extension/lib/markable-elements.coffee

   1 # This file contains functions for getting markable elements and related data.
   2
   3 utils = require('./utils')
   4 viewportUtils = require('./viewport')
   5
   6 {devtools} = Cu.import('resource://devtools/shared/Loader.jsm', {})
   7
   8 _Element = Ci.nsIDOMElement
   9 if _Element
  10   isElementInstance = (el) -> el instanceof _Element
  11 else
  12   Cu.importGlobalProperties(['Element'])
  13   isElementInstance = (el) -> Element.isInstance(el)
  14
  15 MIN_TEXTNODE_SIZE = 4
  16
  17 find = (window, filter, selector = '*') ->
  18   viewport = viewportUtils.getWindowViewport(window)
  19   wrappers = []
  20   getMarkableElements(window, viewport, wrappers, filter, selector)
  21   return wrappers
  22
  23 # `filter` is a function that is given every element in every frame of the page.
  24 # It should return wrapper objects for markable elements and a falsy value for
  25 # all other elements. All returned wrappers are added to `wrappers`. `wrappers`
  26 # is modified instead of using return values to avoid array concatenation for
  27 # each frame. It might sound expensive to go through _every_ element, but that’s
  28 # actually what other methods like using XPath or CSS selectors would need to do
  29 # anyway behind the scenes. However, it is possible to pass in a CSS selector,
  30 # which allows getting markable elements in several passes with different sets
  31 # of candidates.
  32 getMarkableElements = (
  33   window, viewport, wrappers, filter, selector, parents = []
  34 ) ->
  35   {document} = window
  36
  37   for element in getAllElements(document, selector)
  38     continue unless isElementInstance(element)
  39     # `getRects` is fast and filters out most elements, so run it first of all.
  40     rects = getRects(element, viewport)
  41     continue unless rects.insideViewport.length > 0
  42     continue unless wrapper = filter(
  43       element, (elementArg, tryRight = 1) ->
  44         return getElementShape(
  45           {window, viewport, parents, element: elementArg}, tryRight,
  46           if elementArg == element then rects else null
  47         )
  48     )
  49     wrappers.push(wrapper)
  50
  51   for frame in window.frames when frame.frameElement
  52     continue unless result = viewportUtils.getFrameViewport(
  53       frame.frameElement, viewport
  54     )
  55     {viewport: frameViewport, offset} = result
  56     getMarkableElements(
  57       frame, frameViewport, wrappers, filter, selector,
  58       parents.concat({window, offset})
  59     )
  60
  61   return
  62
  63 findAllDOMs = (dom) ->
  64   return [dom].concat(
  65     Array.from(dom.querySelectorAll('*'))
  66       .filter((e) -> e.shadowRoot?)
  67       .map((e) -> findAllDOMs(e.shadowRoot))...
  68   )
  69
  70 getAllElements = (document, selector) ->
  71   unless utils.isXULDocument(document) and document.getAnonymousNodes?
  72     return [].concat(
  73       findAllDOMs(document).map((d) ->
  74         Array.from(d.querySelectorAll(selector))
  75       )...
  76     )
  77
  78   # Note: getAnonymousNodes() has been removed from fx72. FIXME: remove.
  79   # Use a `Set` since this algorithm may find the same element more than once.
  80   # Ideally we should find a way to find all elements without duplicates.
  81   elements = new Set()
  82   getAllRegular = (element) ->
  83     # The first time `eb` is run `.getElementsByTagName('*')` may oddly include
  84     # `undefined` in its result! Filter those out. (Also, `selector` is ignored
  85     # here since it doesn’t make sense in XUL documents because of all the
  86     # trickery around anonymous elements.)
  87     for child in element.getElementsByTagName('*') when child
  88       elements.add(child)
  89       getAllAnonymous(child)
  90     return
  91   getAllAnonymous = (element) ->
  92     for child in document.getAnonymousNodes(element) or []
  93       continue unless isElementInstance(child)
  94       elements.add(child)
  95       getAllRegular(child)
  96       getAllAnonymous(child)
  97     return
  98   getAllRegular(document.documentElement)
  99   return Array.from(elements)
 100
 101 getRects = (element, viewport) ->
 102   # `element.getClientRects()` returns a list of rectangles, usually just one,
 103   # which is identical to the one returned by `element.getBoundingClientRect()`.
 104   # However, if `element` is inline and line-wrapped, then it returns one
 105   # rectangle for each line, since each line may be of different length, for
 106   # example. That allows us to properly add hints to line-wrapped links.
 107   rects = element.getClientRects?() or []
 108   return {
 109     all: rects,
 110     insideViewport: Array.prototype.filter.call(
 111       rects,
 112       (rect) -> viewportUtils.isInsideViewport(rect, viewport)
 113     )
 114   }
 115
 116 # Returns the “shape” of an element:
 117 #
 118 # - `nonCoveredPoint`: The coordinates of the first point of the element that
 119 #   isn’t covered by another element (except children of the element). It also
 120 #   contains the offset needed to make those coordinates relative to the top
 121 #   frame, as well as the rectangle that the coordinates occur in. It is `null`
 122 #   if the element is outside `viewport` or entirely covered by other elements.
 123 # - `area`: The area of the part of the element that is inside the viewport.
 124 # - `width`: The width of the visible rect at `nonCoveredPoint`.
 125 # - `textOffset`: The distance between the left edge of the element and the left
 126 #   edge of its text vertically near `nonCoveredPoint`. Might be `null`. The
 127 #   calculation might stop early if `isBlock`.
 128 # - `isBlock`: `true` if the element is a block and has several lines of text
 129 #   (which is the case for “cards” with an image to the left and a title as well
 130 #   as some text to the right (where the entire “card” is a link)). This is used
 131 #   to place the the marker at the edge of the block.
 132 getElementShape = (elementData, tryRight, rects = null) ->
 133   {viewport, element} = elementData
 134   result =
 135     {nonCoveredPoint: null, area: 0, width: 0, textOffset: null, isBlock: false}
 136
 137   rects ?= getRects(element, viewport)
 138   totalArea = 0
 139   visibleRects = []
 140   for rect, index in rects.insideViewport
 141     visibleRect = viewportUtils.adjustRectToViewport(rect, viewport)
 142     continue if visibleRect.area == 0
 143     visibleRect.index = index
 144     totalArea += visibleRect.area
 145     visibleRects.push(visibleRect)
 146
 147   if visibleRects.length == 0
 148     if rects.all.length == 1 and totalArea == 0
 149       [rect] = rects.all
 150       if rect.width > 0 or rect.height > 0
 151         # If we get here, it means that everything inside `element` is floated
 152         # and/or absolutely positioned (and that `element` hasn’t been made to
 153         # “contain” the floats). For example, a link in a menu could contain a
 154         # span of text floated to the left and an icon floated to the right.
 155         # Those are still clickable. Therefore we return the shape of the first
 156         # visible child instead. At least in that example, that’s the best bet.
 157         for child in element.children
 158           childData = Object.assign({}, elementData, {element: child})
 159           shape = getElementShape(childData, tryRight)
 160           return shape if shape
 161     return result
 162
 163   result.area = totalArea
 164
 165   # Even if `element` has a visible rect, it might be covered by other elements.
 166   nonCoveredPoint = null
 167   nonCoveredPointRect = null
 168   for visibleRect in visibleRects
 169     nonCoveredPoint = getFirstNonCoveredPoint(
 170       elementData, visibleRect, tryRight
 171     )
 172     if nonCoveredPoint
 173       nonCoveredPointRect = visibleRect
 174       break
 175
 176   return result unless nonCoveredPoint
 177   result.nonCoveredPoint = nonCoveredPoint
 178
 179   result.width = nonCoveredPointRect.width
 180
 181   lefts = []
 182   smallestBottom = Infinity
 183   hasSingleRect = (rects.all.length == 1)
 184
 185   utils.walkTextNodes(element, (node) ->
 186     unless node.data.trim() == ''
 187       for quads in node.getBoxQuads()
 188         try
 189           bounds = quads.getBounds()
 190         catch
 191           bounds = quads.bounds # waterfox 56
 192         if bounds.width < MIN_TEXTNODE_SIZE or bounds.height < MIN_TEXTNODE_SIZE
 193           continue
 194
 195         if utils.overlaps(bounds, nonCoveredPointRect)
 196           lefts.push(bounds.left)
 197
 198         if hasSingleRect
 199           # The element is likely a block and has several lines of text; ignore
 200           # the `textOffset` (see the description of `textOffset` at the
 201           # beginning of the function).
 202           if bounds.top > smallestBottom
 203             result.isBlock = true
 204             return true
 205
 206           if bounds.bottom < smallestBottom
 207             smallestBottom = bounds.bottom
 208
 209     return false
 210   )
 211
 212   if lefts.length > 0
 213     result.textOffset =
 214       Math.round(Math.min(lefts...) - nonCoveredPointRect.left)
 215
 216   return result
 217
 218 getFirstNonCoveredPoint = (elementData, elementRect, tryRight) ->
 219   # Try the left-middle point, or immediately to the right of a covering element
 220   # at that point (when `tryRight == 1`). If both of those are covered the whole
 221   # element is considered to be covered. The reasoning is:
 222   #
 223   # - A marker should show up as near the left edge of its visible area as
 224   #   possible. Having it appear to the far right (for example) is confusing.
 225   # - We can’t try too many times because of performance.
 226   # - We used to try left-top first, but if the element has `border-radius`, the
 227   #   corners won’t belong to the element, so `document.elementFromPoint()` will
 228   #   return whatever is behind. One _could_ temporarily add a CSS class that
 229   #   removes `border-radius`, but that turned out to be too slow. Trying
 230   #   left-middle instead avoids the problem, and looks quite nice, actually.
 231   # - We used to try left-bottom as well, but that is so rare that it’s not
 232   #   worth it.
 233   #
 234   # It is safer to try points at least one pixel into the element from the
 235   # edges, hence the `+1`.
 236   {left, top, bottom, height} = elementRect
 237   return tryPoint(
 238     elementData, elementRect,
 239     left, +1, Math.round(top + height / 2), 0, tryRight
 240   )
 241
 242 # Tries a point `(x + dx, y + dy)`. Returns `(x, y)` (and the frame offset) if
 243 # the element passes the tests. Otherwise it tries to the right of whatever is
 244 # at `(x, y)`, `tryRight` times . If nothing succeeds, `false` is returned. `dx`
 245 # and `dy` are used to offset the wanted point `(x, y)` while trying.
 246 tryPoint = (elementData, elementRect, x, dx, y, dy, tryRight = 0) ->
 247   {window, viewport, parents, element} = elementData
 248   elementAtPoint = window.document.elementFromPoint(x + dx, y + dy)
 249   offset = {left: 0, top: 0}
 250   found = false
 251   firstLevel = true
 252
 253   # Ensure that `element`, or a child of `element` (anything inside an `<a>` is
 254   # clickable too), really is present at (x,y). Note that this is not 100%
 255   # bullet proof: Combinations of CSS can cause this check to fail, even though
 256   # `element` isn’t covered. We don’t try to temporarily reset such CSS because
 257   # of performance. (See further down for the special value `-1` of `tryRight`.)
 258   if contains(element, elementAtPoint) or tryRight == -1
 259     found = true
 260     # If we’re currently in a frame, there might be something on top of the
 261     # frame that covers `element`. Therefore we ensure that the frame really is
 262     # present at the point for each parent in `parents`.
 263     currentWindow = window
 264     for parent in parents by -1
 265       # If leaving the devtools container take the devtools zoom into account.
 266       if utils.isDevtoolsWindow(currentWindow)
 267         docShell = currentWindow
 268           .getInterface(Ci.nsIWebNavigation)
 269           .QueryInterface(Ci.nsIDocShell)
 270         if docShell
 271           devtoolsZoom = docShell.contentViewer.fullZoom
 272           offset.left *= devtoolsZoom
 273           offset.top  *= devtoolsZoom
 274           x  *= devtoolsZoom
 275           y  *= devtoolsZoom
 276           dx *= devtoolsZoom
 277           dy *= devtoolsZoom
 278
 279       offset.left += parent.offset.left
 280       offset.top  += parent.offset.top
 281       elementAtPoint = parent.window.document.elementFromPoint(
 282         offset.left + x + dx, offset.top + y + dy
 283       )
 284       firstLevel = false
 285       unless contains(currentWindow.frameElement, elementAtPoint)
 286         found = false
 287         break
 288       currentWindow = parent.window
 289
 290   return {x, y, offset} if found
 291
 292   return false if elementAtPoint == null or tryRight <= 0
 293   rect = elementAtPoint.getBoundingClientRect()
 294
 295   # `.getBoundingClientRect()` does not include pseudo-elements that are
 296   # absolutely positioned so that they go outside of the element (which is
 297   # common for `/###\`-looking tabs), but calling `.elementAtPoint()` on the
 298   # pseudo-element _does_ return the element. This means that the covering
 299   # element’s _rect_ won’t cover the element we’re looking for. If so, it’s
 300   # better to try again, forcing the element to be considered located at this
 301   # point. That’s what `-1` for the `tryRight` argument means. This is also used
 302   # in the 'complementary' pass, to include elements considered covered in
 303   # earlier passes (which might have been false positives).
 304   if firstLevel and rect.right <= x + offset.left
 305     return tryPoint(elementData, elementRect, x, dx, y, dy, -1)
 306
 307   # If `elementAtPoint` is a parent to `element`, it most likely means that
 308   # `element` is hidden some way. It can also mean that a pseudo-element of
 309   # `elementAtPoint` covers `element` partly. Therefore, try once at the most
 310   # likely point: The center of the part of the rect to the right of `x`.
 311   if elementRect.right > x and contains(elementAtPoint, element)
 312     return tryPoint(
 313       elementData, elementRect,
 314       (x + elementRect.right) / 2, 0, y, 0, 0
 315     )
 316
 317   newX = rect.right - offset.left + 1
 318   return false if newX > viewport.right or newX > elementRect.right
 319   return tryPoint(elementData, elementRect, newX, 0, y, 0, tryRight - 1)
 320
 321 # In XUL documents there are “anonymous” elements. These are never returned by
 322 # `document.elementFromPoint` but their closest non-anonymous parents are.
 323 # The same is true for Web Components (where their hosts are returned), with
 324 # the further caveat that they might be nested.
 325 normalize = (element) ->
 326   element = elem while (elem = element.ownerDocument.getBindingParent(element))? # <fx71
 327   element = elem while (elem = element.containingShadowRoot?.host)? # >=fx72
 328   element = element.parentNode while element.prefix?
 329   return element
 330
 331 # Returns whether `element` corresponds to `elementAtPoint`. This is only
 332 # complicated for browser elements in the web page content area.
 333 # `.elementAtPoint()` always returns `<tabbrowser#content>` then. The element
 334 # might be in another tab and thus invisible, but `<tabbrowser#content>` is the
 335 # same and visible in _all_ tabs, so we have to check that the element really
 336 # belongs to the current tab.
 337 contains = (element, elementAtPoint) ->
 338   return false unless elementAtPoint
 339   container = normalize(element)
 340   if elementAtPoint.localName == 'tabbrowser' and elementAtPoint.id == 'content'
 341     {gBrowser} = element.ownerGlobal.top
 342     tabpanel = gBrowser.getNotificationBox(gBrowser.selectedBrowser)
 343     return tabpanel.contains(element)
 344   else
 345     # Note that `a.contains(a)` is supposed to be true, but strangely aren’t for
 346     # `<menulist>`s in the Add-ons Manager, so do a direct comparison as well.
 347     return container == elementAtPoint or container.contains(elementAtPoint)
 348
 349 module.exports = {
 350   find
 351 }