes and place them back in, resulting in focus being lost.
   */
  restoreSelection: function(priorSelectionInformation) {
    var curFocusedElem = getActiveElement();
    var priorFocusedElem = priorSelectionInformation.focusedElem;
    var priorSelectionRange = priorSelectionInformation.selectionRange;
    if (curFocusedElem !== priorFocusedElem &&
        isInDocument(priorFocusedElem)) {
      if (ReactInputSelection.hasSelectionCapabilities(priorFocusedElem)) {
        ReactInputSelection.setSelection(
          priorFocusedElem,
          priorSelectionRange
        );
      }
      focusNode(priorFocusedElem);
    }
  },

  /**
   * @getSelection: Gets the selection bounds of a focused textarea, input or
   * contentEditable node.
   * -@input: Look up selection bounds of this input
   * -@return {start: selectionStart, end: selectionEnd}
   */
  getSelection: function(input) {
    var selection;

    if ('selectionStart' in input) {
      // Modern browser with input or textarea.
      selection = {
        start: input.selectionStart,
        end: input.selectionEnd,
      };
    } else if (document.selection &&
        (input.nodeName && input.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'input')) {
      // IE8 input.
      var range = document.selection.createRange();
      // There can only be one selection per document in IE, so it must
      // be in our element.
      if (range.parentElement() === input) {
        selection = {
          start: -range.moveStart('character', -input.value.length),
          end: -range.moveEnd('character', -input.value.length),
        };
      }
    } else {
      // Content editable or old IE textarea.
      selection = ReactDOMSelection.getOffsets(input);
    }

    return selection || {start: 0, end: 0};
  },

  /**
   * @setSelection: Sets the selection bounds of a textarea or input and focuses
   * the input.
   * -@input     Set selection bounds of this input or textarea
   * -@offsets   Object of same form that is returned from get*
   */
  setSelection: function(input, offsets) {
    var start = offsets.start;
    var end = offsets.end;
    if (end === undefined) {
      end = start;
    }

    if ('selectionStart' in input) {
      input.selectionStart = start;
      input.selectionEnd = Math.min(end, input.value.length);
    } else if (document.selection &&
        (input.nodeName && input.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'input')) {
      var range = input.createTextRange();
      range.collapse(true);
      range.moveStart('character', start);
      range.moveEnd('character', end - start);
      range.select();
    } else {
      ReactDOMSelection.setOffsets(input, offsets);
    }
  },
};

module.exports = ReactInputSelection;