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  1. <!doctype html>
  2. <title>CodeMirror: User Manual</title>
  3. <meta charset="utf-8"/>
  4. <link rel=stylesheet href="docs.css">
  5. <script src="activebookmark.js"></script>
  6. <script src="../lib/codemirror.js"></script>
  7. <link rel="stylesheet" href="../lib/codemirror.css">
  8. <script src="../addon/runmode/runmode.js"></script>
  9. <script src="../addon/runmode/colorize.js"></script>
  10. <script src="../mode/javascript/javascript.js"></script>
  11. <script src="../mode/xml/xml.js"></script>
  12. <script src="../mode/css/css.js"></script>
  13. <script src="../mode/htmlmixed/htmlmixed.js"></script>
  14. <style>
  15. dt { text-indent: -2em; padding-left: 2em; margin-top: 1em; }
  16. dd { margin-left: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
  17. dt {margin-top: 1em;}
  18. dd dl, dd dt, dd dd, dd ul { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
  19. dt + dt { margin-top: 0; }
  20. dt.command { position: relative; }
  21. span.keybinding { position: absolute; right: 0; font-size: 80%; color: #555; text-indent: 0; }
  22. </style>
  23. <div id=nav>
  24. <a href="https://codemirror.net"><h1>CodeMirror</h1><img id=logo src="logo.png"></a>
  25. <ul>
  26. <li><a href="../index.html">Home</a></li>
  27. <li><a href="#overview" class=active data-default="true">Manual</a></li>
  28. <li><a href="https://github.com/codemirror/codemirror">Code</a></li>
  29. </ul>
  30. <ul>
  31. <li><a href="#usage">Basic Usage</a></li>
  32. <li><a href="#config">Configuration</a></li>
  33. <li><a href="#events">Events</a></li>
  34. <li><a href="#keymaps">Key maps</a></li>
  35. <li><a href="#commands">Commands</a></li>
  36. <li><a href="#styling">Customized Styling</a></li>
  37. <li><a href="#api">Programming API</a>
  38. <ul>
  39. <li><a href="#api_constructor">Constructor</a></li>
  40. <li><a href="#api_content">Content manipulation</a></li>
  41. <li><a href="#api_selection">Selection</a></li>
  42. <li><a href="#api_configuration">Configuration</a></li>
  43. <li><a href="#api_doc">Document management</a></li>
  44. <li><a href="#api_history">History</a></li>
  45. <li><a href="#api_marker">Text-marking</a></li>
  46. <li><a href="#api_decoration">Widget, gutter, and decoration</a></li>
  47. <li><a href="#api_sizing">Sizing, scrolling, and positioning</a></li>
  48. <li><a href="#api_mode">Mode, state, and tokens</a></li>
  49. <li><a href="#api_misc">Miscellaneous methods</a></li>
  50. <li><a href="#api_static">Static properties</a></li>
  51. </ul>
  52. </li>
  53. <li><a href="#addons">Addons</a></li>
  54. <li><a href="#modeapi">Writing CodeMirror Modes</a></li>
  55. <li><a href="#vimapi">Vim Mode API</a>
  56. <ul>
  57. <li><a href="#vimapi_configuration">Configuration</a></li>
  58. <li><a href="#vimapi_events">Events</a></li>
  59. <li><a href="#vimapi_extending">Extending VIM</a></li>
  60. </ul>
  61. </li>
  62. </ul>
  63. </div>
  64. <article>
  65. <section class=first id=overview>
  66. <h2 style="position: relative">
  67. User manual and reference guide
  68. <span style="color: #888; font-size: 1rem; position: absolute; right: 0; bottom: 0">version 5.65.1</span>
  69. </h2>
  70. <p>CodeMirror is a code-editor component that can be embedded in
  71. Web pages. The core library provides <em>only</em> the editor
  72. component, no accompanying buttons, auto-completion, or other IDE
  73. functionality. It does provide a rich API on top of which such
  74. functionality can be straightforwardly implemented. See
  75. the <a href="#addons">addons</a> included in the distribution,
  76. and <a href="https://npms.io/search?q=codemirror">3rd party
  77. packages on npm</a>, for reusable implementations of extra
  78. features.</p>
  79. <p>CodeMirror works with language-specific modes. Modes are
  80. JavaScript programs that help color (and optionally indent) text
  81. written in a given language. The distribution comes with a number
  82. of modes (see the <a href="../mode/"><code>mode/</code></a>
  83. directory), and it isn't hard to <a href="#modeapi">write new
  84. ones</a> for other languages.</p>
  85. </section>
  86. <section id=usage>
  87. <h2>Basic Usage</h2>
  88. <p>The easiest way to use CodeMirror is to simply load the script
  89. and style sheet found under <code>lib/</code> in the distribution,
  90. plus a mode script from one of the <code>mode/</code> directories.
  91. For example:</p>
  92. <pre data-lang="text/html">&lt;script src="lib/codemirror.js">&lt;/script>
  93. &lt;link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/codemirror.css">
  94. &lt;script src="mode/javascript/javascript.js">&lt;/script></pre>
  95. <p>(Alternatively, use a module loader. <a href="#modloader">More
  96. about that later.</a>)</p>
  97. <p>Having done this, an editor instance can be created like
  98. this:</p>
  99. <pre data-lang="javascript">var myCodeMirror = CodeMirror(document.body);</pre>
  100. <p>The editor will be appended to the document body, will start
  101. empty, and will use the mode that we loaded. To have more control
  102. over the new editor, a configuration object can be passed
  103. to <a href="#CodeMirror"><code>CodeMirror</code></a> as a second
  104. argument:</p>
  105. <pre data-lang="javascript">var myCodeMirror = CodeMirror(document.body, {
  106. value: "function myScript(){return 100;}\n",
  107. mode: "javascript"
  108. });</pre>
  109. <p>This will initialize the editor with a piece of code already in
  110. it, and explicitly tell it to use the JavaScript mode (which is
  111. useful when multiple modes are loaded).
  112. See <a href="#config">below</a> for a full discussion of the
  113. configuration options that CodeMirror accepts.</p>
  114. <p>In cases where you don't want to append the editor to an
  115. element, and need more control over the way it is inserted, the
  116. first argument to the <code>CodeMirror</code> function can also
  117. be a function that, when given a DOM element, inserts it into the
  118. document somewhere. This could be used to, for example, replace a
  119. textarea with a real editor:</p>
  120. <pre data-lang="javascript">var myCodeMirror = CodeMirror(function(elt) {
  121. myTextArea.parentNode.replaceChild(elt, myTextArea);
  122. }, {value: myTextArea.value});</pre>
  123. <p>However, for this use case, which is a common way to use
  124. CodeMirror, the library provides a much more powerful
  125. shortcut:</p>
  126. <pre data-lang="javascript">var myCodeMirror = CodeMirror.fromTextArea(myTextArea);</pre>
  127. <p>This will, among other things, ensure that the textarea's value
  128. is updated with the editor's contents when the form (if it is part
  129. of a form) is submitted. See the <a href="#fromTextArea">API
  130. reference</a> for a full description of this method.</p>
  131. <h3 id=modloader>Module loaders</h3>
  132. <p>The files in the CodeMirror distribution contain shims for
  133. loading them (and their dependencies) in AMD or CommonJS
  134. environments. If the variables <code>exports</code>
  135. and <code>module</code> exist and have type object, CommonJS-style
  136. require will be used. If not, but there is a
  137. function <code>define</code> with an <code>amd</code> property
  138. present, AMD-style (RequireJS) will be used.</p>
  139. <p>It is possible to
  140. use <a href="http://browserify.org/">Browserify</a> or similar
  141. tools to statically build modules using CodeMirror. Alternatively,
  142. use <a href="http://requirejs.org/">RequireJS</a> to dynamically
  143. load dependencies at runtime. Both of these approaches have the
  144. advantage that they don't use the global namespace and can, thus,
  145. do things like load multiple versions of CodeMirror alongside each
  146. other.</p>
  147. <p>Here's a simple example of using RequireJS to load CodeMirror:</p>
  148. <pre data-lang="javascript">require([
  149. "cm/lib/codemirror", "cm/mode/htmlmixed/htmlmixed"
  150. ], function(CodeMirror) {
  151. CodeMirror.fromTextArea(document.getElementById("code"), {
  152. lineNumbers: true,
  153. mode: "htmlmixed"
  154. });
  155. });</pre>
  156. <p>It will automatically load the modes that the mixed HTML mode
  157. depends on (XML, JavaScript, and CSS). Do <em>not</em> use
  158. RequireJS' <code>paths</code> option to configure the path to
  159. CodeMirror, since it will break loading submodules through
  160. relative paths. Use
  161. the <a href="http://requirejs.org/docs/api.html#packages"><code>packages</code></a>
  162. configuration option instead, as in:</p>
  163. <pre data-lang=javascript>require.config({
  164. packages: [{
  165. name: "codemirror",
  166. location: "../path/to/codemirror",
  167. main: "lib/codemirror"
  168. }]
  169. });</pre>
  170. </section>
  171. <section id=config>
  172. <h2>Configuration</h2>
  173. <p>Both the <a href="#CodeMirror"><code>CodeMirror</code></a>
  174. function and its <code>fromTextArea</code> method take as second
  175. (optional) argument an object containing configuration options.
  176. Any option not supplied like this will be taken
  177. from <a href="#defaults"><code>CodeMirror.defaults</code></a>, an
  178. object containing the default options. You can update this object
  179. to change the defaults on your page.</p>
  180. <p>Options are not checked in any way, so setting bogus option
  181. values is bound to lead to odd errors.</p>
  182. <p>These are the supported options:</p>
  183. <dl>
  184. <dt id="option_value"><code><strong>value</strong>: string|CodeMirror.Doc</code></dt>
  185. <dd>The starting value of the editor. Can be a string, or
  186. a <a href="#api_doc">document object</a>.</dd>
  187. <dt id="option_mode"><code><strong>mode</strong>: string|object</code></dt>
  188. <dd>The mode to use. When not given, this will default to the
  189. first mode that was loaded. It may be a string, which either
  190. simply names the mode or is
  191. a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME">MIME</a> type
  192. associated with the mode. The value <code>"null"</code>
  193. indicates no highlighting should be applied. Alternatively, it
  194. may be an object containing configuration options for the mode,
  195. with a <code>name</code> property that names the mode (for
  196. example <code>{name: "javascript", json: true}</code>). The demo
  197. pages for each mode contain information about what configuration
  198. parameters the mode supports. You can ask CodeMirror which modes
  199. and MIME types have been defined by inspecting
  200. the <code>CodeMirror.modes</code>
  201. and <code>CodeMirror.mimeModes</code> objects. The first maps
  202. mode names to their constructors, and the second maps MIME types
  203. to mode specs.</dd>
  204. <dt id="option_lineSeparator"><code><strong>lineSeparator</strong>: string|null</code></dt>
  205. <dd>Explicitly set the line separator for the editor. By default
  206. (value <code>null</code>), the document will be split on CRLFs
  207. as well as lone CRs and LFs, and a single LF will be used as
  208. line separator in all output (such
  209. as <a href="#getValue"><code>getValue</code></a>). When a
  210. specific string is given, lines will only be split on that
  211. string, and output will, by default, use that same
  212. separator.</dd>
  213. <dt id="option_theme"><code><strong>theme</strong>: string</code></dt>
  214. <dd>The theme to style the editor with. You must make sure the
  215. CSS file defining the corresponding <code>.cm-s-[name]</code>
  216. styles is loaded (see
  217. the <a href="../theme/"><code>theme</code></a> directory in the
  218. distribution). The default is <code>"default"</code>, for which
  219. colors are included in <code>codemirror.css</code>. It is
  220. possible to use multiple theming classes at once—for
  221. example <code>"foo bar"</code> will assign both
  222. the <code>cm-s-foo</code> and the <code>cm-s-bar</code> classes
  223. to the editor.</dd>
  224. <dt id="option_indentUnit"><code><strong>indentUnit</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  225. <dd>How many spaces a block (whatever that means in the edited
  226. language) should be indented. The default is 2.</dd>
  227. <dt id="option_smartIndent"><code><strong>smartIndent</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  228. <dd>Whether to use the context-sensitive indentation that the
  229. mode provides (or just indent the same as the line before).
  230. Defaults to true.</dd>
  231. <dt id="option_tabSize"><code><strong>tabSize</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  232. <dd>The width of a tab character. Defaults to 4.</dd>
  233. <dt id="option_indentWithTabs"><code><strong>indentWithTabs</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  234. <dd>Whether, when indenting, the first N*<code>tabSize</code>
  235. spaces should be replaced by N tabs. Default is false.</dd>
  236. <dt id="option_electricChars"><code><strong>electricChars</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  237. <dd>Configures whether the editor should re-indent the current
  238. line when a character is typed that might change its proper
  239. indentation (only works if the mode supports indentation).
  240. Default is true.</dd>
  241. <dt id="option_specialChars"><code><strong>specialChars</strong>: RegExp</code></dt>
  242. <dd>A regular expression used to determine which characters
  243. should be replaced by a
  244. special <a href="#option_specialCharPlaceholder">placeholder</a>.
  245. Mostly useful for non-printing special characters. The default
  246. is <code>/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f-\u009f\u00ad\u061c\u200b-\u200f\u2028\u2029\ufeff\ufff9-\ufffc]/</code>.</dd>
  247. <dt id="option_specialCharPlaceholder"><code><strong>specialCharPlaceholder</strong>: function(char) → Element</code></dt>
  248. <dd>A function that, given a special character identified by
  249. the <a href="#option_specialChars"><code>specialChars</code></a>
  250. option, produces a DOM node that is used to represent the
  251. character. By default, a red dot (<span style="color: red">•</span>)
  252. is shown, with a title tooltip to indicate the character code.</dd>
  253. <dt id="option_direction"><code><strong>direction</strong>: "ltr" | "rtl"</code></dt>
  254. <dd>Flips overall layout and selects base paragraph direction to
  255. be left-to-right or right-to-left. Default is "ltr".
  256. CodeMirror applies the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm to each
  257. line, but does not autodetect base direction — it's set to the
  258. editor direction for all lines. The resulting order is
  259. sometimes wrong when base direction doesn't match user intent
  260. (for example, leading and trailing punctuation jumps to the
  261. wrong side of the line). Therefore, it's helpful for
  262. multilingual input to let users toggle this option.
  263. <dt id="option_rtlMoveVisually"><code><strong>rtlMoveVisually</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  264. <dd>Determines whether horizontal cursor movement through
  265. right-to-left (Arabic, Hebrew) text is visual (pressing the left
  266. arrow moves the cursor left) or logical (pressing the left arrow
  267. moves to the next lower index in the string, which is visually
  268. right in right-to-left text). The default is <code>false</code>
  269. on Windows, and <code>true</code> on other platforms.</dd>
  270. <dt id="option_keyMap"><code><strong>keyMap</strong>: string</code></dt>
  271. <dd>Configures the key map to use. The default
  272. is <code>"default"</code>, which is the only key map defined
  273. in <code>codemirror.js</code> itself. Extra key maps are found in
  274. the <a href="../keymap/"><code>key map</code></a> directory. See
  275. the <a href="#keymaps">section on key maps</a> for more
  276. information.</dd>
  277. <dt id="option_extraKeys"><code><strong>extraKeys</strong>: object</code></dt>
  278. <dd>Can be used to specify extra key bindings for the editor,
  279. alongside the ones defined
  280. by <a href="#option_keyMap"><code>keyMap</code></a>. Should be
  281. either null, or a valid <a href="#keymaps">key map</a> value.</dd>
  282. <dt id="option_configureMouse"><code><strong>configureMouse</strong>: fn(cm: CodeMirror, repeat: "single" | "double" | "triple", event: Event) → Object</code></dt>
  283. <dd>Allows you to configure the behavior of mouse selection and
  284. dragging. The function is called when the left mouse button is
  285. pressed. The returned object may have the following properties:
  286. <dl>
  287. <dt><code><strong>unit</strong>: "char" | "word" | "line" | "rectangle" | fn(CodeMirror, Pos) → {from: Pos, to: Pos}</code></dt>
  288. <dd>The unit by which to select. May be one of the built-in
  289. units or a function that takes a position and returns a
  290. range around that, for a custom unit. The default is to
  291. return <code>"word"</code> for double
  292. clicks, <code>"line"</code> for triple
  293. clicks, <code>"rectangle"</code> for alt-clicks (or, on
  294. Chrome OS, meta-shift-clicks), and <code>"single"</code>
  295. otherwise.</dd>
  296. <dt><code><strong>extend</strong>: bool</code></dt>
  297. <dd>Whether to extend the existing selection range or start
  298. a new one. By default, this is enabled when shift
  299. clicking.</dd>
  300. <dt><code><strong>addNew</strong>: bool</code></dt>
  301. <dd>When enabled, this adds a new range to the existing
  302. selection, rather than replacing it. The default behavior is
  303. to enable this for command-click on Mac OS, and
  304. control-click on other platforms.</dd>
  305. <dt><code><strong>moveOnDrag</strong>: bool</code></dt>
  306. <dd>When the mouse even drags content around inside the
  307. editor, this controls whether it is copied (false) or moved
  308. (true). By default, this is enabled by alt-clicking on Mac
  309. OS, and ctrl-clicking elsewhere.</dd>
  310. </dl>
  311. </dd>
  312. <dt id="option_lineWrapping"><code><strong>lineWrapping</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  313. <dd>Whether CodeMirror should scroll or wrap for long lines.
  314. Defaults to <code>false</code> (scroll).</dd>
  315. <dt id="option_lineNumbers"><code><strong>lineNumbers</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  316. <dd>Whether to show line numbers to the left of the editor.</dd>
  317. <dt id="option_firstLineNumber"><code><strong>firstLineNumber</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  318. <dd>At which number to start counting lines. Default is 1.</dd>
  319. <dt id="option_lineNumberFormatter"><code><strong>lineNumberFormatter</strong>: function(line: integer) → string</code></dt>
  320. <dd>A function used to format line numbers. The function is
  321. passed the line number, and should return a string that will be
  322. shown in the gutter.</dd>
  323. <dt id="option_gutters"><code><strong>gutters</strong>: array&lt;string | {className: string, style: ?string}&gt;</code></dt>
  324. <dd>Can be used to add extra gutters (beyond or instead of the
  325. line number gutter). Should be an array of CSS class names or
  326. class name / CSS string pairs, each of which defines
  327. a <code>width</code> (and optionally a background), and which
  328. will be used to draw the background of the gutters. <em>May</em>
  329. include the <code>CodeMirror-linenumbers</code> class, in order
  330. to explicitly set the position of the line number gutter (it
  331. will default to be to the right of all other gutters). These
  332. class names are the keys passed
  333. to <a href="#setGutterMarker"><code>setGutterMarker</code></a>.</dd>
  334. <dt id="option_fixedGutter"><code><strong>fixedGutter</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  335. <dd>Determines whether the gutter scrolls along with the content
  336. horizontally (false) or whether it stays fixed during horizontal
  337. scrolling (true, the default).</dd>
  338. <dt id="option_scrollbarStyle"><code><strong>scrollbarStyle</strong>: string</code></dt>
  339. <dd>Chooses a scrollbar implementation. The default
  340. is <code>"native"</code>, showing native scrollbars. The core
  341. library also provides the <code>"null"</code> style, which
  342. completely hides the
  343. scrollbars. <a href="#addon_simplescrollbars">Addons</a> can
  344. implement additional scrollbar models.</dd>
  345. <dt id="option_coverGutterNextToScrollbar"><code><strong>coverGutterNextToScrollbar</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  346. <dd>When <a href="#option_fixedGutter"><code>fixedGutter</code></a>
  347. is on, and there is a horizontal scrollbar, by default the
  348. gutter will be visible to the left of this scrollbar. If this
  349. option is set to true, it will be covered by an element with
  350. class <code>CodeMirror-gutter-filler</code>.</dd>
  351. <dt id="option_inputStyle"><code><strong>inputStyle</strong>: string</code></dt>
  352. <dd>Selects the way CodeMirror handles input and focus. The core
  353. library defines the <code>"textarea"</code>
  354. and <code>"contenteditable"</code> input models. On mobile
  355. browsers, the default is <code>"contenteditable"</code>. On
  356. desktop browsers, the default is <code>"textarea"</code>.
  357. Support for IME and screen readers is better in
  358. the <code>"contenteditable"</code> model. The intention is to
  359. make it the default on modern desktop browsers in the
  360. future.</dd>
  361. <dt id="option_readOnly"><code><strong>readOnly</strong>: boolean|string</code></dt>
  362. <dd>This disables editing of the editor content by the user. If
  363. the special value <code>"nocursor"</code> is given (instead of
  364. simply <code>true</code>), focusing of the editor is also
  365. disallowed.</dd>
  366. <dt id="option_screenReaderLabel"><code><strong>screenReaderLabel</strong>: string</code></dt>
  367. <dd>This label is read by the screenreaders when CodeMirror text area is focused. This
  368. is helpful for accessibility.</dd>
  369. <dt id="option_showCursorWhenSelecting"><code><strong>showCursorWhenSelecting</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  370. <dd>Whether the cursor should be drawn when a selection is
  371. active. Defaults to false.</dd>
  372. <dt id="option_lineWiseCopyCut"><code><strong>lineWiseCopyCut</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  373. <dd>When enabled, which is the default, doing copy or cut when
  374. there is no selection will copy or cut the whole lines that have
  375. cursors on them.</dd>
  376. <dt id="option_pasteLinesPerSelection"><code><strong>pasteLinesPerSelection</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  377. <dd>When pasting something from an external source (not from the
  378. editor itself), if the number of lines matches the number of
  379. selection, CodeMirror will by default insert one line per
  380. selection. You can set this to <code>false</code> to disable
  381. that behavior.</dd>
  382. <dt id="option_selectionsMayTouch"><code><strong>selectionsMayTouch</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  383. <dd>Determines whether multiple selections are joined as soon as
  384. they touch (the default) or only when they overlap (true).</dd>
  385. <dt id="option_undoDepth"><code><strong>undoDepth</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  386. <dd>The maximum number of undo levels that the editor stores.
  387. Note that this includes selection change events. Defaults to
  388. 200.</dd>
  389. <dt id="option_historyEventDelay"><code><strong>historyEventDelay</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  390. <dd>The period of inactivity (in milliseconds) that will cause a
  391. new history event to be started when typing or deleting.
  392. Defaults to 1250.</dd>
  393. <dt id="option_tabindex"><code><strong>tabindex</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  394. <dd>The <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-tabindex">tab
  395. index</a> to assign to the editor. If not given, no tab index
  396. will be assigned.</dd>
  397. <dt id="option_autofocus"><code><strong>autofocus</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  398. <dd>Can be used to make CodeMirror focus itself on
  399. initialization. Defaults to off.
  400. When <a href="#fromTextArea"><code>fromTextArea</code></a> is
  401. used, and no explicit value is given for this option, it will be
  402. set to true when either the source textarea is focused, or it
  403. has an <code>autofocus</code> attribute and no other element is
  404. focused.</dd>
  405. <dt id="option_phrases"><code><strong>phrases</strong>: ?object</code></dt>
  406. <dd>Some addons run user-visible strings (such as labels in the
  407. interface) through the <a href="#phrase"><code>phrase</code></a>
  408. method to allow for translation. This option determines the
  409. return value of that method. When it is null or an object that
  410. doesn't have a property named by the input string, that string
  411. is returned. Otherwise, the value of the property corresponding
  412. to that string is returned.</dd>
  413. </dl>
  414. <p>Below this a few more specialized, low-level options are
  415. listed. These are only useful in very specific situations, you
  416. might want to skip them the first time you read this manual.</p>
  417. <dl>
  418. <dt id="option_dragDrop"><code><strong>dragDrop</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  419. <dd>Controls whether drag-and-drop is enabled. On by default.</dd>
  420. <dt id="option_allowDropFileTypes"><code><strong>allowDropFileTypes</strong>: array&lt;string&gt;</code></dt>
  421. <dd>When set (default is <code>null</code>) only files whose
  422. type is in the array can be dropped into the editor. The strings
  423. should be MIME types, and will be checked against
  424. the <a href="https://w3c.github.io/FileAPI/#dfn-type"><code>type</code></a>
  425. of the <code>File</code> object as reported by the browser.</dd>
  426. <dt id="option_cursorBlinkRate"><code><strong>cursorBlinkRate</strong>: number</code></dt>
  427. <dd>Half-period in milliseconds used for cursor blinking. The default blink
  428. rate is 530ms. By setting this to zero, blinking can be disabled. A
  429. negative value hides the cursor entirely.</dd>
  430. <dt id="option_cursorScrollMargin"><code><strong>cursorScrollMargin</strong>: number</code></dt>
  431. <dd>How much extra space to always keep above and below the
  432. cursor when approaching the top or bottom of the visible view in
  433. a scrollable document. Default is 0.</dd>
  434. <dt id="option_cursorHeight"><code><strong>cursorHeight</strong>: number</code></dt>
  435. <dd>Determines the height of the cursor. Default is 1, meaning
  436. it spans the whole height of the line. For some fonts (and by
  437. some tastes) a smaller height (for example <code>0.85</code>),
  438. which causes the cursor to not reach all the way to the bottom
  439. of the line, looks better</dd>
  440. <dt id="option_singleCursorHeightPerLine"><code><strong>singleCursorHeightPerLine</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  441. <dd>If set to <code>true</code> (the default), will keep the
  442. cursor height constant for an entire line (or wrapped part of a
  443. line). When <code>false</code>, the cursor's height is based on
  444. the height of the adjacent reference character.</dd>
  445. <dt id="option_resetSelectionOnContextMenu"><code><strong>resetSelectionOnContextMenu</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  446. <dd>Controls whether, when the context menu is opened with a
  447. click outside of the current selection, the cursor is moved to
  448. the point of the click. Defaults to <code>true</code>.</dd>
  449. <dt id="option_workTime"><code id="option_wordkDelay"><strong>workTime</strong>, <strong>workDelay</strong>: number</code></dt>
  450. <dd>Highlighting is done by a pseudo background-thread that will
  451. work for <code>workTime</code> milliseconds, and then use
  452. timeout to sleep for <code>workDelay</code> milliseconds. The
  453. defaults are 200 and 300, you can change these options to make
  454. the highlighting more or less aggressive.</dd>
  455. <dt id="option_pollInterval"><code><strong>pollInterval</strong>: number</code></dt>
  456. <dd>Indicates how quickly CodeMirror should poll its input
  457. textarea for changes (when focused). Most input is captured by
  458. events, but some things, like IME input on some browsers, don't
  459. generate events that allow CodeMirror to properly detect it.
  460. Thus, it polls. Default is 100 milliseconds.</dd>
  461. <dt id="option_flattenSpans"><code><strong>flattenSpans</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  462. <dd>By default, CodeMirror will combine adjacent tokens into a
  463. single span if they have the same class. This will result in a
  464. simpler DOM tree, and thus perform better. With some kinds of
  465. styling (such as rounded corners), this will change the way the
  466. document looks. You can set this option to false to disable this
  467. behavior.</dd>
  468. <dt id="option_addModeClass"><code><strong>addModeClass</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  469. <dd>When enabled (off by default), an extra CSS class will be
  470. added to each token, indicating the
  471. (<a href="#innerMode">inner</a>) mode that produced it, prefixed
  472. with <code>"cm-m-"</code>. For example, tokens from the XML mode
  473. will get the <code>cm-m-xml</code> class.</dd>
  474. <dt id="option_maxHighlightLength"><code><strong>maxHighlightLength</strong>: number</code></dt>
  475. <dd>When highlighting long lines, in order to stay responsive,
  476. the editor will give up and simply style the rest of the line as
  477. plain text when it reaches a certain position. The default is
  478. 10 000. You can set this to <code>Infinity</code> to turn off
  479. this behavior.</dd>
  480. <dt id="option_viewportMargin"><code><strong>viewportMargin</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  481. <dd>Specifies the amount of lines that are rendered above and
  482. below the part of the document that's currently scrolled into
  483. view. This affects the amount of updates needed when scrolling,
  484. and the amount of work that such an update does. You should
  485. usually leave it at its default, 10. Can be set
  486. to <code>Infinity</code> to make sure the whole document is
  487. always rendered, and thus the browser's text search works on it.
  488. This <em>will</em> have bad effects on performance of big
  489. documents.</dd>
  490. <dt id="option_spellcheck"><code><strong>spellcheck</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  491. <dd>Specifies whether or not spellcheck will be enabled on the input.</dd>
  492. <dt id="option_autocorrect"><code><strong>autocorrect</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  493. <dd>Specifies whether or not autocorrect will be enabled on the input.</dd>
  494. <dt id="option_autocapitalize"><code><strong>autocapitalize</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  495. <dd>Specifies whether or not autocapitalization will be enabled on the input.</dd>
  496. </dl>
  497. </section>
  498. <section id=events>
  499. <h2>Events</h2>
  500. <p>Various CodeMirror-related objects emit events, which allow
  501. client code to react to various situations. Handlers for such
  502. events can be registered with the <a href="#on"><code>on</code></a>
  503. and <a href="#off"><code>off</code></a> methods on the objects
  504. that the event fires on. To fire your own events,
  505. use <code>CodeMirror.signal(target, name, args...)</code>,
  506. where <code>target</code> is a non-DOM-node object.</p>
  507. <p>An editor instance fires the following events.
  508. The <code>instance</code> argument always refers to the editor
  509. itself.</p>
  510. <dl>
  511. <dt id="event_change"><code><strong>"change"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, changeObj: object)</code></dt>
  512. <dd>Fires every time the content of the editor is changed.
  513. The <code>changeObj</code> is a <code>{from, to, text, removed,
  514. origin}</code> object containing information about the changes
  515. that occurred as second argument. <code>from</code>
  516. and <code>to</code> are the positions (in the pre-change
  517. coordinate system) where the change started and ended (for
  518. example, it might be <code>{ch:0, line:18}</code> if the
  519. position is at the beginning of line #19). <code>text</code> is
  520. an array of strings representing the text that replaced the
  521. changed range (split by line). <code>removed</code> is the text
  522. that used to be between <code>from</code> and <code>to</code>,
  523. which is overwritten by this change. This event is
  524. fired <em>before</em> the end of
  525. an <a href="#operation">operation</a>, before the DOM updates
  526. happen.</dd>
  527. <dt id="event_changes"><code><strong>"changes"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, changes: array&lt;object&gt;)</code></dt>
  528. <dd>Like the <a href="#event_change"><code>"change"</code></a>
  529. event, but batched per <a href="#operation">operation</a>,
  530. passing an array containing all the changes that happened in the
  531. operation. This event is fired after the operation finished, and
  532. display changes it makes will trigger a new operation.</dd>
  533. <dt id="event_beforeChange"><code><strong>"beforeChange"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, changeObj: object)</code></dt>
  534. <dd>This event is fired before a change is applied, and its
  535. handler may choose to modify or cancel the change.
  536. The <code>changeObj</code> object
  537. has <code>from</code>, <code>to</code>, and <code>text</code>
  538. properties, as with
  539. the <a href="#event_change"><code>"change"</code></a> event. It
  540. also has a <code>cancel()</code> method, which can be called to
  541. cancel the change, and, <strong>if</strong> the change isn't
  542. coming from an undo or redo event, an <code>update(from, to,
  543. text)</code> method, which may be used to modify the change.
  544. Undo or redo changes can't be modified, because they hold some
  545. metainformation for restoring old marked ranges that is only
  546. valid for that specific change. All three arguments
  547. to <code>update</code> are optional, and can be left off to
  548. leave the existing value for that field
  549. intact. <strong>Note:</strong> you may not do anything from
  550. a <code>"beforeChange"</code> handler that would cause changes
  551. to the document or its visualization. Doing so will, since this
  552. handler is called directly from the bowels of the CodeMirror
  553. implementation, probably cause the editor to become
  554. corrupted.</dd>
  555. <dt id="event_cursorActivity"><code><strong>"cursorActivity"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror)</code></dt>
  556. <dd>Will be fired when the cursor or selection moves, or any
  557. change is made to the editor content.</dd>
  558. <dt id="event_keyHandled"><code><strong>"keyHandled"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, name: string, event: Event)</code></dt>
  559. <dd>Fired after a key is handled through a
  560. key map. <code>name</code> is the name of the handled key (for
  561. example <code>"Ctrl-X"</code> or <code>"'q'"</code>),
  562. and <code>event</code> is the DOM <code>keydown</code>
  563. or <code>keypress</code> event.</dd>
  564. <dt id="event_inputRead"><code><strong>"inputRead"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, changeObj: object)</code></dt>
  565. <dd>Fired whenever new input is read from the hidden textarea
  566. (typed or pasted by the user).</dd>
  567. <dt id="event_electricInput"><code><strong>"electricInput"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, line: integer)</code></dt>
  568. <dd>Fired if text input matched the
  569. mode's <a href="#option_electricChars">electric</a> patterns,
  570. and this caused the line's indentation to change.</dd>
  571. <dt id="event_beforeSelectionChange"><code><strong>"beforeSelectionChange"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, obj: {ranges, origin, update})</code></dt>
  572. <dd>This event is fired before the selection is moved. Its
  573. handler may inspect the set of selection ranges, present as an
  574. array of <code>{anchor, head}</code> objects in
  575. the <code>ranges</code> property of the <code>obj</code>
  576. argument, and optionally change them by calling
  577. the <code>update</code> method on this object, passing an array
  578. of ranges in the same format. The object also contains
  579. an <code>origin</code> property holding the origin string passed
  580. to the selection-changing method, if any. Handlers for this
  581. event have the same restriction
  582. as <a href="#event_beforeChange"><code>"beforeChange"</code></a>
  583. handlers — they should not do anything to directly update the
  584. state of the editor.</dd>
  585. <dt id="event_viewportChange"><code><strong>"viewportChange"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, from: number, to: number)</code></dt>
  586. <dd>Fires whenever the <a href="#getViewport">view port</a> of
  587. the editor changes (due to scrolling, editing, or any other
  588. factor). The <code>from</code> and <code>to</code> arguments
  589. give the new start and end of the viewport.</dd>
  590. <dt id="event_swapDoc"><code><strong>"swapDoc"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, oldDoc: Doc)</code></dt>
  591. <dd>This is signalled when the editor's document is replaced
  592. using the <a href="#swapDoc"><code>swapDoc</code></a>
  593. method.</dd>
  594. <dt id="event_gutterClick"><code><strong>"gutterClick"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, line: integer, gutter: string, clickEvent: Event)</code></dt>
  595. <dd>Fires when the editor gutter (the line-number area) is
  596. clicked. Will pass the editor instance as first argument, the
  597. (zero-based) number of the line that was clicked as second
  598. argument, the CSS class of the gutter that was clicked as third
  599. argument, and the raw <code>mousedown</code> event object as
  600. fourth argument.</dd>
  601. <dt id="event_gutterContextMenu"><code><strong>"gutterContextMenu"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, line: integer, gutter: string, contextMenu: Event: Event)</code></dt>
  602. <dd>Fires when the editor gutter (the line-number area)
  603. receives a <code>contextmenu</code> event. Will pass the editor
  604. instance as first argument, the (zero-based) number of the line
  605. that was clicked as second argument, the CSS class of the
  606. gutter that was clicked as third argument, and the raw
  607. <code>contextmenu</code> mouse event object as fourth argument.
  608. You can <code>preventDefault</code> the event, to signal that
  609. CodeMirror should do no further handling.</dd>
  610. <dt id="event_focus"><code><strong>"focus"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, event: Event)</code></dt>
  611. <dd>Fires whenever the editor is focused.</dd>
  612. <dt id="event_blur"><code><strong>"blur"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, event: Event)</code></dt>
  613. <dd>Fires whenever the editor is unfocused.</dd>
  614. <dt id="event_scroll"><code><strong>"scroll"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror)</code></dt>
  615. <dd>Fires when the editor is scrolled.</dd>
  616. <dt id="event_refresh"><code><strong>"refresh"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror)</code></dt>
  617. <dd>Fires when the editor is <a href="#refresh">refreshed</a>
  618. or <a href="#setSize">resized</a>. Mostly useful to invalidate
  619. cached values that depend on the editor or character size.</dd>
  620. <dt id="event_optionChange"><code><strong>"optionChange"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, option: string)</code></dt>
  621. <dd>Dispatched every time an option is changed with <a href="#setOption"><code>setOption</code></a>.</dd>
  622. <dt id="event_scrollCursorIntoView"><code><strong>"scrollCursorIntoView"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, event: Event)</code></dt>
  623. <dd>Fires when the editor tries to scroll its cursor into view.
  624. Can be hooked into to take care of additional scrollable
  625. containers around the editor. When the event object has
  626. its <code>preventDefault</code> method called, CodeMirror will
  627. not itself try to scroll the window.</dd>
  628. <dt id="event_update"><code><strong>"update"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror)</code></dt>
  629. <dd>Will be fired whenever CodeMirror updates its DOM display.</dd>
  630. <dt id="event_renderLine"><code><strong>"renderLine"</strong> (instance: CodeMirror, line: LineHandle, element: Element)</code></dt>
  631. <dd>Fired whenever a line is (re-)rendered to the DOM. Fired
  632. right after the DOM element is built, <em>before</em> it is
  633. added to the document. The handler may mess with the style of
  634. the resulting element, or add event handlers, but
  635. should <em>not</em> try to change the state of the editor.</dd>
  636. <dt id="event_dom"><code><strong>"mousedown"</strong>,
  637. <strong>"dblclick"</strong>, <strong>"touchstart"</strong>, <strong>"contextmenu"</strong>,
  638. <strong>"keydown"</strong>, <strong>"keypress"</strong>,
  639. <strong>"keyup"</strong>, <strong>"cut"</strong>, <strong>"copy"</strong>, <strong>"paste"</strong>,
  640. <strong>"dragstart"</strong>, <strong>"dragenter"</strong>,
  641. <strong>"dragover"</strong>, <strong>"dragleave"</strong>,
  642. <strong>"drop"</strong>
  643. (instance: CodeMirror, event: Event)</code></dt>
  644. <dd>Fired when CodeMirror is handling a DOM event of this type.
  645. You can <code>preventDefault</code> the event, or give it a
  646. truthy <code>codemirrorIgnore</code> property, to signal that
  647. CodeMirror should do no further handling.</dd>
  648. </dl>
  649. <p>Document objects (instances
  650. of <a href="#Doc"><code>CodeMirror.Doc</code></a>) emit the
  651. following events:</p>
  652. <dl>
  653. <dt id="event_doc_change"><code><strong>"change"</strong> (doc: CodeMirror.Doc, changeObj: object)</code></dt>
  654. <dd>Fired whenever a change occurs to the
  655. document. <code>changeObj</code> has a similar type as the
  656. object passed to the
  657. editor's <a href="#event_change"><code>"change"</code></a>
  658. event.</dd>
  659. <dt id="event_doc_beforeChange"><code><strong>"beforeChange"</strong> (doc: CodeMirror.Doc, change: object)</code></dt>
  660. <dd>See the <a href="#event_beforeChange">description of the
  661. same event</a> on editor instances.</dd>
  662. <dt id="event_doc_cursorActivity"><code><strong>"cursorActivity"</strong> (doc: CodeMirror.Doc)</code></dt>
  663. <dd>Fired whenever the cursor or selection in this document
  664. changes.</dd>
  665. <dt id="event_doc_beforeSelectionChange"><code><strong>"beforeSelectionChange"</strong> (doc: CodeMirror.Doc, selection: {head, anchor})</code></dt>
  666. <dd>Equivalent to
  667. the <a href="#event_beforeSelectionChange">event by the same
  668. name</a> as fired on editor instances.</dd>
  669. </dl>
  670. <p>Line handles (as returned by, for
  671. example, <a href="#getLineHandle"><code>getLineHandle</code></a>)
  672. support these events:</p>
  673. <dl>
  674. <dt id="event_delete"><code><strong>"delete"</strong> ()</code></dt>
  675. <dd>Will be fired when the line object is deleted. A line object
  676. is associated with the <em>start</em> of the line. Mostly useful
  677. when you need to find out when your <a href="#setGutterMarker">gutter
  678. markers</a> on a given line are removed.</dd>
  679. <dt id="event_line_change"><code><strong>"change"</strong> (line: LineHandle, changeObj: object)</code></dt>
  680. <dd>Fires when the line's text content is changed in any way
  681. (but the line is not deleted outright). The <code>change</code>
  682. object is similar to the one passed
  683. to <a href="#event_change">change event</a> on the editor
  684. object.</dd>
  685. </dl>
  686. <p>Marked range handles (<code>CodeMirror.TextMarker</code>), as returned
  687. by <a href="#markText"><code>markText</code></a>
  688. and <a href="#setBookmark"><code>setBookmark</code></a>, emit the
  689. following events:</p>
  690. <dl>
  691. <dt id="event_beforeCursorEnter"><code><strong>"beforeCursorEnter"</strong> ()</code></dt>
  692. <dd>Fired when the cursor enters the marked range. From this
  693. event handler, the editor state may be inspected
  694. but <em>not</em> modified, with the exception that the range on
  695. which the event fires may be cleared.</dd>
  696. <dt id="event_clear"><code><strong>"clear"</strong> (from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch})</code></dt>
  697. <dd>Fired when the range is cleared, either through cursor
  698. movement in combination
  699. with <a href="#mark_clearOnEnter"><code>clearOnEnter</code></a>
  700. or through a call to its <code>clear()</code> method. Will only
  701. be fired once per handle. Note that deleting the range through
  702. text editing does not fire this event, because an undo action
  703. might bring the range back into existence. <code>from</code>
  704. and <code>to</code> give the part of the document that the range
  705. spanned when it was cleared.</dd>
  706. <dt id="event_hide"><code><strong>"hide"</strong> ()</code></dt>
  707. <dd>Fired when the last part of the marker is removed from the
  708. document by editing operations.</dd>
  709. <dt id="event_unhide"><code><strong>"unhide"</strong> ()</code></dt>
  710. <dd>Fired when, after the marker was removed by editing, a undo
  711. operation brought the marker back.</dd>
  712. </dl>
  713. <p>Line widgets (<code>CodeMirror.LineWidget</code>), returned
  714. by <a href="#addLineWidget"><code>addLineWidget</code></a>, fire
  715. these events:</p>
  716. <dl>
  717. <dt id="event_redraw"><code><strong>"redraw"</strong> ()</code></dt>
  718. <dd>Fired whenever the editor re-adds the widget to the DOM.
  719. This will happen once right after the widget is added (if it is
  720. scrolled into view), and then again whenever it is scrolled out
  721. of view and back in again, or when changes to the editor options
  722. or the line the widget is on require the widget to be
  723. redrawn.</dd>
  724. </dl>
  725. </section>
  726. <section id=keymaps>
  727. <h2>Key Maps</h2>
  728. <p>Key maps are ways to associate keys and mouse buttons with
  729. functionality. A key map is an object mapping strings that
  730. identify the buttons to functions that implement their
  731. functionality.</p>
  732. <p>The CodeMirror distributions comes
  733. with <a href="../demo/emacs.html">Emacs</a>, <a href="../demo/vim.html">Vim</a>,
  734. and <a href="../demo/sublime.html">Sublime Text</a>-style keymaps.</p>
  735. <p>Keys are identified either by name or by character.
  736. The <code>CodeMirror.keyNames</code> object defines names for
  737. common keys and associates them with their key codes. Examples of
  738. names defined here are <code>Enter</code>, <code>F5</code>,
  739. and <code>Q</code>. These can be prefixed
  740. with <code>Shift-</code>, <code>Cmd-</code>, <code>Ctrl-</code>,
  741. and <code>Alt-</code> to specify a modifier. So for
  742. example, <code>Shift-Ctrl-Space</code> would be a valid key
  743. identifier.</p>
  744. <p>Common example: map the Tab key to insert spaces instead of a tab
  745. character.</p>
  746. <pre data-lang="javascript">
  747. editor.setOption("extraKeys", {
  748. Tab: function(cm) {
  749. var spaces = Array(cm.getOption("indentUnit") + 1).join(" ");
  750. cm.replaceSelection(spaces);
  751. }
  752. });</pre>
  753. <p>Alternatively, a character can be specified directly by
  754. surrounding it in single quotes, for example <code>'$'</code>
  755. or <code>'q'</code>. Due to limitations in the way browsers fire
  756. key events, these may not be prefixed with modifiers.</p>
  757. <p>To bind mouse buttons, use the names `LeftClick`,
  758. `MiddleClick`, and `RightClick`. These can also be prefixed with
  759. modifiers, and in addition, the word `Double` or `Triple` can be
  760. put before `Click` (as in `LeftDoubleClick`) to bind a double- or
  761. triple-click. The function for such a binding is passed the
  762. position that was clicked as second argument.</p>
  763. <p id="normalizeKeyMap">Multi-stroke key bindings can be specified
  764. by separating the key names by spaces in the property name, for
  765. example <code>Ctrl-X Ctrl-V</code>. When a map contains
  766. multi-stoke bindings or keys with modifiers that are not specified
  767. in the default order (<code>Shift-Cmd-Ctrl-Alt</code>), you must
  768. call <code>CodeMirror.normalizeKeyMap</code> on it before it can
  769. be used. This function takes a keymap and modifies it to normalize
  770. modifier order and properly recognize multi-stroke bindings. It
  771. will return the keymap itself.</p>
  772. <p>The <code>CodeMirror.keyMap</code> object associates key maps
  773. with names. User code and key map definitions can assign extra
  774. properties to this object. Anywhere where a key map is expected, a
  775. string can be given, which will be looked up in this object. It
  776. also contains the <code>"default"</code> key map holding the
  777. default bindings.</p>
  778. <p>The values of properties in key maps can be either functions of
  779. a single argument (the CodeMirror instance), strings, or
  780. <code>false</code>. Strings refer
  781. to <a href="#commands">commands</a>, which are described below. If
  782. the property is set to <code>false</code>, CodeMirror leaves
  783. handling of the key up to the browser. A key handler function may
  784. return <code>CodeMirror.Pass</code> to indicate that it has
  785. decided not to handle the key, and other handlers (or the default
  786. behavior) should be given a turn.</p>
  787. <p>Keys mapped to command names that start with the
  788. characters <code>"go"</code> or to functions that have a
  789. truthy <code>motion</code> property (which should be used for
  790. cursor-movement actions) will be fired even when an
  791. extra <code>Shift</code> modifier is present (i.e. <code>"Up":
  792. "goLineUp"</code> matches both up and shift-up). This is used to
  793. easily implement shift-selection.</p>
  794. <p>Key maps can defer to each other by defining
  795. a <code>fallthrough</code> property. This indicates that when a
  796. key is not found in the map itself, one or more other maps should
  797. be searched. It can hold either a single key map or an array of
  798. key maps.</p>
  799. <p>When a key map needs to set something up when it becomes
  800. active, or tear something down when deactivated, it can
  801. contain <code>attach</code> and/or <code>detach</code> properties,
  802. which should hold functions that take the editor instance and the
  803. next or previous keymap. Note that this only works for the
  804. <a href="#option_keyMap">top-level keymap</a>, not for fallthrough
  805. maps or maps added
  806. with <a href="#option_extraKeys"><code>extraKeys</code></a>
  807. or <a href="#addKeyMap"><code>addKeyMap</code></a>.</p>
  808. </section>
  809. <section id=commands>
  810. <h2>Commands</h2>
  811. <p>Commands are parameter-less actions that can be performed on an
  812. editor. Their main use is for key bindings. Commands are defined by
  813. adding properties to the <code>CodeMirror.commands</code> object.
  814. A number of common commands are defined by the library itself,
  815. most of them used by the default key bindings. The value of a
  816. command property must be a function of one argument (an editor
  817. instance).</p>
  818. <p>Some of the commands below are referenced in the default
  819. key map, but not defined by the core library. These are intended to
  820. be defined by user code or addons.</p>
  821. <p>Commands can also be run with
  822. the <a href="#execCommand"><code>execCommand</code></a>
  823. method.</p>
  824. <dl>
  825. <dt class=command id=command_selectAll><code><strong>selectAll</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-A (PC), Cmd-A (Mac)</span></dt>
  826. <dd>Select the whole content of the editor.</dd>
  827. <dt class=command id=command_singleSelection><code><strong>singleSelection</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Esc</span></dt>
  828. <dd>When multiple selections are present, this deselects all but
  829. the primary selection.</dd>
  830. <dt class=command id=command_killLine><code><strong>killLine</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-K (Mac)</span></dt>
  831. <dd>Emacs-style line killing. Deletes the part of the line after
  832. the cursor. If that consists only of whitespace, the newline at
  833. the end of the line is also deleted.</dd>
  834. <dt class=command id=command_deleteLine><code><strong>deleteLine</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-D (PC), Cmd-D (Mac)</span></dt>
  835. <dd>Deletes the whole line under the cursor, including newline at the end.</dd>
  836. <dt class=command id=command_delLineLeft><code><strong>delLineLeft</strong></code></dt>
  837. <dd>Delete the part of the line before the cursor.</dd>
  838. <dt class=command id=command_delWrappedLineLeft><code><strong>delWrappedLineLeft</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Cmd-Backspace (Mac)</span></dt>
  839. <dd>Delete the part of the line from the left side of the visual line the cursor is on to the cursor.</dd>
  840. <dt class=command id=command_delWrappedLineRight><code><strong>delWrappedLineRight</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Cmd-Delete (Mac)</span></dt>
  841. <dd>Delete the part of the line from the cursor to the right side of the visual line the cursor is on.</dd>
  842. <dt class=command id=command_undo><code><strong>undo</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-Z (PC), Cmd-Z (Mac)</span></dt>
  843. <dd>Undo the last change. Note that, because browsers still
  844. don't make it possible for scripts to react to or customize the
  845. context menu, selecting undo (or redo) from the context menu in
  846. a CodeMirror instance does not work.</dd>
  847. <dt class=command id=command_redo><code><strong>redo</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-Y (PC), Shift-Cmd-Z (Mac), Cmd-Y (Mac)</span></dt>
  848. <dd>Redo the last undone change.</dd>
  849. <dt class=command id=command_undoSelection><code><strong>undoSelection</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-U (PC), Cmd-U (Mac)</span></dt>
  850. <dd>Undo the last change to the selection, or if there are no
  851. selection-only changes at the top of the history, undo the last
  852. change.</dd>
  853. <dt class=command id=command_redoSelection><code><strong>redoSelection</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Alt-U (PC), Shift-Cmd-U (Mac)</span></dt>
  854. <dd>Redo the last change to the selection, or the last text change if
  855. no selection changes remain.</dd>
  856. <dt class=command id=command_goDocStart><code><strong>goDocStart</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-Home (PC), Cmd-Up (Mac), Cmd-Home (Mac)</span></dt>
  857. <dd>Move the cursor to the start of the document.</dd>
  858. <dt class=command id=command_goDocEnd><code><strong>goDocEnd</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-End (PC), Cmd-End (Mac), Cmd-Down (Mac)</span></dt>
  859. <dd>Move the cursor to the end of the document.</dd>
  860. <dt class=command id=command_goLineStart><code><strong>goLineStart</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Alt-Left (PC), Ctrl-A (Mac)</span></dt>
  861. <dd>Move the cursor to the start of the line.</dd>
  862. <dt class=command id=command_goLineStartSmart><code><strong>goLineStartSmart</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Home</span></dt>
  863. <dd>Move to the start of the text on the line, or if we are
  864. already there, to the actual start of the line (including
  865. whitespace).</dd>
  866. <dt class=command id=command_goLineEnd><code><strong>goLineEnd</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Alt-Right (PC), Ctrl-E (Mac)</span></dt>
  867. <dd>Move the cursor to the end of the line.</dd>
  868. <dt class=command id=command_goLineRight><code><strong>goLineRight</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Cmd-Right (Mac)</span></dt>
  869. <dd>Move the cursor to the right side of the visual line it is on.</dd>
  870. <dt class=command id=command_goLineLeft><code><strong>goLineLeft</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Cmd-Left (Mac)</span></dt>
  871. <dd>Move the cursor to the left side of the visual line it is on. If
  872. this line is wrapped, that may not be the start of the line.</dd>
  873. <dt class=command id=command_goLineLeftSmart><code><strong>goLineLeftSmart</strong></code></dt>
  874. <dd>Move the cursor to the left side of the visual line it is
  875. on. If that takes it to the start of the line, behave
  876. like <a href="#command_goLineStartSmart"><code>goLineStartSmart</code></a>.</dd>
  877. <dt class=command id=command_goLineUp><code><strong>goLineUp</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Up, Ctrl-P (Mac)</span></dt>
  878. <dd>Move the cursor up one line.</dd>
  879. <dt class=command id=command_goLineDown><code><strong>goLineDown</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Down, Ctrl-N (Mac)</span></dt>
  880. <dd>Move down one line.</dd>
  881. <dt class=command id=command_goPageUp><code><strong>goPageUp</strong></code><span class=keybinding>PageUp, Shift-Ctrl-V (Mac)</span></dt>
  882. <dd>Move the cursor up one screen, and scroll up by the same distance.</dd>
  883. <dt class=command id=command_goPageDown><code><strong>goPageDown</strong></code><span class=keybinding>PageDown, Ctrl-V (Mac)</span></dt>
  884. <dd>Move the cursor down one screen, and scroll down by the same distance.</dd>
  885. <dt class=command id=command_goCharLeft><code><strong>goCharLeft</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Left, Ctrl-B (Mac)</span></dt>
  886. <dd>Move the cursor one character left, going to the previous line
  887. when hitting the start of line.</dd>
  888. <dt class=command id=command_goCharRight><code><strong>goCharRight</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Right, Ctrl-F (Mac)</span></dt>
  889. <dd>Move the cursor one character right, going to the next line
  890. when hitting the end of line.</dd>
  891. <dt class=command id=command_goColumnLeft><code><strong>goColumnLeft</strong></code></dt>
  892. <dd>Move the cursor one character left, but don't cross line boundaries.</dd>
  893. <dt class=command id=command_goColumnRight><code><strong>goColumnRight</strong></code></dt>
  894. <dd>Move the cursor one character right, don't cross line boundaries.</dd>
  895. <dt class=command id=command_goWordLeft><code><strong>goWordLeft</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Alt-B (Mac)</span></dt>
  896. <dd>Move the cursor to the start of the previous word.</dd>
  897. <dt class=command id=command_goWordRight><code><strong>goWordRight</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Alt-F (Mac)</span></dt>
  898. <dd>Move the cursor to the end of the next word.</dd>
  899. <dt class=command id=command_goGroupLeft><code><strong>goGroupLeft</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-Left (PC), Alt-Left (Mac)</span></dt>
  900. <dd>Move to the left of the group before the cursor. A group is
  901. a stretch of word characters, a stretch of punctuation
  902. characters, a newline, or a stretch of <em>more than one</em>
  903. whitespace character.</dd>
  904. <dt class=command id=command_goGroupRight><code><strong>goGroupRight</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-Right (PC), Alt-Right (Mac)</span></dt>
  905. <dd>Move to the right of the group after the cursor
  906. (see <a href="#command_goGroupLeft">above</a>).</dd>
  907. <dt class=command id=command_delCharBefore><code><strong>delCharBefore</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Shift-Backspace, Ctrl-H (Mac)</span></dt>
  908. <dd>Delete the character before the cursor.</dd>
  909. <dt class=command id=command_delCharAfter><code><strong>delCharAfter</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Delete, Ctrl-D (Mac)</span></dt>
  910. <dd>Delete the character after the cursor.</dd>
  911. <dt class=command id=command_delWordBefore><code><strong>delWordBefore</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Alt-Backspace (Mac)</span></dt>
  912. <dd>Delete up to the start of the word before the cursor.</dd>
  913. <dt class=command id=command_delWordAfter><code><strong>delWordAfter</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Alt-D (Mac)</span></dt>
  914. <dd>Delete up to the end of the word after the cursor.</dd>
  915. <dt class=command id=command_delGroupBefore><code><strong>delGroupBefore</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-Backspace (PC), Alt-Backspace (Mac)</span></dt>
  916. <dd>Delete to the left of the <a href="#command_goGroupLeft">group</a> before the cursor.</dd>
  917. <dt class=command id=command_delGroupAfter><code><strong>delGroupAfter</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-Delete (PC), Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (Mac), Alt-Delete (Mac)</span></dt>
  918. <dd>Delete to the start of the <a href="#command_goGroupLeft">group</a> after the cursor.</dd>
  919. <dt class=command id=command_indentAuto><code><strong>indentAuto</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Shift-Tab</span></dt>
  920. <dd>Auto-indent the current line or selection.</dd>
  921. <dt class=command id=command_indentMore><code><strong>indentMore</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-] (PC), Cmd-] (Mac)</span></dt>
  922. <dd>Indent the current line or selection by one <a href="#option_indentUnit">indent unit</a>.</dd>
  923. <dt class=command id=command_indentLess><code><strong>indentLess</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-[ (PC), Cmd-[ (Mac)</span></dt>
  924. <dd>Dedent the current line or selection by one <a href="#option_indentUnit">indent unit</a>.</dd>
  925. <dt class=command id=command_insertTab><code><strong>insertTab</strong></code></dt>
  926. <dd>Insert a tab character at the cursor.</dd>
  927. <dt class=command id=command_insertSoftTab><code><strong>insertSoftTab</strong></code></dt>
  928. <dd>Insert the amount of spaces that match the width a tab at
  929. the cursor position would have.</dd>
  930. <dt class=command id=command_defaultTab><code><strong>defaultTab</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Tab</span></dt>
  931. <dd>If something is selected, indent it by
  932. one <a href="#option_indentUnit">indent unit</a>. If nothing is
  933. selected, insert a tab character.</dd>
  934. <dt class=command id=command_transposeChars><code><strong>transposeChars</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-T (Mac)</span></dt>
  935. <dd>Swap the characters before and after the cursor.</dd>
  936. <dt class=command id=command_newlineAndIndent><code><strong>newlineAndIndent</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Enter</span></dt>
  937. <dd>Insert a newline and auto-indent the new line.</dd>
  938. <dt class=command id=command_toggleOverwrite><code><strong>toggleOverwrite</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Insert</span></dt>
  939. <dd>Flip the <a href="#toggleOverwrite">overwrite</a> flag.</dd>
  940. <dt class=command id=command_save><code><strong>save</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-S (PC), Cmd-S (Mac)</span></dt>
  941. <dd>Not defined by the core library, only referred to in
  942. key maps. Intended to provide an easy way for user code to define
  943. a save command.</dd>
  944. <dt class=command id=command_find><code><strong>find</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-F (PC), Cmd-F (Mac)</span></dt>
  945. <dt class=command id=command_findNext><code><strong>findNext</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Ctrl-G (PC), Cmd-G (Mac)</span></dt>
  946. <dt class=command id=command_findPrev><code><strong>findPrev</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Shift-Ctrl-G (PC), Shift-Cmd-G (Mac)</span></dt>
  947. <dt class=command id=command_replace><code><strong>replace</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Shift-Ctrl-F (PC), Cmd-Alt-F (Mac)</span></dt>
  948. <dt class=command id=command_replaceAll><code><strong>replaceAll</strong></code><span class=keybinding>Shift-Ctrl-R (PC), Shift-Cmd-Alt-F (Mac)</span></dt>
  949. <dd>Not defined by the core library, but defined in
  950. the <a href="#addon_search">search addon</a> (or custom client
  951. addons).</dd>
  952. </dl>
  953. </section>
  954. <section id=styling>
  955. <h2>Customized Styling</h2>
  956. <p>Up to a certain extent, CodeMirror's look can be changed by
  957. modifying style sheet files. The style sheets supplied by modes
  958. simply provide the colors for that mode, and can be adapted in a
  959. very straightforward way. To style the editor itself, it is
  960. possible to alter or override the styles defined
  961. in <a href="../lib/codemirror.css"><code>codemirror.css</code></a>.</p>
  962. <p>Some care must be taken there, since a lot of the rules in this
  963. file are necessary to have CodeMirror function properly. Adjusting
  964. colors should be safe, of course, and with some care a lot of
  965. other things can be changed as well. The CSS classes defined in
  966. this file serve the following roles:</p>
  967. <dl>
  968. <dt id="class_CodeMirror"><code><strong>CodeMirror</strong></code></dt>
  969. <dd>The outer element of the editor. This should be used for the
  970. editor width, height, borders and positioning. Can also be used
  971. to set styles that should hold for everything inside the editor
  972. (such as font and font size), or to set a background. Setting
  973. this class' <code>height</code> style to <code>auto</code> will
  974. make the editor <a href="../demo/resize.html">resize to fit its
  975. content</a> (it is recommended to also set
  976. the <a href="#option_viewportMargin"><code>viewportMargin</code>
  977. option</a> to <code>Infinity</code> when doing this.</dd>
  978. <dt id="class_CodeMirror_focused"><code><strong>CodeMirror-focused</strong></code></dt>
  979. <dd>Whenever the editor is focused, the top element gets this
  980. class. This is used to hide the cursor and give the selection a
  981. different color when the editor is not focused.</dd>
  982. <dt id="class_CodeMirror_gutters"><code><strong>CodeMirror-gutters</strong></code></dt>
  983. <dd>This is the backdrop for all gutters. Use it to set the
  984. default gutter background color, and optionally add a border on
  985. the right of the gutters.</dd>
  986. <dt id="class_CodeMirror_linenumbers"><code><strong>CodeMirror-linenumbers</strong></code></dt>
  987. <dd>Use this for giving a background or width to the line number
  988. gutter.</dd>
  989. <dt id="class_CodeMirror_linenumber"><code><strong>CodeMirror-linenumber</strong></code></dt>
  990. <dd>Used to style the actual individual line numbers. These
  991. won't be children of the <code>CodeMirror-linenumbers</code>
  992. (plural) element, but rather will be absolutely positioned to
  993. overlay it. Use this to set alignment and text properties for
  994. the line numbers.</dd>
  995. <dt id="class_CodeMirror_lines"><code><strong>CodeMirror-lines</strong></code></dt>
  996. <dd>The visible lines. This is where you specify vertical
  997. padding for the editor content.</dd>
  998. <dt id="class_CodeMirror_cursor"><code><strong>CodeMirror-cursor</strong></code></dt>
  999. <dd>The cursor is a block element that is absolutely positioned.
  1000. You can make it look whichever way you want.</dd>
  1001. <dt id="class_CodeMirror_selected"><code><strong>CodeMirror-selected</strong></code></dt>
  1002. <dd>The selection is represented by <code>span</code> elements
  1003. with this class.</dd>
  1004. <dt id="class_CodeMirror_matchingbracket"><code><strong>CodeMirror-matchingbracket</strong></code>,
  1005. <code><strong>CodeMirror-nonmatchingbracket</strong></code></dt>
  1006. <dd>These are used to style matched (or unmatched) brackets.</dd>
  1007. </dl>
  1008. <p>If your page's style sheets do funky things to
  1009. all <code>div</code> or <code>pre</code> elements (you probably
  1010. shouldn't do that), you'll have to define rules to cancel these
  1011. effects out again for elements under the <code>CodeMirror</code>
  1012. class.</p>
  1013. <p>Themes are also simply CSS files, which define colors for
  1014. various syntactic elements. See the files in
  1015. the <a href="../theme/"><code>theme</code></a> directory.</p>
  1016. </section>
  1017. <section id=api>
  1018. <h2>Programming API</h2>
  1019. <p>A lot of CodeMirror features are only available through its
  1020. API. Thus, you need to write code (or
  1021. use <a href="#addons">addons</a>) if you want to expose them to
  1022. your users.</p>
  1023. <p>Whenever points in the document are represented, the API uses
  1024. objects with <code>line</code> and <code>ch</code> properties.
  1025. Both are zero-based. CodeMirror makes sure to 'clip' any positions
  1026. passed by client code so that they fit inside the document, so you
  1027. shouldn't worry too much about sanitizing your coordinates. If you
  1028. give <code>ch</code> a value of <code>null</code>, or don't
  1029. specify it, it will be replaced with the length of the specified
  1030. line. Such positions may also have a <code>sticky</code> property
  1031. holding <code>"before"</code> or <code>"after"</code>, whether the
  1032. position is associated with the character before or after it. This
  1033. influences, for example, where the cursor is drawn on a
  1034. line-break or bidi-direction boundary.</p>
  1035. <p>Methods prefixed with <code>doc.</code> can, unless otherwise
  1036. specified, be called both on <code>CodeMirror</code> (editor)
  1037. instances and <code>CodeMirror.Doc</code> instances. Methods
  1038. prefixed with <code>cm.</code> are <em>only</em> available
  1039. on <code>CodeMirror</code> instances.</p>
  1040. <h3 id="api_constructor">Constructor</h3>
  1041. <p id="CodeMirror">Constructing an editor instance is done with
  1042. the <code><strong>CodeMirror</strong>(place: Element|fn(Element),
  1043. ?option: object)</code> constructor. If the <code>place</code>
  1044. argument is a DOM element, the editor will be appended to it. If
  1045. it is a function, it will be called, and is expected to place the
  1046. editor into the document. <code>options</code> may be an element
  1047. mapping <a href="#config">option names</a> to values. The options
  1048. that it doesn't explicitly specify (or all options, if it is not
  1049. passed) will be taken
  1050. from <a href="#defaults"><code>CodeMirror.defaults</code></a>.</p>
  1051. <p>Note that the options object passed to the constructor will be
  1052. mutated when the instance's options
  1053. are <a href="#setOption">changed</a>, so you shouldn't share such
  1054. objects between instances.</p>
  1055. <p>See <a href="#fromTextArea"><code>CodeMirror.fromTextArea</code></a>
  1056. for another way to construct an editor instance.</p>
  1057. <h3 id="api_content">Content manipulation methods</h3>
  1058. <dl>
  1059. <dt id="getValue"><code><strong>doc.getValue</strong>(?separator: string) → string</code></dt>
  1060. <dd>Get the current editor content. You can pass it an optional
  1061. argument to specify the string to be used to separate lines
  1062. (defaults to <code>"\n"</code>).</dd>
  1063. <dt id="setValue"><code><strong>doc.setValue</strong>(content: string)</code></dt>
  1064. <dd>Set the editor content.</dd>
  1065. <dt id="getRange"><code><strong>doc.getRange</strong>(from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}, ?separator: string) → string</code></dt>
  1066. <dd>Get the text between the given points in the editor, which
  1067. should be <code>{line, ch}</code> objects. An optional third
  1068. argument can be given to indicate the line separator string to
  1069. use (defaults to <code>"\n"</code>).</dd>
  1070. <dt id="replaceRange"><code><strong>doc.replaceRange</strong>(replacement: string, from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}, ?origin: string)</code></dt>
  1071. <dd>Replace the part of the document between <code>from</code>
  1072. and <code>to</code> with the given string. <code>from</code>
  1073. and <code>to</code> must be <code>{line, ch}</code>
  1074. objects. <code>to</code> can be left off to simply insert the
  1075. string at position <code>from</code>. When <code>origin</code>
  1076. is given, it will be passed on
  1077. to <a href="#event_change"><code>"change"</code> events</a>, and
  1078. its first letter will be used to determine whether this change
  1079. can be merged with previous history events, in the way described
  1080. for <a href="#selection_origin">selection origins</a>.</dd>
  1081. <dt id="getLine"><code><strong>doc.getLine</strong>(n: integer) → string</code></dt>
  1082. <dd>Get the content of line <code>n</code>.</dd>
  1083. <dt id="lineCount"><code><strong>doc.lineCount</strong>() → integer</code></dt>
  1084. <dd>Get the number of lines in the editor.</dd>
  1085. <dt id="firstLine"><code><strong>doc.firstLine</strong>() → integer</code></dt>
  1086. <dd>Get the number of first line in the editor. This will
  1087. usually be zero but for <a href="#linkedDoc_from">linked sub-views</a>,
  1088. or <a href="#api_doc">documents</a> instantiated with a non-zero
  1089. first line, it might return other values.</dd>
  1090. <dt id="lastLine"><code><strong>doc.lastLine</strong>() → integer</code></dt>
  1091. <dd>Get the number of last line in the editor. This will
  1092. usually be <code>doc.lineCount() - 1</code>,
  1093. but for <a href="#linkedDoc_from">linked sub-views</a>,
  1094. it might return other values.</dd>
  1095. <dt id="getLineHandle"><code><strong>doc.getLineHandle</strong>(num: integer) → LineHandle</code></dt>
  1096. <dd>Fetches the line handle for the given line number.</dd>
  1097. <dt id="getLineNumber"><code><strong>doc.getLineNumber</strong>(handle: LineHandle) → integer</code></dt>
  1098. <dd>Given a line handle, returns the current position of that
  1099. line (or <code>null</code> when it is no longer in the
  1100. document).</dd>
  1101. <dt id="eachLine"><code><strong>doc.eachLine</strong>(f: (line: LineHandle))</code></dt>
  1102. <dt><code><strong>doc.eachLine</strong>(start: integer, end: integer, f: (line: LineHandle))</code></dt>
  1103. <dd>Iterate over the whole document, or if <code>start</code>
  1104. and <code>end</code> line numbers are given, the range
  1105. from <code>start</code> up to (not including) <code>end</code>,
  1106. and call <code>f</code> for each line, passing the line handle.
  1107. <code>eachLine</code> stops iterating if <code>f</code> returns
  1108. truthy value.
  1109. This is a faster way to visit a range of line handlers than
  1110. calling <a href="#getLineHandle"><code>getLineHandle</code></a>
  1111. for each of them. Note that line handles have
  1112. a <code>text</code> property containing the line's content (as a
  1113. string).</dd>
  1114. <dt id="markClean"><code><strong>doc.markClean</strong>()</code></dt>
  1115. <dd>Set the editor content as 'clean', a flag that it will
  1116. retain until it is edited, and which will be set again when such
  1117. an edit is undone again. Useful to track whether the content
  1118. needs to be saved. This function is deprecated in favor
  1119. of <a href="#changeGeneration"><code>changeGeneration</code></a>,
  1120. which allows multiple subsystems to track different notions of
  1121. cleanness without interfering.</dd>
  1122. <dt id="changeGeneration"><code><strong>doc.changeGeneration</strong>(?closeEvent: boolean) → integer</code></dt>
  1123. <dd>Returns a number that can later be passed
  1124. to <a href="#isClean"><code>isClean</code></a> to test whether
  1125. any edits were made (and not undone) in the meantime.
  1126. If <code>closeEvent</code> is true, the current history event
  1127. will be ‘closed’, meaning it can't be combined with further
  1128. changes (rapid typing or deleting events are typically
  1129. combined).</dd>
  1130. <dt id="isClean"><code><strong>doc.isClean</strong>(?generation: integer) → boolean</code></dt>
  1131. <dd>Returns whether the document is currently clean — not
  1132. modified since initialization or the last call
  1133. to <a href="#markClean"><code>markClean</code></a> if no
  1134. argument is passed, or since the matching call
  1135. to <a href="#changeGeneration"><code>changeGeneration</code></a>
  1136. if a generation value is given.</dd>
  1137. </dl>
  1138. <h3 id="api_selection">Cursor and selection methods</h3>
  1139. <dl>
  1140. <dt id="getSelection"><code><strong>doc.getSelection</strong>(?lineSep: string) → string</code></dt>
  1141. <dd>Get the currently selected code. Optionally pass a line
  1142. separator to put between the lines in the output. When multiple
  1143. selections are present, they are concatenated with instances
  1144. of <code>lineSep</code> in between.</dd>
  1145. <dt id="getSelections"><code><strong>doc.getSelections</strong>(?lineSep: string) → array&lt;string&gt;</code></dt>
  1146. <dd>Returns an array containing a string for each selection,
  1147. representing the content of the selections.</dd>
  1148. <dt id="replaceSelection"><code><strong>doc.replaceSelection</strong>(replacement: string, ?select: string)</code></dt>
  1149. <dd>Replace the selection(s) with the given string. By default,
  1150. the new selection ends up after the inserted text. The
  1151. optional <code>select</code> argument can be used to change
  1152. this—passing <code>"around"</code> will cause the new text to be
  1153. selected, passing <code>"start"</code> will collapse the
  1154. selection to the start of the inserted text.</dd>
  1155. <dt id="replaceSelections"><code><strong>doc.replaceSelections</strong>(replacements: array&lt;string&gt;, ?select: string)</code></dt>
  1156. <dd>The length of the given array should be the same as the
  1157. number of active selections. Replaces the content of the
  1158. selections with the strings in the array.
  1159. The <code>select</code> argument works the same as
  1160. in <a href="#replaceSelection"><code>replaceSelection</code></a>.</dd>
  1161. <dt id="getCursor"><code><strong>doc.getCursor</strong>(?start: string) → {line, ch}</code></dt>
  1162. <dd>Retrieve one end of the <em>primary</em>
  1163. selection. <code>start</code> is an optional string indicating
  1164. which end of the selection to return. It may
  1165. be <code>"from"</code>, <code>"to"</code>, <code>"head"</code>
  1166. (the side of the selection that moves when you press
  1167. shift+arrow), or <code>"anchor"</code> (the fixed side of the
  1168. selection). Omitting the argument is the same as
  1169. passing <code>"head"</code>. A <code>{line, ch}</code> object
  1170. will be returned.</dd>
  1171. <dt id="listSelections"><code><strong>doc.listSelections</strong>() → array&lt;{anchor, head}&gt;</code></dt>
  1172. <dd>Retrieves a list of all current selections. These will
  1173. always be sorted, and never overlap (overlapping selections are
  1174. merged). Each object in the array contains <code>anchor</code>
  1175. and <code>head</code> properties referring to <code>{line,
  1176. ch}</code> objects.</dd>
  1177. <dt id="somethingSelected"><code><strong>doc.somethingSelected</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  1178. <dd>Return true if any text is selected.</dd>
  1179. <dt id="setCursor"><code><strong>doc.setCursor</strong>(pos: {line, ch}|number, ?ch: number, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  1180. <dd>Set the cursor position. You can either pass a
  1181. single <code>{line, ch}</code> object, or the line and the
  1182. character as two separate parameters. Will replace all
  1183. selections with a single, empty selection at the given position.
  1184. The supported options are the same as for <a href="#setSelection"><code>setSelection</code></a>.</dd>
  1185. <dt id="setSelection"><code><strong>doc.setSelection</strong>(anchor: {line, ch}, ?head: {line, ch}, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  1186. <dd>Set a single selection range. <code>anchor</code>
  1187. and <code>head</code> should be <code>{line, ch}</code>
  1188. objects. <code>head</code> defaults to <code>anchor</code> when
  1189. not given. These options are supported:
  1190. <dl>
  1191. <dt id="selection_scroll"><code><strong>scroll</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1192. <dd>Determines whether the selection head should be scrolled
  1193. into view. Defaults to true.</dd>
  1194. <dt id="selection_origin"><code><strong>origin</strong>: string</code></dt>
  1195. <dd>Determines whether the selection history event may be
  1196. merged with the previous one. When an origin starts with the
  1197. character <code>+</code>, and the last recorded selection had
  1198. the same origin and was similar (close
  1199. in <a href="#option_historyEventDelay">time</a>, both
  1200. collapsed or both non-collapsed), the new one will replace the
  1201. old one. When it starts with <code>*</code>, it will always
  1202. replace the previous event (if that had the same origin).
  1203. Built-in motion uses the <code>"+move"</code> origin. User input uses the <code>"+input"</code> origin.</dd>
  1204. <dt id="selection_bias"><code><strong>bias</strong>: number</code></dt>
  1205. <dd>Determine the direction into which the selection endpoints
  1206. should be adjusted when they fall inside
  1207. an <a href="#mark_atomic">atomic</a> range. Can be either -1
  1208. (backward) or 1 (forward). When not given, the bias will be
  1209. based on the relative position of the old selection—the editor
  1210. will try to move further away from that, to prevent getting
  1211. stuck.</dd>
  1212. </dl></dd>
  1213. <dt id="setSelections"><code><strong>doc.setSelections</strong>(ranges: array&lt;{anchor, ?head}&gt;, ?primary: integer, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  1214. <dd>Sets a new set of selections. There must be at least one
  1215. selection in the given array. When <code>primary</code> is a
  1216. number, it determines which selection is the primary one. When
  1217. it is not given, the primary index is taken from the previous
  1218. selection, or set to the last range if the previous selection
  1219. had less ranges than the new one. Supports the same options
  1220. as <a href="#setSelection"><code>setSelection</code></a>.
  1221. <code>head</code> defaults to <code>anchor</code> when not given.</dd>
  1222. <dt id="addSelection"><code><strong>doc.addSelection</strong>(anchor: {line, ch}, ?head: {line, ch})</code></dt>
  1223. <dd>Adds a new selection to the existing set of selections, and
  1224. makes it the primary selection.</dd>
  1225. <dt id="extendSelection"><code><strong>doc.extendSelection</strong>(from: {line, ch}, ?to: {line, ch}, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  1226. <dd>Similar
  1227. to <a href="#setSelection"><code>setSelection</code></a>, but
  1228. will, if shift is held or
  1229. the <a href="#setExtending">extending</a> flag is set, move the
  1230. head of the selection while leaving the anchor at its current
  1231. place. <code>to</code> is optional, and can be passed to ensure
  1232. a region (for example a word or paragraph) will end up selected
  1233. (in addition to whatever lies between that region and the
  1234. current anchor). When multiple selections are present, all but
  1235. the primary selection will be dropped by this method.
  1236. Supports the same options as <a href="#setSelection"><code>setSelection</code></a>.</dd>
  1237. <dt id="extendSelections"><code><strong>doc.extendSelections</strong>(heads: array&lt;{line, ch}&gt;, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  1238. <dd>An equivalent
  1239. of <a href="#extendSelection"><code>extendSelection</code></a>
  1240. that acts on all selections at once.</dd>
  1241. <dt id="extendSelectionsBy"><code><strong>doc.extendSelectionsBy</strong>(f: function(range: {anchor, head}) → {line, ch}), ?options: object)</code></dt>
  1242. <dd>Applies the given function to all existing selections, and
  1243. calls <a href="#extendSelections"><code>extendSelections</code></a>
  1244. on the result.</dd>
  1245. <dt id="setExtending"><code><strong>doc.setExtending</strong>(value: boolean)</code></dt>
  1246. <dd>Sets or clears the 'extending' flag, which acts similar to
  1247. the shift key, in that it will cause cursor movement and calls
  1248. to <a href="#extendSelection"><code>extendSelection</code></a>
  1249. to leave the selection anchor in place.</dd>
  1250. <dt id="getExtending"><code><strong>doc.getExtending</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  1251. <dd>Get the value of the 'extending' flag.</dd>
  1252. <dt id="hasFocus"><code><strong>cm.hasFocus</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  1253. <dd>Tells you whether the editor currently has focus.</dd>
  1254. <dt id="findPosH"><code><strong>cm.findPosH</strong>(start: {line, ch}, amount: integer, unit: string, visually: boolean) → {line, ch, ?hitSide: boolean}</code></dt>
  1255. <dd>Used to find the target position for horizontal cursor
  1256. motion. <code>start</code> is a <code>{line, ch}</code>
  1257. object, <code>amount</code> an integer (may be negative),
  1258. and <code>unit</code> one of the
  1259. string <code>"char"</code>, <code>"column"</code>,
  1260. or <code>"word"</code>. Will return a position that is produced
  1261. by moving <code>amount</code> times the distance specified
  1262. by <code>unit</code>. When <code>visually</code> is true, motion
  1263. in right-to-left text will be visual rather than logical. When
  1264. the motion was clipped by hitting the end or start of the
  1265. document, the returned value will have a <code>hitSide</code>
  1266. property set to true.</dd>
  1267. <dt id="findPosV"><code><strong>cm.findPosV</strong>(start: {line, ch}, amount: integer, unit: string) → {line, ch, ?hitSide: boolean}</code></dt>
  1268. <dd>Similar to <a href="#findPosH"><code>findPosH</code></a>,
  1269. but used for vertical motion. <code>unit</code> may
  1270. be <code>"line"</code> or <code>"page"</code>. The other
  1271. arguments and the returned value have the same interpretation as
  1272. they have in <code>findPosH</code>.</dd>
  1273. <dt id="findWordAt"><code><strong>cm.findWordAt</strong>(pos: {line, ch}) → {anchor: {line, ch}, head: {line, ch}}</code></dt>
  1274. <dd>Returns the start and end of the 'word' (the stretch of
  1275. letters, whitespace, or punctuation) at the given position.</dd>
  1276. </dl>
  1277. <h3 id="api_configuration">Configuration methods</h3>
  1278. <dl>
  1279. <dt id="setOption"><code><strong>cm.setOption</strong>(option: string, value: any)</code></dt>
  1280. <dd>Change the configuration of the editor. <code>option</code>
  1281. should the name of an <a href="#config">option</a>,
  1282. and <code>value</code> should be a valid value for that
  1283. option.</dd>
  1284. <dt id="getOption"><code><strong>cm.getOption</strong>(option: string) → any</code></dt>
  1285. <dd>Retrieves the current value of the given option for this
  1286. editor instance.</dd>
  1287. <dt id="addKeyMap"><code><strong>cm.addKeyMap</strong>(map: object, bottom: boolean)</code></dt>
  1288. <dd>Attach an additional <a href="#keymaps">key map</a> to the
  1289. editor. This is mostly useful for addons that need to register
  1290. some key handlers without trampling on
  1291. the <a href="#option_extraKeys"><code>extraKeys</code></a>
  1292. option. Maps added in this way have a higher precedence than
  1293. the <code>extraKeys</code>
  1294. and <a href="#option_keyMap"><code>keyMap</code></a> options,
  1295. and between them, the maps added earlier have a lower precedence
  1296. than those added later, unless the <code>bottom</code> argument
  1297. was passed, in which case they end up below other key maps added
  1298. with this method.</dd>
  1299. <dt id="removeKeyMap"><code><strong>cm.removeKeyMap</strong>(map: object)</code></dt>
  1300. <dd>Disable a keymap added
  1301. with <a href="#addKeyMap"><code>addKeyMap</code></a>. Either
  1302. pass in the key map object itself, or a string, which will be
  1303. compared against the <code>name</code> property of the active
  1304. key maps.</dd>
  1305. <dt id="addOverlay"><code><strong>cm.addOverlay</strong>(mode: string|object, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  1306. <dd>Enable a highlighting overlay. This is a stateless mini-mode
  1307. that can be used to add extra highlighting. For example,
  1308. the <a href="../demo/search.html">search addon</a> uses it to
  1309. highlight the term that's currently being
  1310. searched. <code>mode</code> can be a <a href="#option_mode">mode
  1311. spec</a> or a mode object (an object with
  1312. a <a href="#token"><code>token</code></a> method).
  1313. The <code>options</code> parameter is optional. If given, it
  1314. should be an object, optionally containing the following options:
  1315. <dl>
  1316. <dt><code><strong>opaque</strong>: bool</code></dt>
  1317. <dd>Defaults to off, but can be given to allow the overlay
  1318. styling, when not <code>null</code>, to override the styling of
  1319. the base mode entirely, instead of the two being applied
  1320. together.</dd>
  1321. <dt><code><strong>priority</strong>: number</code></dt>
  1322. <dd>Determines the ordering in which the overlays are
  1323. applied. Those with high priority are applied after those
  1324. with lower priority, and able to override the opaqueness of
  1325. the ones that come before. Defaults to 0.</dd>
  1326. </dl>
  1327. </dd>
  1328. <dt id="removeOverlay"><code><strong>cm.removeOverlay</strong>(mode: string|object)</code></dt>
  1329. <dd>Pass this the exact value passed for the <code>mode</code>
  1330. parameter to <a href="#addOverlay"><code>addOverlay</code></a>,
  1331. or a string that corresponds to the <code>name</code> property of
  1332. that value, to remove an overlay again.</dd>
  1333. <dt id="on"><code><strong>cm.on</strong>(type: string, func: (...args))</code></dt>
  1334. <dd>Register an event handler for the given event type (a
  1335. string) on the editor instance. There is also
  1336. a <code>CodeMirror.on(object, type, func)</code> version
  1337. that allows registering of events on any object.</dd>
  1338. <dt id="off"><code><strong>cm.off</strong>(type: string, func: (...args))</code></dt>
  1339. <dd>Remove an event handler on the editor instance. An
  1340. equivalent <code>CodeMirror.off(object, type,
  1341. func)</code> also exists.</dd>
  1342. </dl>
  1343. <h3 id="api_doc">Document management methods</h3>
  1344. <p id="Doc">Each editor is associated with an instance
  1345. of <code>CodeMirror.Doc</code>, its document. A document
  1346. represents the editor content, plus a selection, an undo history,
  1347. and a <a href="#option_mode">mode</a>. A document can only be
  1348. associated with a single editor at a time. You can create new
  1349. documents by calling the <code>CodeMirror.Doc(text: string, mode:
  1350. Object, firstLineNumber: ?number, lineSeparator: ?string)</code>
  1351. constructor. The last three arguments are optional and can be used
  1352. to set a mode for the document, make it start at a line number
  1353. other than 0, and set a specific line separator respectively.</p>
  1354. <dl>
  1355. <dt id="getDoc"><code><strong>cm.getDoc</strong>() → Doc</code></dt>
  1356. <dd>Retrieve the currently active document from an editor.</dd>
  1357. <dt id="getEditor"><code><strong>doc.getEditor</strong>() → CodeMirror</code></dt>
  1358. <dd>Retrieve the editor associated with a document. May
  1359. return <code>null</code>.</dd>
  1360. <dt id="swapDoc"><code><strong>cm.swapDoc</strong>(doc: CodeMirror.Doc) → Doc</code></dt>
  1361. <dd>Attach a new document to the editor. Returns the old
  1362. document, which is now no longer associated with an editor.</dd>
  1363. <dt id="copy"><code><strong>doc.copy</strong>(copyHistory: boolean) → Doc</code></dt>
  1364. <dd>Create an identical copy of the given doc.
  1365. When <code>copyHistory</code> is true, the history will also be
  1366. copied. Can not be called directly on an editor.</dd>
  1367. <dt id="linkedDoc"><code><strong>doc.linkedDoc</strong>(options: object) → Doc</code></dt>
  1368. <dd>Create a new document that's linked to the target document.
  1369. Linked documents will stay in sync (changes to one are also
  1370. applied to the other) until <a href="#unlinkDoc">unlinked</a>.
  1371. These are the options that are supported:
  1372. <dl>
  1373. <dt id="linkedDoc_sharedHist"><code><strong>sharedHist</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1374. <dd>When turned on, the linked copy will share an undo
  1375. history with the original. Thus, something done in one of
  1376. the two can be undone in the other, and vice versa.</dd>
  1377. <dt id="linkedDoc_from"><code><strong>from</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  1378. <dt id="linkedDoc_to"><code><strong>to</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  1379. <dd>Can be given to make the new document a subview of the
  1380. original. Subviews only show a given range of lines. Note
  1381. that line coordinates inside the subview will be consistent
  1382. with those of the parent, so that for example a subview
  1383. starting at line 10 will refer to its first line as line 10,
  1384. not 0.</dd>
  1385. <dt id="linkedDoc_mode"><code><strong>mode</strong>: string|object</code></dt>
  1386. <dd>By default, the new document inherits the mode of the
  1387. parent. This option can be set to
  1388. a <a href="#option_mode">mode spec</a> to give it a
  1389. different mode.</dd>
  1390. </dl></dd>
  1391. <dt id="unlinkDoc"><code><strong>doc.unlinkDoc</strong>(doc: CodeMirror.Doc)</code></dt>
  1392. <dd>Break the link between two documents. After calling this,
  1393. changes will no longer propagate between the documents, and, if
  1394. they had a shared history, the history will become
  1395. separate.</dd>
  1396. <dt id="iterLinkedDocs"><code><strong>doc.iterLinkedDocs</strong>(function: (doc: CodeMirror.Doc, sharedHist: boolean))</code></dt>
  1397. <dd>Will call the given function for all documents linked to the
  1398. target document. It will be passed two arguments, the linked document
  1399. and a boolean indicating whether that document shares history
  1400. with the target.</dd>
  1401. </dl>
  1402. <h3 id="api_history">History-related methods</h3>
  1403. <dl>
  1404. <dt id="undo"><code><strong>doc.undo</strong>()</code></dt>
  1405. <dd>Undo one edit (if any undo events are stored).</dd>
  1406. <dt id="redo"><code><strong>doc.redo</strong>()</code></dt>
  1407. <dd>Redo one undone edit.</dd>
  1408. <dt id="undoSelection"><code><strong>doc.undoSelection</strong>()</code></dt>
  1409. <dd>Undo one edit or selection change.</dd>
  1410. <dt id="redoSelection"><code><strong>doc.redoSelection</strong>()</code></dt>
  1411. <dd>Redo one undone edit or selection change.</dd>
  1412. <dt id="historySize"><code><strong>doc.historySize</strong>() → {undo: integer, redo: integer}</code></dt>
  1413. <dd>Returns an object with <code>{undo, redo}</code> properties,
  1414. both of which hold integers, indicating the amount of stored
  1415. undo and redo operations.</dd>
  1416. <dt id="clearHistory"><code><strong>doc.clearHistory</strong>()</code></dt>
  1417. <dd>Clears the editor's undo history.</dd>
  1418. <dt id="getHistory"><code><strong>doc.getHistory</strong>() → object</code></dt>
  1419. <dd>Get a (JSON-serializable) representation of the undo history.</dd>
  1420. <dt id="setHistory"><code><strong>doc.setHistory</strong>(history: object)</code></dt>
  1421. <dd>Replace the editor's undo history with the one provided,
  1422. which must be a value as returned
  1423. by <a href="#getHistory"><code>getHistory</code></a>. Note that
  1424. this will have entirely undefined results if the editor content
  1425. isn't also the same as it was when <code>getHistory</code> was
  1426. called.</dd>
  1427. </dl>
  1428. <h3 id="api_marker">Text-marking methods</h3>
  1429. <dl>
  1430. <dt id="markText"><code><strong>doc.markText</strong>(from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}, ?options: object) → TextMarker</code></dt>
  1431. <dd>Can be used to mark a range of text with a specific CSS
  1432. class name. <code>from</code> and <code>to</code> should
  1433. be <code>{line, ch}</code> objects. The <code>options</code>
  1434. parameter is optional. When given, it should be an object that
  1435. may contain the following configuration options:
  1436. <dl>
  1437. <dt id="mark_className"><code><strong>className</strong>: string</code></dt>
  1438. <dd>Assigns a CSS class to the marked stretch of text.</dd>
  1439. <dt id="mark_inclusiveLeft"><code><strong>inclusiveLeft</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1440. <dd>Determines whether
  1441. text inserted on the left of the marker will end up inside
  1442. or outside of it.</dd>
  1443. <dt id="mark_inclusiveRight"><code><strong>inclusiveRight</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1444. <dd>Like <code>inclusiveLeft</code>,
  1445. but for the right side.</dd>
  1446. <dt id="mark_selectLeft"><code><strong>selectLeft</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1447. <dd>For atomic ranges, determines whether the cursor is allowed
  1448. to be placed directly to the left of the range. Has no effect on
  1449. non-atomic ranges.</dd>
  1450. <dt id="mark_selectRight"><code><strong>selectRight</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1451. <dd>Like <code>selectLeft</code>,
  1452. but for the right side.</dd>
  1453. <dt id="mark_atomic"><code><strong>atomic</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1454. <dd>Atomic ranges act as a single unit when cursor movement is
  1455. concerned—i.e. it is impossible to place the cursor inside of
  1456. them. You can control whether the cursor is allowed to be placed
  1457. directly before or after them using <code>selectLeft</code>
  1458. or <code>selectRight</code>. If <code>selectLeft</code>
  1459. (or right) is not provided, then <code>inclusiveLeft</code> (or
  1460. right) will control this behavior.</dd>
  1461. <dt id="mark_collapsed"><code><strong>collapsed</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1462. <dd>Collapsed ranges do not show up in the display. Setting a
  1463. range to be collapsed will automatically make it atomic.</dd>
  1464. <dt id="mark_clearOnEnter"><code><strong>clearOnEnter</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1465. <dd>When enabled, will cause the mark to clear itself whenever
  1466. the cursor enters its range. This is mostly useful for
  1467. text-replacement widgets that need to 'snap open' when the
  1468. user tries to edit them. The
  1469. <a href="#event_clear"><code>"clear"</code></a> event
  1470. fired on the range handle can be used to be notified when this
  1471. happens.</dd>
  1472. <dt id="mark_clearWhenEmpty"><code><strong>clearWhenEmpty</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1473. <dd>Determines whether the mark is automatically cleared when
  1474. it becomes empty. Default is true.</dd>
  1475. <dt id="mark_replacedWith"><code><strong>replacedWith</strong>: Element</code></dt>
  1476. <dd>Use a given node to display this range. Implies both
  1477. collapsed and atomic. The given DOM node <em>must</em> be an
  1478. inline element (as opposed to a block element).</dd>
  1479. <dt><code><strong>handleMouseEvents</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1480. <dd>When <code>replacedWith</code> is given, this determines
  1481. whether the editor will capture mouse and drag events
  1482. occurring in this widget. Default is false—the events will be
  1483. left alone for the default browser handler, or specific
  1484. handlers on the widget, to capture.</dd>
  1485. <dt id="mark_readOnly"><code><strong>readOnly</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1486. <dd>A read-only span can, as long as it is not cleared, not be
  1487. modified except by
  1488. calling <a href="#setValue"><code>setValue</code></a> to reset
  1489. the whole document. <em>Note:</em> adding a read-only span
  1490. currently clears the undo history of the editor, because
  1491. existing undo events being partially nullified by read-only
  1492. spans would corrupt the history (in the current
  1493. implementation).</dd>
  1494. <dt id="mark_addToHistory"><code><strong>addToHistory</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1495. <dd>When set to true (default is false), adding this marker
  1496. will create an event in the undo history that can be
  1497. individually undone (clearing the marker).</dd>
  1498. <dt id="mark_startStyle"><code><strong>startStyle</strong>: string</code></dt><dd>Can be used to specify
  1499. an extra CSS class to be applied to the leftmost span that
  1500. is part of the marker.</dd>
  1501. <dt id="mark_endStyle"><code><strong>endStyle</strong>: string</code></dt><dd>Equivalent
  1502. to <code>startStyle</code>, but for the rightmost span.</dd>
  1503. <dt id="mark_css"><code><strong>css</strong>: string</code></dt>
  1504. <dd>A string of CSS to be applied to the covered text. For example <code>"color: #fe3"</code>.</dd>
  1505. <dt id="mark_attributes"><code><strong>attributes</strong>: object</code></dt>
  1506. <dd>When given, add the attributes in the given object to the
  1507. elements created for the marked text. Adding <code>class</code> or
  1508. <code>style</code> attributes this way is not supported.</dd>
  1509. <dt id="mark_shared"><code><strong>shared</strong>: boolean</code></dt><dd>When the
  1510. target document is <a href="#linkedDoc">linked</a> to other
  1511. documents, you can set <code>shared</code> to true to make the
  1512. marker appear in all documents. By default, a marker appears
  1513. only in its target document.</dd>
  1514. </dl>
  1515. The method will return an object that represents the marker
  1516. (with constructor <code>CodeMirror.TextMarker</code>), which
  1517. exposes three methods:
  1518. <code><strong>clear</strong>()</code>, to remove the mark,
  1519. <code><strong>find</strong>()</code>, which returns
  1520. a <code>{from, to}</code> object (both holding document
  1521. positions), indicating the current position of the marked range,
  1522. or <code>undefined</code> if the marker is no longer in the
  1523. document, and finally <code><strong>changed</strong>()</code>,
  1524. which you can call if you've done something that might change
  1525. the size of the marker (for example changing the content of
  1526. a <a href="#mark_replacedWith"><code>replacedWith</code></a>
  1527. node), and want to cheaply update the display.</dd>
  1528. <dt id="setBookmark"><code><strong>doc.setBookmark</strong>(pos: {line, ch}, ?options: object) → TextMarker</code></dt>
  1529. <dd>Inserts a bookmark, a handle that follows the text around it
  1530. as it is being edited, at the given position. A bookmark has two
  1531. methods <code>find()</code> and <code>clear()</code>. The first
  1532. returns the current position of the bookmark, if it is still in
  1533. the document, and the second explicitly removes the bookmark.
  1534. The options argument is optional. If given, the following
  1535. properties are recognized:
  1536. <dl>
  1537. <dt><code><strong>widget</strong>: Element</code></dt><dd>Can be used to display a DOM
  1538. node at the current location of the bookmark (analogous to
  1539. the <a href="#mark_replacedWith"><code>replacedWith</code></a>
  1540. option to <a href="#markText"><code>markText</code></a>).</dd>
  1541. <dt><code><strong>insertLeft</strong>: boolean</code></dt><dd>By default, text typed
  1542. when the cursor is on top of the bookmark will end up to the
  1543. right of the bookmark. Set this option to true to make it go
  1544. to the left instead.</dd>
  1545. <dt><code><strong>shared</strong>: boolean</code></dt><dd>See
  1546. the corresponding <a href="#mark_shared">option</a>
  1547. to <code>markText</code>.</dd>
  1548. <dt><code><strong>handleMouseEvents</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1549. <dd>As with <a href="#markText"><code>markText</code></a>,
  1550. this determines whether mouse events on the widget inserted
  1551. for this bookmark are handled by CodeMirror. The default is
  1552. false.</dd>
  1553. </dl></dd>
  1554. <dt id="findMarks"><code><strong>doc.findMarks</strong>(from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}) → array&lt;TextMarker&gt;</code></dt>
  1555. <dd>Returns an array of all the bookmarks and marked ranges
  1556. found between the given positions (non-inclusive).</dd>
  1557. <dt id="findMarksAt"><code><strong>doc.findMarksAt</strong>(pos: {line, ch}) → array&lt;TextMarker&gt;</code></dt>
  1558. <dd>Returns an array of all the bookmarks and marked ranges
  1559. present at the given position.</dd>
  1560. <dt id="getAllMarks"><code><strong>doc.getAllMarks</strong>() → array&lt;TextMarker&gt;</code></dt>
  1561. <dd>Returns an array containing all marked ranges in the document.</dd>
  1562. </dl>
  1563. <h3 id="api_decoration">Widget, gutter, and decoration methods</h3>
  1564. <dl>
  1565. <dt id="setGutterMarker"><code><strong>doc.setGutterMarker</strong>(line: integer|LineHandle, gutterID: string, value: Element) → LineHandle</code></dt>
  1566. <dd>Sets the gutter marker for the given gutter (identified by
  1567. its CSS class, see
  1568. the <a href="#option_gutters"><code>gutters</code></a> option)
  1569. to the given value. Value can be either <code>null</code>, to
  1570. clear the marker, or a DOM element, to set it. The DOM element
  1571. will be shown in the specified gutter next to the specified
  1572. line.</dd>
  1573. <dt id="clearGutter"><code><strong>doc.clearGutter</strong>(gutterID: string)</code></dt>
  1574. <dd>Remove all gutter markers in
  1575. the <a href="#option_gutters">gutter</a> with the given ID.</dd>
  1576. <dt id="addLineClass"><code><strong>doc.addLineClass</strong>(line: integer|LineHandle, where: string, class: string) → LineHandle</code></dt>
  1577. <dd>Set a CSS class name for the given line. <code>line</code>
  1578. can be a number or a line handle. <code>where</code> determines
  1579. to which element this class should be applied, can be one
  1580. of <code>"text"</code> (the text element, which lies in front of
  1581. the selection), <code>"background"</code> (a background element
  1582. that will be behind the selection), <code>"gutter"</code> (the
  1583. line's gutter space), or <code>"wrap"</code> (the wrapper node
  1584. that wraps all of the line's elements, including gutter
  1585. elements). <code>class</code> should be the name of the class to
  1586. apply.</dd>
  1587. <dt id="removeLineClass"><code><strong>doc.removeLineClass</strong>(line: integer|LineHandle, where: string, class: string) → LineHandle</code></dt>
  1588. <dd>Remove a CSS class from a line. <code>line</code> can be a
  1589. line handle or number. <code>where</code> should be one
  1590. of <code>"text"</code>, <code>"background"</code>,
  1591. or <code>"wrap"</code>
  1592. (see <a href="#addLineClass"><code>addLineClass</code></a>). <code>class</code>
  1593. can be left off to remove all classes for the specified node, or
  1594. be a string to remove only a specific class.</dd>
  1595. <dt id="lineInfo"><code><strong>doc.lineInfo</strong>(line: integer|LineHandle) → object</code></dt>
  1596. <dd>Returns the line number, text content, and marker status of
  1597. the given line, which can be either a number or a line handle.
  1598. The returned object has the structure <code>{line, handle, text,
  1599. gutterMarkers, textClass, bgClass, wrapClass, widgets}</code>,
  1600. where <code>gutterMarkers</code> is an object mapping gutter IDs
  1601. to marker elements, and <code>widgets</code> is an array
  1602. of <a href="#addLineWidget">line widgets</a> attached to this
  1603. line, and the various class properties refer to classes added
  1604. with <a href="#addLineClass"><code>addLineClass</code></a>.</dd>
  1605. <dt id="addWidget"><code><strong>cm.addWidget</strong>(pos: {line, ch}, node: Element, scrollIntoView: boolean)</code></dt>
  1606. <dd>Puts <code>node</code>, which should be an absolutely
  1607. positioned DOM node, into the editor, positioned right below the
  1608. given <code>{line, ch}</code> position.
  1609. When <code>scrollIntoView</code> is true, the editor will ensure
  1610. that the entire node is visible (if possible). To remove the
  1611. widget again, simply use DOM methods (move it somewhere else, or
  1612. call <code>removeChild</code> on its parent).</dd>
  1613. <dt id="addLineWidget"><code><strong>doc.addLineWidget</strong>(line: integer|LineHandle, node: Element, ?options: object) → LineWidget</code></dt>
  1614. <dd>Adds a line widget, an element shown below a line, spanning
  1615. the whole of the editor's width, and moving the lines below it
  1616. downwards. <code>line</code> should be either an integer or a
  1617. line handle, and <code>node</code> should be a DOM node, which
  1618. will be displayed below the given line. <code>options</code>,
  1619. when given, should be an object that configures the behavior of
  1620. the widget. The following options are supported (all default to
  1621. false):
  1622. <dl>
  1623. <dt><code><strong>coverGutter</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1624. <dd>Whether the widget should cover the gutter.</dd>
  1625. <dt><code><strong>noHScroll</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1626. <dd>Whether the widget should stay fixed in the face of
  1627. horizontal scrolling.</dd>
  1628. <dt><code><strong>above</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1629. <dd>Causes the widget to be placed above instead of below
  1630. the text of the line.</dd>
  1631. <dt><code><strong>handleMouseEvents</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  1632. <dd>Determines whether the editor will capture mouse and
  1633. drag events occurring in this widget. Default is false—the
  1634. events will be left alone for the default browser handler,
  1635. or specific handlers on the widget, to capture.</dd>
  1636. <dt><code><strong>insertAt</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  1637. <dd>By default, the widget is added below other widgets for
  1638. the line. This option can be used to place it at a different
  1639. position (zero for the top, N to put it after the Nth other
  1640. widget). Note that this only has effect once, when the
  1641. widget is created.
  1642. <dt><code><strong>className</strong>: string</code></dt>
  1643. <dd>Add an extra CSS class name to the wrapper element
  1644. created for the widget.</dd>
  1645. </dl>
  1646. Note that the widget node will become a descendant of nodes with
  1647. CodeMirror-specific CSS classes, and those classes might in some
  1648. cases affect it. This method returns an object that represents
  1649. the widget placement. It'll have a <code>line</code> property
  1650. pointing at the line handle that it is associated with, and the following methods:
  1651. <dl>
  1652. <dt id="widget_clear"><code><strong>clear</strong>()</code></dt><dd>Removes the widget.</dd>
  1653. <dt id="widget_changed"><code><strong>changed</strong>()</code></dt><dd>Call
  1654. this if you made some change to the widget's DOM node that
  1655. might affect its height. It'll force CodeMirror to update
  1656. the height of the line that contains the widget.</dd>
  1657. </dl>
  1658. </dd>
  1659. </dl>
  1660. <h3 id="api_sizing">Sizing, scrolling and positioning methods</h3>
  1661. <dl>
  1662. <dt id="setSize"><code><strong>cm.setSize</strong>(width: number|string, height: number|string)</code></dt>
  1663. <dd>Programmatically set the size of the editor (overriding the
  1664. applicable <a href="#css-resize">CSS
  1665. rules</a>). <code>width</code> and <code>height</code>
  1666. can be either numbers (interpreted as pixels) or CSS units
  1667. (<code>"100%"</code>, for example). You can
  1668. pass <code>null</code> for either of them to indicate that that
  1669. dimension should not be changed.</dd>
  1670. <dt id="scrollTo"><code><strong>cm.scrollTo</strong>(x: number, y: number)</code></dt>
  1671. <dd>Scroll the editor to a given (pixel) position. Both
  1672. arguments may be left as <code>null</code>
  1673. or <code>undefined</code> to have no effect.</dd>
  1674. <dt id="getScrollInfo"><code><strong>cm.getScrollInfo</strong>() → {left, top, width, height, clientWidth, clientHeight}</code></dt>
  1675. <dd>Get an <code>{left, top, width, height, clientWidth,
  1676. clientHeight}</code> object that represents the current scroll
  1677. position, the size of the scrollable area, and the size of the
  1678. visible area (minus scrollbars).</dd>
  1679. <dt id="scrollIntoView"><code><strong>cm.scrollIntoView</strong>(what: {line, ch}|{left, top, right, bottom}|{from, to}|null, ?margin: number)</code></dt>
  1680. <dd>Scrolls the given position into view. <code>what</code> may
  1681. be <code>null</code> to scroll the cursor into view,
  1682. a <code>{line, ch}</code> position to scroll a character into
  1683. view, a <code>{left, top, right, bottom}</code> pixel range (in
  1684. editor-local coordinates), or a range <code>{from, to}</code>
  1685. containing either two character positions or two pixel squares.
  1686. The <code>margin</code> parameter is optional. When given, it
  1687. indicates the amount of vertical pixels around the given area
  1688. that should be made visible as well.</dd>
  1689. <dt id="cursorCoords"><code><strong>cm.cursorCoords</strong>(where: boolean|{line, ch}, mode: string) → {left, top, bottom}</code></dt>
  1690. <dd>Returns an <code>{left, top, bottom}</code> object
  1691. containing the coordinates of the cursor position.
  1692. If <code>mode</code> is <code>"local"</code>, they will be
  1693. relative to the top-left corner of the editable document. If it
  1694. is <code>"page"</code> or not given, they are relative to the
  1695. top-left corner of the page. If <code>mode</code>
  1696. is <code>"window"</code>, the coordinates are relative to the
  1697. top-left corner of the currently visible (scrolled)
  1698. window. <code>where</code> can be a boolean indicating whether
  1699. you want the start (<code>true</code>) or the end
  1700. (<code>false</code>) of the selection, or, if a <code>{line,
  1701. ch}</code> object is given, it specifies the precise position at
  1702. which you want to measure.</dd>
  1703. <dt id="charCoords"><code><strong>cm.charCoords</strong>(pos: {line, ch}, ?mode: string) → {left, right, top, bottom}</code></dt>
  1704. <dd>Returns the position and dimensions of an arbitrary
  1705. character. <code>pos</code> should be a <code>{line, ch}</code>
  1706. object. This differs from <code>cursorCoords</code> in that
  1707. it'll give the size of the whole character, rather than just the
  1708. position that the cursor would have when it would sit at that
  1709. position.</dd>
  1710. <dt id="coordsChar"><code><strong>cm.coordsChar</strong>(object: {left, top}, ?mode: string) → {line, ch}</code></dt>
  1711. <dd>Given an <code>{left, top}</code> object (e.g. coordinates of a mouse event) returns
  1712. the <code>{line, ch}</code> position that corresponds to it. The
  1713. optional <code>mode</code> parameter determines relative to what
  1714. the coordinates are interpreted. It may
  1715. be <code>"window"</code>, <code>"page"</code> (the default),
  1716. or <code>"local"</code>.</dd>
  1717. <dt id="lineAtHeight"><code><strong>cm.lineAtHeight</strong>(height: number, ?mode: string) → number</code></dt>
  1718. <dd>Computes the line at the given pixel
  1719. height. <code>mode</code> can be one of the same strings
  1720. that <a href="#coordsChar"><code>coordsChar</code></a>
  1721. accepts.</dd>
  1722. <dt id="heightAtLine"><code><strong>cm.heightAtLine</strong>(line: integer|LineHandle, ?mode: string, ?includeWidgets: bool) → number</code></dt>
  1723. <dd>Computes the height of the top of a line, in the coordinate
  1724. system specified by <code>mode</code>
  1725. (see <a href="#coordsChar"><code>coordsChar</code></a>), which
  1726. defaults to <code>"page"</code>. When a line below the bottom of
  1727. the document is specified, the returned value is the bottom of
  1728. the last line in the document. By default, the position of the
  1729. actual text is returned. If `includeWidgets` is true and the
  1730. line has line widgets, the position above the first line widget
  1731. is returned.</dd>
  1732. <dt id="defaultTextHeight"><code><strong>cm.defaultTextHeight</strong>() → number</code></dt>
  1733. <dd>Returns the line height of the default font for the editor.</dd>
  1734. <dt id="defaultCharWidth"><code><strong>cm.defaultCharWidth</strong>() → number</code></dt>
  1735. <dd>Returns the pixel width of an 'x' in the default font for
  1736. the editor. (Note that for non-monospace fonts, this is mostly
  1737. useless, and even for monospace fonts, non-ascii characters
  1738. might have a different width).</dd>
  1739. <dt id="getViewport"><code><strong>cm.getViewport</strong>() → {from: number, to: number}</code></dt>
  1740. <dd>Returns a <code>{from, to}</code> object indicating the
  1741. start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of the currently rendered
  1742. part of the document. In big documents, when most content is
  1743. scrolled out of view, CodeMirror will only render the visible
  1744. part, and a margin around it. See also
  1745. the <a href="#event_viewportChange"><code>viewportChange</code></a>
  1746. event.</dd>
  1747. <dt id="refresh"><code><strong>cm.refresh</strong>()</code></dt>
  1748. <dd>If your code does something to change the size of the editor
  1749. element (window resizes are already listened for), or unhides
  1750. it, you should probably follow up by calling this method to
  1751. ensure CodeMirror is still looking as intended. See also
  1752. the <a href="#addon_autorefresh">autorefresh addon</a>.</dd>
  1753. </dl>
  1754. <h3 id="api_mode">Mode, state, and token-related methods</h3>
  1755. <p>When writing language-aware functionality, it can often be
  1756. useful to hook into the knowledge that the CodeMirror language
  1757. mode has. See <a href="#modeapi">the section on modes</a> for a
  1758. more detailed description of how these work.</p>
  1759. <dl>
  1760. <dt id="getMode"><code><strong>doc.getMode</strong>() → object</code></dt>
  1761. <dd>Gets the (outer) mode object for the editor. Note that this
  1762. is distinct from <code>getOption("mode")</code>, which gives you
  1763. the mode specification, rather than the resolved, instantiated
  1764. <a href="#defineMode">mode object</a>.</dd>
  1765. <dt id="getModeAt"><code><strong>cm.getModeAt</strong>(pos: {line, ch}) → object</code></dt>
  1766. <dd>Gets the inner mode at a given position. This will return
  1767. the same as <a href="#getMode"><code>getMode</code></a> for
  1768. simple modes, but will return an inner mode for nesting modes
  1769. (such as <code>htmlmixed</code>).</dd>
  1770. <dt id="getTokenAt"><code><strong>cm.getTokenAt</strong>(pos: {line, ch}, ?precise: boolean) → object</code></dt>
  1771. <dd>Retrieves information about the token the current mode found
  1772. before the given position (a <code>{line, ch}</code> object). The
  1773. returned object has the following properties:
  1774. <dl>
  1775. <dt><code><strong>start</strong></code></dt><dd>The character (on the given line) at which the token starts.</dd>
  1776. <dt><code><strong>end</strong></code></dt><dd>The character at which the token ends.</dd>
  1777. <dt><code><strong>string</strong></code></dt><dd>The token's string.</dd>
  1778. <dt><code><strong>type</strong></code></dt><dd>The token type the mode assigned
  1779. to the token, such as <code>"keyword"</code>
  1780. or <code>"comment"</code> (may also be null).</dd>
  1781. <dt><code><strong>state</strong></code></dt><dd>The mode's state at the end of this token.</dd>
  1782. </dl>
  1783. If <code>precise</code> is true, the token will be guaranteed to be accurate based on recent edits. If false or
  1784. not specified, the token will use cached state information, which will be faster but might not be accurate if
  1785. edits were recently made and highlighting has not yet completed.
  1786. </dd>
  1787. <dt id="getLineTokens"><code><strong>cm.getLineTokens</strong>(line: integer, ?precise: boolean) → array&lt;{start, end, string, type, state}&gt;</code></dt>
  1788. <dd>This is similar
  1789. to <a href="#getTokenAt"><code>getTokenAt</code></a>, but
  1790. collects all tokens for a given line into an array. It is much
  1791. cheaper than repeatedly calling <code>getTokenAt</code>, which
  1792. re-parses the part of the line before the token for every call.</dd>
  1793. <dt id="getTokenTypeAt"><code><strong>cm.getTokenTypeAt</strong>(pos: {line, ch}) → string</code></dt>
  1794. <dd>This is a (much) cheaper version
  1795. of <a href="#getTokenAt"><code>getTokenAt</code></a> useful for
  1796. when you just need the type of the token at a given position,
  1797. and no other information. Will return <code>null</code> for
  1798. unstyled tokens, and a string, potentially containing multiple
  1799. space-separated style names, otherwise.</dd>
  1800. <dt id="getHelpers"><code><strong>cm.getHelpers</strong>(pos: {line, ch}, type: string) → array&lt;helper&gt;</code></dt>
  1801. <dd>Fetch the set of applicable helper values for the given
  1802. position. Helpers provide a way to look up functionality
  1803. appropriate for a mode. The <code>type</code> argument provides
  1804. the helper namespace (see
  1805. <a href="#registerHelper"><code>registerHelper</code></a>), in
  1806. which the values will be looked up. When the mode itself has a
  1807. property that corresponds to the <code>type</code>, that
  1808. directly determines the keys that are used to look up the helper
  1809. values (it may be either a single string, or an array of
  1810. strings). Failing that, the mode's <code>helperType</code>
  1811. property and finally the mode's name are used.</dd>
  1812. <dd>For example, the JavaScript mode has a
  1813. property <code>fold</code> containing <code>"brace"</code>. When
  1814. the <code>brace-fold</code> addon is loaded, that defines a
  1815. helper named <code>brace</code> in the <code>fold</code>
  1816. namespace. This is then used by
  1817. the <a href="#addon_foldcode"><code>foldcode</code></a> addon to
  1818. figure out that it can use that folding function to fold
  1819. JavaScript code.</dd>
  1820. <dd>When any <a href="#registerGlobalHelper">'global'</a>
  1821. helpers are defined for the given namespace, their predicates
  1822. are called on the current mode and editor, and all those that
  1823. declare they are applicable will also be added to the array that
  1824. is returned.</dd>
  1825. <dt id="getHelper"><code><strong>cm.getHelper</strong>(pos: {line, ch}, type: string) → helper</code></dt>
  1826. <dd>Returns the first applicable helper value.
  1827. See <a href="#getHelpers"><code>getHelpers</code></a>.</dd>
  1828. <dt id="getStateAfter"><code><strong>cm.getStateAfter</strong>(?line: integer, ?precise: boolean) → object</code></dt>
  1829. <dd>Returns the mode's parser state, if any, at the end of the
  1830. given line number. If no line number is given, the state at the
  1831. end of the document is returned. This can be useful for storing
  1832. parsing errors in the state, or getting other kinds of
  1833. contextual information for a line. <code>precise</code> is defined
  1834. as in <code>getTokenAt()</code>.</dd>
  1835. </dl>
  1836. <h3 id="api_misc">Miscellaneous methods</h3>
  1837. <dl>
  1838. <dt id="operation"><code><strong>cm.operation</strong>(func: () → any) → any</code></dt>
  1839. <dd>CodeMirror internally buffers changes and only updates its
  1840. DOM structure after it has finished performing some operation.
  1841. If you need to perform a lot of operations on a CodeMirror
  1842. instance, you can call this method with a function argument. It
  1843. will call the function, buffering up all changes, and only doing
  1844. the expensive update after the function returns. This can be a
  1845. lot faster. The return value from this method will be the return
  1846. value of your function.</dd>
  1847. <dt id="startOperation"><code><strong>cm.startOperation</strong>()</code></dt>
  1848. <dt id="endOperation"><code><strong>cm.endOperation</strong>()</code></dt>
  1849. <dd>In normal circumstances, use the above <code>operation</code>
  1850. method. But if you want to buffer operations happening asynchronously,
  1851. or that can't all be wrapped in a callback function, you can
  1852. call <code>startOperation</code> to tell CodeMirror to start
  1853. buffering changes, and <code>endOperation</code> to actually
  1854. render all the updates. <em>Be careful:</em> if you use this
  1855. API and forget to call <code>endOperation</code>, the editor will
  1856. just never update.</dd>
  1857. <dt id="indentLine"><code><strong>cm.indentLine</strong>(line: integer, ?dir: string|integer)</code></dt>
  1858. <dd>Adjust the indentation of the given line. The second
  1859. argument (which defaults to <code>"smart"</code>) may be one of:
  1860. <dl>
  1861. <dt><code><strong>"prev"</strong></code></dt>
  1862. <dd>Base indentation on the indentation of the previous line.</dd>
  1863. <dt><code><strong>"smart"</strong></code></dt>
  1864. <dd>Use the mode's smart indentation if available, behave
  1865. like <code>"prev"</code> otherwise.</dd>
  1866. <dt><code><strong>"add"</strong></code></dt>
  1867. <dd>Increase the indentation of the line by
  1868. one <a href="#option_indentUnit">indent unit</a>.</dd>
  1869. <dt><code><strong>"subtract"</strong></code></dt>
  1870. <dd>Reduce the indentation of the line.</dd>
  1871. <dt><code><strong>&lt;integer></strong></code></dt>
  1872. <dd>Add (positive number) or reduce (negative number) the
  1873. indentation by the given amount of spaces.</dd>
  1874. </dl></dd>
  1875. <dt id="toggleOverwrite"><code><strong>cm.toggleOverwrite</strong>(?value: boolean)</code></dt>
  1876. <dd>Switches between overwrite and normal insert mode (when not
  1877. given an argument), or sets the overwrite mode to a specific
  1878. state (when given an argument).</dd>
  1879. <dt id="isReadOnly"><code><strong>cm.isReadOnly</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  1880. <dd>Tells you whether the editor's content can be edited by the
  1881. user.</dd>
  1882. <dt id="lineSeparator"><code><strong>doc.lineSeparator</strong>()</code></dt>
  1883. <dd>Returns the preferred line separator string for this
  1884. document, as per the <a href="#option_lineSeparator">option</a>
  1885. by the same name. When that option is <code>null</code>, the
  1886. string <code>"\n"</code> is returned.</dd>
  1887. <dt id="execCommand"><code><strong>cm.execCommand</strong>(name: string)</code></dt>
  1888. <dd>Runs the <a href="#commands">command</a> with the given name on the editor.</dd>
  1889. <dt id="posFromIndex"><code><strong>doc.posFromIndex</strong>(index: integer) → {line, ch}</code></dt>
  1890. <dd>Calculates and returns a <code>{line, ch}</code> object for a
  1891. zero-based <code>index</code> who's value is relative to the start of the
  1892. editor's text. If the <code>index</code> is out of range of the text then
  1893. the returned object is clipped to start or end of the text
  1894. respectively.</dd>
  1895. <dt id="indexFromPos"><code><strong>doc.indexFromPos</strong>(object: {line, ch}) → integer</code></dt>
  1896. <dd>The reverse of <a href="#posFromIndex"><code>posFromIndex</code></a>.</dd>
  1897. <dt id="focus"><code><strong>cm.focus</strong>()</code></dt>
  1898. <dd>Give the editor focus.</dd>
  1899. <dt id="phrase"><code><strong>cm.phrase</strong>(text: string) → string</code></dt>
  1900. <dd>Allow the given string to be translated with
  1901. the <a href="#option_phrases"><code>phrases</code>
  1902. option</a>.</dd>
  1903. <dt id="getInputField"><code><strong>cm.getInputField</strong>() → Element</code></dt>
  1904. <dd>Returns the input field for the editor. Will be a textarea
  1905. or an editable div, depending on the value of
  1906. the <a href="#option_inputStyle"><code>inputStyle</code></a>
  1907. option.</dd>
  1908. <dt id="getWrapperElement"><code><strong>cm.getWrapperElement</strong>() → Element</code></dt>
  1909. <dd>Returns the DOM node that represents the editor, and
  1910. controls its size. Remove this from your tree to delete an
  1911. editor instance.</dd>
  1912. <dt id="getScrollerElement"><code><strong>cm.getScrollerElement</strong>() → Element</code></dt>
  1913. <dd>Returns the DOM node that is responsible for the scrolling
  1914. of the editor.</dd>
  1915. <dt id="getGutterElement"><code><strong>cm.getGutterElement</strong>() → Element</code></dt>
  1916. <dd>Fetches the DOM node that contains the editor gutters.</dd>
  1917. </dl>
  1918. <h3 id="api_static">Static properties</h3>
  1919. <p>The <code>CodeMirror</code> object itself provides
  1920. several useful properties.</p>
  1921. <dl>
  1922. <dt id="version"><code><strong>CodeMirror.version</strong>: string</code></dt>
  1923. <dd>It contains a string that indicates the version of the
  1924. library. This is a triple of
  1925. integers <code>"major.minor.patch"</code>,
  1926. where <code>patch</code> is zero for releases, and something
  1927. else (usually one) for dev snapshots.</dd>
  1928. <dt id="fromTextArea"><code><strong>CodeMirror.fromTextArea</strong>(textArea: TextAreaElement, ?config: object)</code></dt>
  1929. <dd>This method provides another way to initialize an editor. It
  1930. takes a textarea DOM node as first argument and an optional
  1931. configuration object as second. It will replace the textarea
  1932. with a CodeMirror instance, and wire up the form of that
  1933. textarea (if any) to make sure the editor contents are put into
  1934. the textarea when the form is submitted. The text in the
  1935. textarea will provide the content for the editor. A CodeMirror
  1936. instance created this way has three additional methods:
  1937. <dl>
  1938. <dt id="save"><code><strong>cm.save</strong>()</code></dt>
  1939. <dd>Copy the content of the editor into the textarea.</dd>
  1940. <dt id="toTextArea"><code><strong>cm.toTextArea</strong>()</code></dt>
  1941. <dd>Remove the editor, and restore the original textarea (with
  1942. the editor's current content). If you dynamically create and
  1943. destroy editors made with `fromTextArea`, without destroying
  1944. the form they are part of, you should make sure to call
  1945. `toTextArea` to remove the editor, or its `"submit"` handler
  1946. on the form will cause a memory leak.</dd>
  1947. <dt id="getTextArea"><code><strong>cm.getTextArea</strong>() → TextAreaElement</code></dt>
  1948. <dd>Returns the textarea that the instance was based on.</dd>
  1949. </dl>
  1950. </dd>
  1951. <dt id="defaults"><code><strong>CodeMirror.defaults</strong>: object</code></dt>
  1952. <dd>An object containing default values for
  1953. all <a href="#config">options</a>. You can assign to its
  1954. properties to modify defaults (though this won't affect editors
  1955. that have already been created).</dd>
  1956. <dt id="defineExtension"><code><strong>CodeMirror.defineExtension</strong>(name: string, value: any)</code></dt>
  1957. <dd>If you want to define extra methods in terms of the
  1958. CodeMirror API, it is possible to
  1959. use <code>defineExtension</code>. This will cause the given
  1960. value (usually a method) to be added to all CodeMirror instances
  1961. created from then on.</dd>
  1962. <dt id="defineDocExtension"><code><strong>CodeMirror.defineDocExtension</strong>(name: string, value: any)</code></dt>
  1963. <dd>Like <a href="#defineExtension"><code>defineExtension</code></a>,
  1964. but the method will be added to the interface
  1965. for <a href="#Doc"><code>Doc</code></a> objects instead.</dd>
  1966. <dt id="defineOption"><code><strong>CodeMirror.defineOption</strong>(name: string,
  1967. default: any, updateFunc: function)</code></dt>
  1968. <dd>Similarly, <code>defineOption</code> can be used to define new options for
  1969. CodeMirror. The <code>updateFunc</code> will be called with the
  1970. editor instance and the new value when an editor is initialized,
  1971. and whenever the option is modified
  1972. through <a href="#setOption"><code>setOption</code></a>.</dd>
  1973. <dt id="defineInitHook"><code><strong>CodeMirror.defineInitHook</strong>(func: function)</code></dt>
  1974. <dd>If your extension just needs to run some
  1975. code whenever a CodeMirror instance is initialized,
  1976. use <code>CodeMirror.defineInitHook</code>. Give it a function as
  1977. its only argument, and from then on, that function will be called
  1978. (with the instance as argument) whenever a new CodeMirror instance
  1979. is initialized.</dd>
  1980. <dt id="registerHelper"><code><strong>CodeMirror.registerHelper</strong>(type: string, name: string, value: helper)</code></dt>
  1981. <dd>Registers a helper value with the given <code>name</code> in
  1982. the given namespace (<code>type</code>). This is used to define
  1983. functionality that may be looked up by mode. Will create (if it
  1984. doesn't already exist) a property on the <code>CodeMirror</code>
  1985. object for the given <code>type</code>, pointing to an object
  1986. that maps names to values. I.e. after
  1987. doing <code>CodeMirror.registerHelper("hint", "foo",
  1988. myFoo)</code>, the value <code>CodeMirror.hint.foo</code> will
  1989. point to <code>myFoo</code>.</dd>
  1990. <dt id="registerGlobalHelper"><code><strong>CodeMirror.registerGlobalHelper</strong>(type: string, name: string, predicate: fn(mode, CodeMirror), value: helper)</code></dt>
  1991. <dd>Acts
  1992. like <a href="#registerHelper"><code>registerHelper</code></a>,
  1993. but also registers this helper as 'global', meaning that it will
  1994. be included by <a href="#getHelpers"><code>getHelpers</code></a>
  1995. whenever the given <code>predicate</code> returns true when
  1996. called with the local mode and editor.</dd>
  1997. <dt id="Pos"><code><strong>CodeMirror.Pos</strong>(line: integer, ?ch: integer, ?sticky: string)</code></dt>
  1998. <dd>A constructor for the objects that are used to represent
  1999. positions in editor documents. <code>sticky</code> defaults to
  2000. null, but can be set to <code>"before"</code>
  2001. or <code>"after"</code> to make the position explicitly
  2002. associate with the character before or after it.</dd>
  2003. <dt id="changeEnd"><code><strong>CodeMirror.changeEnd</strong>(change: object) → {line, ch}</code></dt>
  2004. <dd>Utility function that computes an end position from a change
  2005. (an object with <code>from</code>, <code>to</code>,
  2006. and <code>text</code> properties, as passed to
  2007. various <a href="#event_change">event handlers</a>). The
  2008. returned position will be the end of the changed
  2009. range, <em>after</em> the change is applied.</dd>
  2010. <dt id="countColumn"><code><strong>CodeMirror.countColumn</strong>(line: string, index: number, tabSize: number) → number</code></dt>
  2011. <dd>Find the column position at a given string index using a given tabsize.</dd>
  2012. </dl>
  2013. </section>
  2014. <section id=addons>
  2015. <h2 id="addons">Addons</h2>
  2016. <p>The <code>addon</code> directory in the distribution contains a
  2017. number of reusable components that implement extra editor
  2018. functionality (on top of extension functions
  2019. like <a href="#defineOption"><code>defineOption</code></a>, <a href="#defineExtension"><code>defineExtension</code></a>,
  2020. and <a href="#registerHelper"><code>registerHelper</code></a>). In
  2021. brief, they are:</p>
  2022. <dl>
  2023. <dt id="addon_dialog"><a href="../addon/dialog/dialog.js"><code>dialog/dialog.js</code></a></dt>
  2024. <dd>Provides a very simple way to query users for text input.
  2025. Adds the <strong><code>openDialog(template, callback, options) →
  2026. closeFunction</code></strong> method to CodeMirror instances,
  2027. which can be called with an HTML fragment or a detached DOM
  2028. node that provides the prompt (should include an <code>input</code>
  2029. or <code>button</code> tag), and a callback function that is called
  2030. when the user presses enter. It returns a function <code>closeFunction</code>
  2031. which, if called, will close the dialog immediately.
  2032. <strong><code>openDialog</code></strong> takes the following options:
  2033. <dl>
  2034. <dt><code><strong>closeOnEnter</strong>: bool</code></dt>
  2035. <dd>If true, the dialog will be closed when the user presses
  2036. enter in the input. Defaults to <code>true</code>.</dd>
  2037. <dt><code><strong>closeOnBlur</strong>: bool</code></dt>
  2038. <dd>Determines whether the dialog is closed when it loses focus. Defaults to <code>true</code>.</dd>
  2039. <dt><code><strong>onKeyDown</strong>: fn(event: KeyboardEvent, value: string, close: fn()) → bool</code></dt>
  2040. <dd>An event handler that will be called whenever <code>keydown</code> fires in the
  2041. dialog's input. If your callback returns <code>true</code>,
  2042. the dialog will not do any further processing of the event.</dd>
  2043. <dt><code><strong>onKeyUp</strong>: fn(event: KeyboardEvent, value: string, close: fn()) → bool</code></dt>
  2044. <dd>Same as <code>onKeyDown</code> but for the
  2045. <code>keyup</code> event.</dd>
  2046. <dt><code><strong>onInput</strong>: fn(event: InputEvent, value: string, close: fn()) → bool</code></dt>
  2047. <dd>Same as <code>onKeyDown</code> but for the
  2048. <code>input</code> event.</dd>
  2049. <dt><code><strong>onClose</strong>: fn(instance)</code>:</dt>
  2050. <dd>A callback that will be called after the dialog has been closed and
  2051. removed from the DOM. No return value.</dd>
  2052. </dl>
  2053. <p>Also adds an <strong><code>openNotification(template, options) →
  2054. closeFunction</code></strong> function that simply shows an HTML
  2055. fragment as a notification at the top of the editor. It takes a
  2056. single option: <code>duration</code>, the amount of time after
  2057. which the notification will be automatically closed. If <code>
  2058. duration</code> is zero, the dialog will not be closed automatically.</p>
  2059. <p>Depends on <code>addon/dialog/dialog.css</code>.</p></dd>
  2060. <dt id="addon_searchcursor"><a href="../addon/search/searchcursor.js"><code>search/searchcursor.js</code></a></dt>
  2061. <dd>Adds the <code>getSearchCursor(query, start, options) →
  2062. cursor</code> method to CodeMirror instances, which can be used
  2063. to implement search/replace functionality. <code>query</code>
  2064. can be a regular expression or a string. <code>start</code>
  2065. provides the starting position of the search. It can be
  2066. a <code>{line, ch}</code> object, or can be left off to default
  2067. to the start of the document. <code>options</code> is an
  2068. optional object, which can contain the property `caseFold:
  2069. false` to disable case folding when matching a string, or the
  2070. property `multiline: disable` to disable multi-line matching for
  2071. regular expressions (which may help performance). A search
  2072. cursor has the following methods:
  2073. <dl>
  2074. <dt><code><strong>findNext</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  2075. <dt><code><strong>findPrevious</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  2076. <dd>Search forward or backward from the current position.
  2077. The return value indicates whether a match was found. If
  2078. matching a regular expression, the return value will be the
  2079. array returned by the <code>match</code> method, in case you
  2080. want to extract matched groups.</dd>
  2081. <dt><code><strong>from</strong>() → {line, ch}</code></dt>
  2082. <dt><code><strong>to</strong>() → {line, ch}</code></dt>
  2083. <dd>These are only valid when the last call
  2084. to <code>findNext</code> or <code>findPrevious</code> did
  2085. not return false. They will return <code>{line, ch}</code>
  2086. objects pointing at the start and end of the match.</dd>
  2087. <dt><code><strong>replace</strong>(text: string, ?origin: string)</code></dt>
  2088. <dd>Replaces the currently found match with the given text
  2089. and adjusts the cursor position to reflect the
  2090. replacement.</dd>
  2091. </dl></dd>
  2092. <dt id="addon_search"><a href="../addon/search/search.js"><code>search/search.js</code></a></dt>
  2093. <dd>Implements the search commands. CodeMirror has keys bound to
  2094. these by default, but will not do anything with them unless an
  2095. implementation is provided. Depends
  2096. on <code>searchcursor.js</code>, and will make use
  2097. of <a href="#addon_dialog"><code>openDialog</code></a> when
  2098. available to make prompting for search queries less ugly.</dd>
  2099. <dt id="addon_jump-to-line"><a href="../addon/search/jump-to-line.js"><code>search/jump-to-line.js</code></a></dt>
  2100. <dd>Implements a <code>jumpToLine</code> command and binding <code>Alt-G</code> to it.
  2101. Accepts <code>linenumber</code>, <code>+/-linenumber</code>, <code>line:char</code>,
  2102. <code>scroll%</code> and <code>:linenumber</code> formats.
  2103. This will make use of <a href="#addon_dialog"><code>openDialog</code></a>
  2104. when available to make prompting for line number neater.</dd> Demo available <a href="https://codemirror.net/demo/search.html">here</a>.
  2105. <dt id="addon_matchesonscrollbar"><a href="../addon/search/matchesonscrollbar.js"><code>search/matchesonscrollbar.js</code></a></dt>
  2106. <dd>Adds a <code>showMatchesOnScrollbar</code> method to editor
  2107. instances, which should be given a query (string or regular
  2108. expression), optionally a case-fold flag (only applicable for
  2109. strings), and optionally a class name (defaults
  2110. to <code>CodeMirror-search-match</code>) as arguments. When
  2111. called, matches of the given query will be displayed on the
  2112. editor's vertical scrollbar. The method returns an object with
  2113. a <code>clear</code> method that can be called to remove the
  2114. matches. Depends on
  2115. the <a href="#addon_annotatescrollbar"><code>annotatescrollbar</code></a>
  2116. addon, and
  2117. the <a href="../addon/search/matchesonscrollbar.css"><code>matchesonscrollbar.css</code></a>
  2118. file provides a default (transparent yellowish) definition of
  2119. the CSS class applied to the matches. Note that the matches are
  2120. only perfectly aligned if your scrollbar does not have buttons
  2121. at the top and bottom. You can use
  2122. the <a href="#addon_simplescrollbars"><code>simplescrollbar</code></a>
  2123. addon to make sure of this. If this addon is loaded,
  2124. the <a href="#addon_search"><code>search</code></a> addon will
  2125. automatically use it.</dd>
  2126. <dt id="addon_matchbrackets"><a href="../addon/edit/matchbrackets.js"><code>edit/matchbrackets.js</code></a></dt>
  2127. <dd>Defines an option <code>matchBrackets</code> which, when set
  2128. to true or an options object, causes matching brackets to be
  2129. highlighted whenever the cursor is next to them. It also adds a
  2130. method <code>matchBrackets</code> that forces this to happen
  2131. once, and a method <code>findMatchingBracket</code> that can be
  2132. used to run the bracket-finding algorithm that this uses
  2133. internally. It takes a start position and an optional config
  2134. object. By default, it will find the match to a matchable
  2135. character either before or after the cursor (preferring the one
  2136. before), but you can control its behavior with these options:
  2137. <dl>
  2138. <dt><strong><code>afterCursor</code></strong></dt>
  2139. <dd>Only use the character after the start position, never the one before it.</dd>
  2140. <dt><strong><code>highlightNonMatching</code></strong></dt>
  2141. <dd>Also highlight pairs of non-matching as well as stray brackets. Enabled by default.</dd>
  2142. <dt><strong><code>strict</code></strong></dt>
  2143. <dd>Causes only matches where both brackets are at the same side of the start position to be considered.</dd>
  2144. <dt><strong><code>maxScanLines</code></strong></dt>
  2145. <dd>Stop after scanning this amount of lines without a successful match. Defaults to 1000.</dd>
  2146. <dt><strong><code>maxScanLineLength</code></strong></dt>
  2147. <dd>Ignore lines longer than this. Defaults to 10000.</dd>
  2148. <dt><strong><code>maxHighlightLineLength</code></strong></dt>
  2149. <dd>Don't highlight a bracket in a line longer than this. Defaults to 1000.</dd>
  2150. </dl></dd>
  2151. <dt id="addon_closebrackets"><a href="../addon/edit/closebrackets.js"><code>edit/closebrackets.js</code></a></dt>
  2152. <dd>Defines an option <code>autoCloseBrackets</code> that will
  2153. auto-close brackets and quotes when typed. By default, it'll
  2154. auto-close <code>()[]{}''""</code>, but you can pass it a string
  2155. similar to that (containing pairs of matching characters), or an
  2156. object with <code>pairs</code> and
  2157. optionally <code>explode</code> properties to customize
  2158. it. <code>explode</code> should be a similar string that gives
  2159. the pairs of characters that, when enter is pressed between
  2160. them, should have the second character also moved to its own
  2161. line. By default, if the active mode has
  2162. a <code>closeBrackets</code> property, that overrides the
  2163. configuration given in the option. But you can add
  2164. an <code>override</code> property with a truthy value to
  2165. override mode-specific
  2166. configuration. <a href="../demo/closebrackets.html">Demo
  2167. here</a>.</dd>
  2168. <dt id="addon_matchtags"><a href="../addon/edit/matchtags.js"><code>edit/matchtags.js</code></a></dt>
  2169. <dd>Defines an option <code>matchTags</code> that, when enabled,
  2170. will cause the tags around the cursor to be highlighted (using
  2171. the <code>CodeMirror-matchingtag</code> class). Also
  2172. defines
  2173. a <a href="#commands">command</a> <code>toMatchingTag</code>,
  2174. which you can bind a key to in order to jump to the tag matching
  2175. the one under the cursor. Depends on
  2176. the <code>addon/fold/xml-fold.js</code>
  2177. addon. <a href="../demo/matchtags.html">Demo here.</a></dd>
  2178. <dt id="addon_trailingspace"><a href="../addon/edit/trailingspace.js"><code>edit/trailingspace.js</code></a></dt>
  2179. <dd>Adds an option <code>showTrailingSpace</code> which, when
  2180. enabled, adds the CSS class <code>cm-trailingspace</code> to
  2181. stretches of whitespace at the end of lines.
  2182. The <a href="../demo/trailingspace.html">demo</a> has a nice
  2183. squiggly underline style for this class.</dd>
  2184. <dt id="addon_closetag"><a href="../addon/edit/closetag.js"><code>edit/closetag.js</code></a></dt>
  2185. <dd>Defines an <code>autoCloseTags</code> option that will
  2186. auto-close XML tags when '<code>&gt;</code>' or '<code>/</code>'
  2187. is typed, and
  2188. a <code>closeTag</code> <a href="#commands">command</a> that
  2189. closes the nearest open tag. Depends on
  2190. the <code>fold/xml-fold.js</code> addon. See
  2191. the <a href="../demo/closetag.html">demo</a>.</dd>
  2192. <dt id="addon_continuelist"><a href="../addon/edit/continuelist.js"><code>edit/continuelist.js</code></a></dt>
  2193. <dd>Markdown specific. Defines
  2194. a <code>"newlineAndIndentContinueMarkdownList"</code> <a href="#commands">command</a>
  2195. that can be bound to <code>enter</code> to automatically
  2196. insert the leading characters for continuing a list. See
  2197. the <a href="../mode/markdown/index.html">Markdown mode
  2198. demo</a>.</dd>
  2199. <dt id="addon_comment"><a href="../addon/comment/comment.js"><code>comment/comment.js</code></a></dt>
  2200. <dd>Addon for commenting and uncommenting code. Adds four
  2201. methods to CodeMirror instances:
  2202. <dl>
  2203. <dt id="toggleComment"><code><strong>toggleComment</strong>(?options: object)</code></dt>
  2204. <dd>Tries to uncomment the current selection, and if that
  2205. fails, line-comments it.</dd>
  2206. <dt id="lineComment"><code><strong>lineComment</strong>(from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  2207. <dd>Set the lines in the given range to be line comments. Will
  2208. fall back to <code>blockComment</code> when no line comment
  2209. style is defined for the mode.</dd>
  2210. <dt id="blockComment"><code><strong>blockComment</strong>(from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  2211. <dd>Wrap the code in the given range in a block comment. Will
  2212. fall back to <code>lineComment</code> when no block comment
  2213. style is defined for the mode.</dd>
  2214. <dt id="uncomment"><code><strong>uncomment</strong>(from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}, ?options: object) → boolean</code></dt>
  2215. <dd>Try to uncomment the given range.
  2216. Returns <code>true</code> if a comment range was found and
  2217. removed, <code>false</code> otherwise.</dd>
  2218. </dl>
  2219. The <code>options</code> object accepted by these methods may
  2220. have the following properties:
  2221. <dl>
  2222. <dt><code>blockCommentStart, blockCommentEnd, blockCommentLead, lineComment: string</code></dt>
  2223. <dd>Override the <a href="#mode_comment">comment string
  2224. properties</a> of the mode with custom comment strings.</dd>
  2225. <dt><code><strong>padding</strong>: string</code></dt>
  2226. <dd>A string that will be inserted after opening and leading
  2227. markers, and before closing comment markers. Defaults to a
  2228. single space.</dd>
  2229. <dt><code><strong>commentBlankLines</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2230. <dd>Whether, when adding line comments, to also comment lines
  2231. that contain only whitespace.</dd>
  2232. <dt><code><strong>indent</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2233. <dd>When adding line comments and this is turned on, it will
  2234. align the comment block to the current indentation of the
  2235. first line of the block.</dd>
  2236. <dt><code><strong>fullLines</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2237. <dd>When block commenting, this controls whether the whole
  2238. lines are indented, or only the precise range that is given.
  2239. Defaults to <code>true</code>.</dd>
  2240. </dl>
  2241. The addon also defines
  2242. a <code>toggleComment</code> <a href="#commands">command</a>,
  2243. which is a shorthand command for calling
  2244. <code>toggleComment</code> with no options.</dd>
  2245. <dt id="addon_foldcode"><a href="../addon/fold/foldcode.js"><code>fold/foldcode.js</code></a></dt>
  2246. <dd>Helps with code folding. Adds a <code>foldCode</code> method
  2247. to editor instances, which will try to do a code fold starting
  2248. at the given line, or unfold the fold that is already present.
  2249. The method takes as first argument the position that should be
  2250. folded (may be a line number or
  2251. a <a href="#Pos"><code>Pos</code></a>), and as second optional
  2252. argument either a range-finder function, or an options object,
  2253. supporting the following properties:
  2254. <dl>
  2255. <dt><code><strong>rangeFinder</strong>: fn(CodeMirror, Pos)</code></dt>
  2256. <dd id="helper_fold_auto">The function that is used to find
  2257. foldable ranges. If this is not directly passed, it will
  2258. default to <code>CodeMirror.fold.auto</code>, which
  2259. uses <a href="#getHelpers"><code>getHelpers</code></a> with
  2260. a <code>"fold"</code> type to find folding functions
  2261. appropriate for the local mode. There are files in
  2262. the <a href="../addon/fold/"><code>addon/fold/</code></a>
  2263. directory providing <code>CodeMirror.fold.brace</code>, which
  2264. finds blocks in brace languages (JavaScript, C, Java,
  2265. etc), <code>CodeMirror.fold.indent</code>, for languages where
  2266. indentation determines block structure (Python, Haskell),
  2267. and <code>CodeMirror.fold.xml</code>, for XML-style languages,
  2268. and <code>CodeMirror.fold.comment</code>, for folding comment
  2269. blocks.</dd>
  2270. <dt><code><strong>widget</strong>: string | Element | fn(from: Pos, to: Pos) → string|Element</code></dt>
  2271. <dd>The widget to show for folded ranges. Can be either a
  2272. string, in which case it'll become a span with
  2273. class <code>CodeMirror-foldmarker</code>, or a DOM node.
  2274. To dynamically generate the widget, this can be a function
  2275. that returns a string or DOM node, which will then render
  2276. as described. The function will be invoked with parameters
  2277. identifying the range to be folded.</dd>
  2278. <dt><code><strong>scanUp</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2279. <dd>When true (default is false), the addon will try to find
  2280. foldable ranges on the lines above the current one if there
  2281. isn't an eligible one on the given line.</dd>
  2282. <dt><code><strong>minFoldSize</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  2283. <dd>The minimum amount of lines that a fold should span to be
  2284. accepted. Defaults to 0, which also allows single-line
  2285. folds.</dd>
  2286. </dl>
  2287. See <a href="../demo/folding.html">the demo</a> for an
  2288. example.</dd>
  2289. <dt id="addon_foldgutter"><a href="../addon/fold/foldgutter.js"><code>fold/foldgutter.js</code></a></dt>
  2290. <dd>Provides an option <code>foldGutter</code>, which can be
  2291. used to create a gutter with markers indicating the blocks that
  2292. can be folded. Create a gutter using
  2293. the <a href="#option_gutters"><code>gutters</code></a> option,
  2294. giving it the class <code>CodeMirror-foldgutter</code> or
  2295. something else if you configure the addon to use a different
  2296. class, and this addon will show markers next to folded and
  2297. foldable blocks, and handle clicks in this gutter. Note that
  2298. CSS styles should be applied to make the gutter, and the fold
  2299. markers within it, visible. A default set of CSS styles are
  2300. available in:
  2301. <a href="../addon/fold/foldgutter.css">
  2302. <code>addon/fold/foldgutter.css</code>
  2303. </a>.
  2304. The option
  2305. can be either set to <code>true</code>, or an object containing
  2306. the following optional option fields:
  2307. <dl>
  2308. <dt><code><strong>gutter</strong>: string</code></dt>
  2309. <dd>The CSS class of the gutter. Defaults
  2310. to <code>"CodeMirror-foldgutter"</code>. You will have to
  2311. style this yourself to give it a width (and possibly a
  2312. background). See the default gutter style rules above.</dd>
  2313. <dt><code><strong>indicatorOpen</strong>: string | Element</code></dt>
  2314. <dd>A CSS class or DOM element to be used as the marker for
  2315. open, foldable blocks. Defaults
  2316. to <code>"CodeMirror-foldgutter-open"</code>.</dd>
  2317. <dt><code><strong>indicatorFolded</strong>: string | Element</code></dt>
  2318. <dd>A CSS class or DOM element to be used as the marker for
  2319. folded blocks. Defaults to <code>"CodeMirror-foldgutter-folded"</code>.</dd>
  2320. <dt><code><strong>rangeFinder</strong>: fn(CodeMirror, Pos)</code></dt>
  2321. <dd>The range-finder function to use when determining whether
  2322. something can be folded. When not
  2323. given, <a href="#helper_fold_auto"><code>CodeMirror.fold.auto</code></a>
  2324. will be used as default.</dd>
  2325. </dl>
  2326. The <code>foldOptions</code> editor option can be set to an
  2327. object to provide an editor-wide default configuration.
  2328. Demo <a href="../demo/folding.html">here</a>.</dd>
  2329. <dt id="addon_runmode"><a href="../addon/runmode/runmode.js"><code>runmode/runmode.js</code></a></dt>
  2330. <dd>Can be used to run a CodeMirror mode over text without
  2331. actually opening an editor instance.
  2332. See <a href="../demo/runmode.html">the demo</a> for an example.
  2333. There are alternate versions of the file available for
  2334. running <a href="../addon/runmode/runmode-standalone.js">stand-alone</a>
  2335. (without including all of CodeMirror) and
  2336. for <a href="../addon/runmode/runmode.node.js">running under
  2337. node.js</a> (see <code>bin/source-highlight</code> for an example of using the latter).</dd>
  2338. <dt id="addon_colorize"><a href="../addon/runmode/colorize.js"><code>runmode/colorize.js</code></a></dt>
  2339. <dd>Provides a convenient way to syntax-highlight code snippets
  2340. in a webpage. Depends on
  2341. the <a href="#addon_runmode"><code>runmode</code></a> addon (or
  2342. its standalone variant). Provides
  2343. a <code>CodeMirror.colorize</code> function that can be called
  2344. with an array (or other array-ish collection) of DOM nodes that
  2345. represent the code snippets. By default, it'll get
  2346. all <code>pre</code> tags. Will read the <code>data-lang</code>
  2347. attribute of these nodes to figure out their language, and
  2348. syntax-color their content using the relevant CodeMirror mode
  2349. (you'll have to load the scripts for the relevant modes
  2350. yourself). A second argument may be provided to give a default
  2351. mode, used when no language attribute is found for a node. Used
  2352. in this manual to highlight example code.</dd>
  2353. <dt id="addon_overlay"><a href="../addon/mode/overlay.js"><code>mode/overlay.js</code></a></dt>
  2354. <dd>Mode combinator that can be used to extend a mode with an
  2355. 'overlay' — a secondary mode is run over the stream, along with
  2356. the base mode, and can color specific pieces of text without
  2357. interfering with the base mode.
  2358. Defines <code>CodeMirror.overlayMode</code>, which is used to
  2359. create such a mode. See <a href="../demo/mustache.html">this
  2360. demo</a> for a detailed example.</dd>
  2361. <dt id="addon_multiplex"><a href="../addon/mode/multiplex.js"><code>mode/multiplex.js</code></a></dt>
  2362. <dd>Mode combinator that can be used to easily 'multiplex'
  2363. between several modes.
  2364. Defines <code>CodeMirror.multiplexingMode</code> which, when
  2365. given as first argument a mode object, and as other arguments
  2366. any number of <code>{open, close, mode [, delimStyle, innerStyle, parseDelimiters]}</code>
  2367. objects, will return a mode object that starts parsing using the
  2368. mode passed as first argument, but will switch to another mode
  2369. as soon as it encounters a string that occurs in one of
  2370. the <code>open</code> fields of the passed objects. When in a
  2371. sub-mode, it will go back to the top mode again when
  2372. the <code>close</code> string is encountered.
  2373. Pass <code>"\n"</code> for <code>open</code> or <code>close</code>
  2374. if you want to switch on a blank line.
  2375. <ul><li>When <code>delimStyle</code> is specified, it will be the token
  2376. style returned for the delimiter tokens (as well as
  2377. <code>[delimStyle]-open</code> on the opening token and
  2378. <code>[delimStyle]-close</code> on the closing token).</li>
  2379. <li>When <code>innerStyle</code> is specified, it will be the token
  2380. style added for each inner mode token.</li>
  2381. <li>When <code>parseDelimiters</code> is true, the content of
  2382. the delimiters will also be passed to the inner mode.
  2383. (And <code>delimStyle</code> is ignored.)</li></ul> The outer
  2384. mode will not see the content between the delimiters.
  2385. See <a href="../demo/multiplex.html">this demo</a> for an
  2386. example.</dd>
  2387. <dt id="addon_show-hint"><a href="../addon/hint/show-hint.js"><code>hint/show-hint.js</code></a></dt>
  2388. <dd>Provides a framework for showing autocompletion hints.
  2389. Defines <code>editor.showHint</code>, which takes an optional
  2390. options object, and pops up a widget that allows the user to
  2391. select a completion. Finding hints is done with a hinting
  2392. function (the <code>hint</code> option). This function
  2393. takes an editor instance and an options object, and returns
  2394. a <code>{list, from, to}</code> object, where <code>list</code>
  2395. is an array of strings or objects (the completions),
  2396. and <code>from</code> and <code>to</code> give the start and end
  2397. of the token that is being completed as <code>{line, ch}</code>
  2398. objects. An optional <code>selectedHint</code> property (an
  2399. integer) can be added to the completion object to control the
  2400. initially selected hint.</dd>
  2401. <dd>If no hinting function is given, the addon will
  2402. use <code>CodeMirror.hint.auto</code>, which
  2403. calls <a href="#getHelpers"><code>getHelpers</code></a> with
  2404. the <code>"hint"</code> type to find applicable hinting
  2405. functions, and tries them one by one. If that fails, it looks
  2406. for a <code>"hintWords"</code> helper to fetch a list of
  2407. completeable words for the mode, and
  2408. uses <code>CodeMirror.hint.fromList</code> to complete from
  2409. those.</dd>
  2410. <dd>When completions aren't simple strings, they should be
  2411. objects with the following properties:
  2412. <dl>
  2413. <dt><code><strong>text</strong>: string</code></dt>
  2414. <dd>The completion text. This is the only required
  2415. property.</dd>
  2416. <dt><code><strong>displayText</strong>: string</code></dt>
  2417. <dd>The text that should be displayed in the menu.</dd>
  2418. <dt><code><strong>className</strong>: string</code></dt>
  2419. <dd>A CSS class name to apply to the completion's line in the
  2420. menu.</dd>
  2421. <dt><code><strong>render</strong>: fn(Element, self, data)</code></dt>
  2422. <dd>A method used to create the DOM structure for showing the
  2423. completion by appending it to its first argument.</dd>
  2424. <dt><code><strong>hint</strong>: fn(CodeMirror, self, data)</code></dt>
  2425. <dd>A method used to actually apply the completion, instead of
  2426. the default behavior.</dd>
  2427. <dt><code><strong>from</strong>: {line, ch}</code></dt>
  2428. <dd>Optional <code>from</code> position that will be used by <code>pick()</code> instead
  2429. of the global one passed with the full list of completions.</dd>
  2430. <dt><code><strong>to</strong>: {line, ch}</code></dt>
  2431. <dd>Optional <code>to</code> position that will be used by <code>pick()</code> instead
  2432. of the global one passed with the full list of completions.</dd>
  2433. </dl></dd>
  2434. <dd>The plugin understands the following options, which may be
  2435. either passed directly in the argument to <code>showHint</code>,
  2436. or provided by setting an <code>hintOptions</code> editor
  2437. option to an object (the former takes precedence). The options
  2438. object will also be passed along to the hinting function, which
  2439. may understand additional options.
  2440. <dl>
  2441. <dt><code><strong>hint</strong>: function</code></dt>
  2442. <dd>A hinting function, as specified above. It is possible to
  2443. set the <code>async</code> property on a hinting function to
  2444. true, in which case it will be called with
  2445. arguments <code>(cm, callback, ?options)</code>, and the
  2446. completion interface will only be popped up when the hinting
  2447. function calls the callback, passing it the object holding the
  2448. completions.
  2449. The hinting function can also return a promise, and the completion
  2450. interface will only be popped when the promise resolves.
  2451. By default, hinting only works when there is no
  2452. selection. You can give a hinting function
  2453. a <code>supportsSelection</code> property with a truthy value
  2454. to indicate that it supports selections.</dd>
  2455. <dt><code><strong>completeSingle</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2456. <dd>Determines whether, when only a single completion is
  2457. available, it is completed without showing the dialog.
  2458. Defaults to true.</dd>
  2459. <dt><code><strong>alignWithWord</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2460. <dd>Whether the pop-up should be horizontally aligned with the
  2461. start of the word (true, default), or with the cursor (false).</dd>
  2462. <dt><code><strong>closeCharacters</strong>: RegExp</code></dt>
  2463. <dd>A regular expression object used to match characters which
  2464. cause the pop up to be closed (default: <code>/[\s()\[\]{};:>,]/</code>).
  2465. If the user types one of these characters, the pop up will close, and
  2466. the <code>endCompletion</code> event is fired on the editor instance.</dd>
  2467. <dt><code><strong>closeOnUnfocus</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2468. <dd>When enabled (which is the default), the pop-up will close
  2469. when the editor is unfocused.</dd>
  2470. <dt><code><strong>completeOnSingleClick</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2471. <dd>Whether a single click on a list item suffices to trigger the
  2472. completion (which is the default), or if the user has to use a
  2473. doubleclick.</dd>
  2474. <dt><code><strong>container</strong>: Element|null</code></dt>
  2475. <dd>Can be used to define a custom container for the widget. The default
  2476. is <code>null</code>, in which case the <code>body</code>-element will
  2477. be used.</dd>
  2478. <dt><code><strong>customKeys</strong>: keymap</code></dt>
  2479. <dd>Allows you to provide a custom key map of keys to be active
  2480. when the pop-up is active. The handlers will be called with an
  2481. extra argument, a handle to the completion menu, which
  2482. has <code>moveFocus(n)</code>, <code>setFocus(n)</code>, <code>pick()</code>,
  2483. and <code>close()</code> methods (see the source for details),
  2484. that can be used to change the focused element, pick the
  2485. current element or close the menu. Additionally <code>menuSize()</code>
  2486. can give you access to the size of the current dropdown menu,
  2487. <code>length</code> give you the number of available completions, and
  2488. <code>data</code> give you full access to the completion returned by the
  2489. hinting function.</dd>
  2490. <dt><code><strong>extraKeys</strong>: keymap</code></dt>
  2491. <dd>Like <code>customKeys</code> above, but the bindings will
  2492. be added to the set of default bindings, instead of replacing
  2493. them.</dd>
  2494. <dt><code><strong>scrollMargin</strong>: integer</code></dt>
  2495. <dd>Show this many lines before and after the selected item.
  2496. Default is 0.</dd>
  2497. </dl>
  2498. The following events will be fired on the completions object
  2499. during completion:
  2500. <dl>
  2501. <dt><code><strong>"shown"</strong> ()</code></dt>
  2502. <dd>Fired when the pop-up is shown.</dd>
  2503. <dt><code><strong>"select"</strong> (completion, Element)</code></dt>
  2504. <dd>Fired when a completion is selected. Passed the completion
  2505. value (string or object) and the DOM node that represents it
  2506. in the menu.</dd>
  2507. <dt><code><strong>"pick"</strong> (completion)</code></dt>
  2508. <dd>Fired when a completion is picked. Passed the completion value
  2509. (string or object).</dd>
  2510. <dt><code><strong>"close"</strong> ()</code></dt>
  2511. <dd>Fired when the completion is finished.</dd>
  2512. </dl>
  2513. The following events will be fired on the editor instance during
  2514. completion:
  2515. <dl>
  2516. <dt><code><strong>"endCompletion"</strong> ()</code></dt>
  2517. <dd>Fired when the pop-up is being closed programmatically, e.g., when
  2518. the user types a character which matches the
  2519. <code>closeCharacters</code> option.</dd>
  2520. </dl>
  2521. This addon depends on styles
  2522. from <code>addon/hint/show-hint.css</code>. Check
  2523. out <a href="../demo/complete.html">the demo</a> for an
  2524. example.</dd>
  2525. <dt id="addon_javascript-hint"><a href="../addon/hint/javascript-hint.js"><code>hint/javascript-hint.js</code></a></dt>
  2526. <dd>Defines a simple hinting function for JavaScript
  2527. (<code>CodeMirror.hint.javascript</code>) and CoffeeScript
  2528. (<code>CodeMirror.hint.coffeescript</code>) code. This will
  2529. simply use the JavaScript environment that the editor runs in as
  2530. a source of information about objects and their properties.</dd>
  2531. <dt id="addon_xml-hint"><a href="../addon/hint/xml-hint.js"><code>hint/xml-hint.js</code></a></dt>
  2532. <dd>Defines <code>CodeMirror.hint.xml</code>, which produces
  2533. hints for XML tagnames, attribute names, and attribute values,
  2534. guided by a <code>schemaInfo</code> option (a property of the
  2535. second argument passed to the hinting function, or the third
  2536. argument passed to <code>CodeMirror.showHint</code>).<br>The
  2537. schema info should be an object mapping tag names to information
  2538. about these tags, with optionally a <code>"!top"</code> property
  2539. containing a list of the names of valid top-level tags. The
  2540. values of the properties should be objects with optional
  2541. properties <code>children</code> (an array of valid child
  2542. element names, omit to simply allow all tags to appear)
  2543. and <code>attrs</code> (an object mapping attribute names
  2544. to <code>null</code> for free-form attributes, and an array of
  2545. valid values for restricted
  2546. attributes).<br>The hint options accept an additional property:
  2547. <dl>
  2548. <dt><code><strong>matchInMiddle</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2549. <dd>Determines whether typed characters are matched anywhere in
  2550. completions, not just at the beginning. Defaults to false.</dd>
  2551. </dl>
  2552. <a href="../demo/xmlcomplete.html">Demo here</a>.</dd>
  2553. <dt id="addon_html-hint"><a href="../addon/hint/html-hint.js"><code>hint/html-hint.js</code></a></dt>
  2554. <dd>Provides schema info to
  2555. the <a href="#addon_xml-hint">xml-hint</a> addon for HTML
  2556. documents. Defines a schema
  2557. object <code>CodeMirror.htmlSchema</code> that you can pass to
  2558. as a <code>schemaInfo</code> option, and
  2559. a <code>CodeMirror.hint.html</code> hinting function that
  2560. automatically calls <code>CodeMirror.hint.xml</code> with this
  2561. schema data. See
  2562. the <a href="../demo/html5complete.html">demo</a>.</dd>
  2563. <dt id="addon_css-hint"><a href="../addon/hint/css-hint.js"><code>hint/css-hint.js</code></a></dt>
  2564. <dd>A hinting function for CSS, SCSS, or LESS code.
  2565. Defines <code>CodeMirror.hint.css</code>.</dd>
  2566. <dt id="addon_anyword-hint"><a href="../addon/hint/anyword-hint.js"><code>hint/anyword-hint.js</code></a></dt>
  2567. <dd>A very simple hinting function
  2568. (<code>CodeMirror.hint.anyword</code>) that simply looks for
  2569. words in the nearby code and completes to those. Takes two
  2570. optional options, <code>word</code>, a regular expression that
  2571. matches words (sequences of one or more character),
  2572. and <code>range</code>, which defines how many lines the addon
  2573. should scan when completing (defaults to 500).</dd>
  2574. <dt id="addon_sql-hint"><a href="../addon/hint/sql-hint.js"><code>hint/sql-hint.js</code></a></dt>
  2575. <dd>A simple SQL hinter. Defines <code>CodeMirror.hint.sql</code>.
  2576. Takes two optional options, <code>tables</code>, a object with
  2577. table names as keys and array of respective column names as values,
  2578. and <code>defaultTable</code>, a string corresponding to a
  2579. table name in <code>tables</code> for autocompletion.</dd>
  2580. <dt id="addon_match-highlighter"><a href="../addon/search/match-highlighter.js"><code>search/match-highlighter.js</code></a></dt>
  2581. <dd>Adds a <code>highlightSelectionMatches</code> option that
  2582. can be enabled to highlight all instances of a currently
  2583. selected word. Can be set either to true or to an object
  2584. containing the following options: <code>minChars</code>, for the
  2585. minimum amount of selected characters that triggers a highlight
  2586. (default 2), <code>style</code>, for the style to be used to
  2587. highlight the matches (default <code>"matchhighlight"</code>,
  2588. which will correspond to CSS
  2589. class <code>cm-matchhighlight</code>), <code>trim</code>, which
  2590. controls whether whitespace is trimmed from the selection,
  2591. and <code>showToken</code> which can be set to <code>true</code>
  2592. or to a regexp matching the characters that make up a word. When
  2593. enabled, it causes the current word to be highlighted when
  2594. nothing is selected (defaults to off).
  2595. Demo <a href="../demo/matchhighlighter.html">here</a>.</dd>
  2596. <dt id="addon_lint"><a href="../addon/lint/lint.js"><code>lint/lint.js</code></a></dt>
  2597. <dd>Defines an interface component for showing linting warnings,
  2598. with pluggable warning sources
  2599. (see <a href="../addon/lint/html-lint.js"><code>html-lint.js</code></a>,
  2600. <a href="../addon/lint/json-lint.js"><code>json-lint.js</code></a>,
  2601. <a href="../addon/lint/javascript-lint.js"><code>javascript-lint.js</code></a>,
  2602. <a href="../addon/lint/coffeescript-lint.js"><code>coffeescript-lint.js</code></a>,
  2603. and <a href="../addon/lint/css-lint.js"><code>css-lint.js</code></a>
  2604. in the same directory). Defines a <code>lint</code> option that
  2605. can be set to an annotation source (for
  2606. example <code>CodeMirror.lint.javascript</code>), to an options
  2607. object (in which case the <code>getAnnotations</code> field is
  2608. used as annotation source), or simply to <code>true</code>. When
  2609. no annotation source is
  2610. specified, <a href="#getHelper"><code>getHelper</code></a> with
  2611. type <code>"lint"</code> is used to find an annotation function.
  2612. An annotation source function should, when given a document
  2613. string, an options object, and an editor instance, return an
  2614. array of <code>{message, severity, from, to}</code> objects
  2615. representing problems. When the function has
  2616. an <code>async</code> property with a truthy value, it will be
  2617. called with an additional second argument, which is a callback
  2618. to pass the array to.
  2619. The linting function can also return a promise, in that case the linter
  2620. will only be executed when the promise resolves.
  2621. By default, the linter will run (debounced) whenever the document is changed.
  2622. You can pass a <code>lintOnChange: false</code> option to disable that.
  2623. You can pass a <code>selfContain: true</code> option to render the tooltip inside the editor instance.
  2624. And a <code>highlightLines</code> option to add a style to lines that contain problems.
  2625. Depends on <code>addon/lint/lint.css</code>. A demo can be
  2626. found <a href="../demo/lint.html">here</a>.</dd>
  2627. <dt id="addon_mark-selection"><a href="../addon/selection/mark-selection.js"><code>selection/mark-selection.js</code></a></dt>
  2628. <dd>Causes the selected text to be marked with the CSS class
  2629. <code>CodeMirror-selectedtext</code> when the <code>styleSelectedText</code> option
  2630. is enabled. Useful to change the colour of the selection (in addition to the background),
  2631. like in <a href="../demo/markselection.html">this demo</a>.</dd>
  2632. <dt id="addon_active-line"><a href="../addon/selection/active-line.js"><code>selection/active-line.js</code></a></dt>
  2633. <dd>Defines a <code>styleActiveLine</code> option that, when
  2634. enabled, gives the wrapper of the line that contains the cursor
  2635. the class <code>CodeMirror-activeline</code>, adds a background
  2636. with the class <code>CodeMirror-activeline-background</code>,
  2637. and adds the class <code>CodeMirror-activeline-gutter</code> to
  2638. the line's gutter space is enabled. The option's value may be a
  2639. boolean or an object specifying the following options:
  2640. <dl>
  2641. <dt><code><strong>nonEmpty</strong>: bool</code></dt>
  2642. <dd>Controls whether single-line selections, or just cursor
  2643. selections, are styled. Defaults to false (only cursor
  2644. selections).</dd>
  2645. </dl>
  2646. See the <a href="../demo/activeline.html">demo</a>.</dd>
  2647. <dt id="addon_selection-pointer"><a href="../addon/selection/selection-pointer.js"><code>selection/selection-pointer.js</code></a></dt>
  2648. <dd>Defines a <code>selectionPointer</code> option which you can
  2649. use to control the mouse cursor appearance when hovering over
  2650. the selection. It can be set to a string,
  2651. like <code>"pointer"</code>, or to true, in which case
  2652. the <code>"default"</code> (arrow) cursor will be used. You can
  2653. see a demo <a href="../mode/htmlmixed/index.html">here</a>.</dd>
  2654. <dt id="addon_loadmode"><a href="../addon/mode/loadmode.js"><code>mode/loadmode.js</code></a></dt>
  2655. <dd>Defines a <code>CodeMirror.requireMode(modename, callback,
  2656. options)</code> function that will try to load a given mode and
  2657. call the callback when it succeeded. <code>options</code> is an
  2658. optional object that may contain:
  2659. <dl>
  2660. <dt><code><strong>path</strong>: fn(modeName: string) → string</code></dt>
  2661. <dd>Defines the way mode names are mapped to paths.</dd>
  2662. <dt><code><strong>loadMode</strong>: fn(path: string, cont: fn())</code></dt>
  2663. <dd>Override the way the mode script is loaded. By default,
  2664. this will use the CommonJS or AMD module loader if one is
  2665. present, and fall back to creating
  2666. a <code>&lt;script></code> tag otherwise.</dd>
  2667. </dl>
  2668. This addon also
  2669. defines <code>CodeMirror.autoLoadMode(instance, mode)</code>,
  2670. which will ensure the given mode is loaded and cause the given
  2671. editor instance to refresh its mode when the loading
  2672. succeeded. See the <a href="../demo/loadmode.html">demo</a>.</dd>
  2673. <dt id="addon_meta"><a href="../mode/meta.js"><code>mode/meta.js</code></a></dt>
  2674. <dd>Provides meta-information about all the modes in the
  2675. distribution in a single file.
  2676. Defines <code>CodeMirror.modeInfo</code>, an array of objects
  2677. with <code>{name, mime, mode}</code> properties,
  2678. where <code>name</code> is the human-readable
  2679. name, <code>mime</code> the MIME type, and <code>mode</code> the
  2680. name of the mode file that defines this MIME. There are optional
  2681. properties <code>mimes</code>, which holds an array of MIME
  2682. types for modes with multiple MIMEs associated,
  2683. and <code>ext</code>, which holds an array of file extensions
  2684. associated with this mode. Four convenience
  2685. functions, <code>CodeMirror.findModeByMIME</code>,
  2686. <code>CodeMirror.findModeByExtension</code>,
  2687. <code>CodeMirror.findModeByFileName</code>
  2688. and <code>CodeMirror.findModeByName</code> are provided, which
  2689. return such an object given a MIME, extension, file name or mode name
  2690. string. Note that, for historical reasons, this file resides in the
  2691. top-level <code>mode</code> directory, not
  2692. under <code>addon</code>. <a href="../demo/loadmode.html">Demo</a>.</dd>
  2693. <dt id="addon_continuecomment"><a href="../addon/comment/continuecomment.js"><code>comment/continuecomment.js</code></a></dt>
  2694. <dd>Adds a <code>continueComments</code> option, which sets whether the
  2695. editor will make the next line continue a comment when you press Enter
  2696. inside a comment block. Can be set to a boolean to enable/disable this
  2697. functionality. Set to a string, it will continue comments using a custom
  2698. shortcut. Set to an object, it will use the <code>key</code> property for
  2699. a custom shortcut and the boolean <code>continueLineComment</code>
  2700. property to determine whether single-line comments should be continued
  2701. (defaulting to <code>true</code>).</dd>
  2702. <dt id="addon_placeholder"><a href="../addon/display/placeholder.js"><code>display/placeholder.js</code></a></dt>
  2703. <dd>Adds a <code>placeholder</code> option that can be used to
  2704. make content appear in the editor when it is empty and not
  2705. focused. It can hold either a string or a DOM node. Also gives
  2706. the editor a <code>CodeMirror-empty</code> CSS class whenever it
  2707. doesn't contain any text.
  2708. See <a href="../demo/placeholder.html">the demo</a>.</dd>
  2709. <dt id="addon_fullscreen"><a href="../addon/display/fullscreen.js"><code>display/fullscreen.js</code></a></dt>
  2710. <dd>Defines an option <code>fullScreen</code> that, when set
  2711. to <code>true</code>, will make the editor full-screen (as in,
  2712. taking up the whole browser window). Depends
  2713. on <a href="../addon/display/fullscreen.css"><code>fullscreen.css</code></a>. <a href="../demo/fullscreen.html">Demo
  2714. here</a>.</dd>
  2715. <dt id="addon_autorefresh"><a href="../addon/display/autorefresh.js"><code>display/autorefresh.js</code></a></dt>
  2716. <dd>This addon can be useful when initializing an editor in a
  2717. hidden DOM node, in cases where it is difficult to
  2718. call <a href="#refresh"><code>refresh</code></a> when the editor
  2719. becomes visible. It defines an option <code>autoRefresh</code>
  2720. which you can set to true to ensure that, if the editor wasn't
  2721. visible on initialization, it will be refreshed the first time
  2722. it becomes visible. This is done by polling every 250
  2723. milliseconds (you can pass a value like <code>{delay:
  2724. 500}</code> as the option value to configure this). Note that
  2725. this addon will only refresh the editor <em>once</em> when it
  2726. first becomes visible, and won't take care of further restyling
  2727. and resizing.</dd>
  2728. <dt id="addon_simplescrollbars"><a href="../addon/scroll/simplescrollbars.js"><code>scroll/simplescrollbars.js</code></a></dt>
  2729. <dd>Defines two additional scrollbar
  2730. models, <code>"simple"</code> and <code>"overlay"</code>
  2731. (see <a href="../demo/simplescrollbars.html">demo</a>) that can
  2732. be selected with
  2733. the <a href="#option_scrollbarStyle"><code>scrollbarStyle</code></a>
  2734. option. Depends
  2735. on <a href="../addon/scroll/simplescrollbars.css"><code>simplescrollbars.css</code></a>,
  2736. which can be further overridden to style your own
  2737. scrollbars.</dd>
  2738. <dt id="addon_annotatescrollbar"><a href="../addon/scroll/annotatescrollbar.js"><code>scroll/annotatescrollbar.js</code></a></dt>
  2739. <dd>Provides functionality for showing markers on the scrollbar
  2740. to call out certain parts of the document. Adds a
  2741. method <code>annotateScrollbar</code> to editor instances that
  2742. can be called, with a CSS class name as argument, to create a
  2743. set of annotations. The method returns an object
  2744. whose <code>update</code> method can be called with a sorted array
  2745. of <code>{from: Pos, to: Pos}</code> objects marking the ranges
  2746. to be highlighted. To detach the annotations, call the
  2747. object's <code>clear</code> method.</dd>
  2748. <dt id="addon_rulers"><a href="../addon/display/rulers.js"><code>display/rulers.js</code></a></dt>
  2749. <dd>Adds a <code>rulers</code> option, which can be used to show
  2750. one or more vertical rulers in the editor. The option, if
  2751. defined, should be given an array of <code>{column [, className,
  2752. color, lineStyle, width]}</code> objects or numbers (which
  2753. indicate a column). The ruler will be displayed at the column
  2754. indicated by the number or the <code>column</code> property.
  2755. The <code>className</code> property can be used to assign a
  2756. custom style to a ruler. <a href="../demo/rulers.html">Demo
  2757. here</a>.</dd>
  2758. <dt id="addon_panel"><a href="../addon/display/panel.js"><code>display/panel.js</code></a></dt>
  2759. <dd>Defines an <code>addPanel</code> method for CodeMirror
  2760. instances, which places a DOM node above or below an editor, and
  2761. shrinks the editor to make room for the node. The method takes
  2762. as first argument as DOM node, and as second an optional options
  2763. object. The <code>Panel</code> object returned by this method
  2764. has a <code>clear</code> method that is used to remove the
  2765. panel, and a <code>changed</code> method that can be used to
  2766. notify the addon when the size of the panel's DOM node has
  2767. changed.<br/>
  2768. The method accepts the following options:
  2769. <dl>
  2770. <dt><code><strong>position</strong>: string</code></dt>
  2771. <dd>Controls the position of the newly added panel. The
  2772. following values are recognized:
  2773. <dl>
  2774. <dt><code><strong>top</strong> (default)</code></dt>
  2775. <dd>Adds the panel at the very top.</dd>
  2776. <dt><code><strong>after-top</strong></code></dt>
  2777. <dd>Adds the panel at the bottom of the top panels.</dd>
  2778. <dt><code><strong>bottom</strong></code></dt>
  2779. <dd>Adds the panel at the very bottom.</dd>
  2780. <dt><code><strong>before-bottom</strong></code></dt>
  2781. <dd>Adds the panel at the top of the bottom panels.</dd>
  2782. </dl>
  2783. </dd>
  2784. <dt><code><strong>before</strong>: Panel</code></dt>
  2785. <dd>The new panel will be added before the given panel.</dd>
  2786. <dt><code><strong>after</strong>: Panel</code></dt>
  2787. <dd>The new panel will be added after the given panel.</dd>
  2788. <dt><code><strong>replace</strong>: Panel</code></dt>
  2789. <dd>The new panel will replace the given panel.</dd>
  2790. <dt><code><strong>stable</strong>: bool</code></dt>
  2791. <dd>Whether to scroll the editor to keep the text's vertical
  2792. position stable, when adding a panel above it. Defaults to false.</dd>
  2793. </dl>
  2794. When using the <code>after</code>, <code>before</code> or <code>replace</code> options,
  2795. if the panel doesn't exists or has been removed,
  2796. the value of the <code>position</code> option will be used as a fallback.
  2797. <br>
  2798. A demo of the addon is available <a href="../demo/panel.html">here</a>.
  2799. </dd>
  2800. <dt id="addon_hardwrap"><a href="../addon/wrap/hardwrap.js"><code>wrap/hardwrap.js</code></a></dt>
  2801. <dd>Addon to perform hard line wrapping/breaking for paragraphs
  2802. of text. Adds these methods to editor instances:
  2803. <dl>
  2804. <dt><code><strong>wrapParagraph</strong>(?pos: {line, ch}, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  2805. <dd>Wraps the paragraph at the given position.
  2806. If <code>pos</code> is not given, it defaults to the cursor
  2807. position.</dd>
  2808. <dt><code><strong>wrapRange</strong>(from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  2809. <dd>Wraps the given range as one big paragraph.</dd>
  2810. <dt><code><strong>wrapParagraphsInRange</strong>(from: {line, ch}, to: {line, ch}, ?options: object)</code></dt>
  2811. <dd>Wraps the paragraphs in (and overlapping with) the
  2812. given range individually.</dd>
  2813. </dl>
  2814. The following options are recognized:
  2815. <dl>
  2816. <dt><code><strong>paragraphStart</strong>, <strong>paragraphEnd</strong>: RegExp</code></dt>
  2817. <dd>Blank lines are always considered paragraph boundaries.
  2818. These options can be used to specify a pattern that causes
  2819. lines to be considered the start or end of a paragraph.</dd>
  2820. <dt><code><strong>column</strong>: number</code></dt>
  2821. <dd>The column to wrap at. Defaults to 80.</dd>
  2822. <dt><code><strong>wrapOn</strong>: RegExp</code></dt>
  2823. <dd>A regular expression that matches only those
  2824. two-character strings that allow wrapping. By default, the
  2825. addon wraps on whitespace and after dash characters.</dd>
  2826. <dt><code><strong>killTrailingSpace</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2827. <dd>Whether trailing space caused by wrapping should be
  2828. preserved, or deleted. Defaults to true.</dd>
  2829. <dt><code><strong>forceBreak</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2830. <dd>If set to true forces a break at <code>column</code> in the case
  2831. when no <code>wrapOn</code> pattern is found in the range. If set to
  2832. false allows line to overflow the <code>column</code> limit if no
  2833. <code>wrapOn</code> pattern found. Defaults to true.</dd>
  2834. </dl>
  2835. A demo of the addon is available <a href="../demo/hardwrap.html">here</a>.
  2836. </dd>
  2837. <dt id="addon_scrollpastend"><a href="../addon/scroll/scrollpastend.js"><code>scroll/scrollpastend.js</code></a></dt>
  2838. <dd>Defines an option `"scrollPastEnd"` that, when set to a
  2839. truthy value, allows the user to scroll one editor height of
  2840. empty space into view at the bottom of the editor.</dd>
  2841. <dt id="addon_merge"><a href="../addon/merge/merge.js"><code>merge/merge.js</code></a></dt>
  2842. <dd>Implements an interface for merging changes, using either a
  2843. 2-way or a 3-way view. The <code>CodeMirror.MergeView</code>
  2844. constructor takes arguments similar to
  2845. the <a href="#CodeMirror"><code>CodeMirror</code></a>
  2846. constructor, first a node to append the interface to, and then
  2847. an options object. Options are passed through to the editors
  2848. inside the view. These extra options are recognized:
  2849. <dl>
  2850. <dt><code><strong>origLeft</strong></code> and <code><strong>origRight</strong>: string</code></dt>
  2851. <dd>If given these provide original versions of the
  2852. document, which will be shown to the left and right of the
  2853. editor in non-editable CodeMirror instances. The merge
  2854. interface will highlight changes between the editable
  2855. document and the original(s). To create a 2-way (as opposed
  2856. to 3-way) merge view, provide only one of them.</dd>
  2857. <dt><code><strong>revertButtons</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2858. <dd>Determines whether buttons that allow the user to revert
  2859. changes are shown. Defaults to true.</dd>
  2860. <dt><code><strong>revertChunk</strong>: fn(mv: MergeView, from: CodeMirror, fromStart: Pos, fromEnd: Pos, to: CodeMirror, toStart: Pos, toEnd: Pos)</code></dt>
  2861. <dd>Can be used to define custom behavior when the user
  2862. reverts a changed chunk.</dd>
  2863. <dt><code><strong>connect</strong>: string</code></dt>
  2864. <dd>Sets the style used to connect changed chunks of code.
  2865. By default, connectors are drawn. When this is set
  2866. to <code>"align"</code>, the smaller chunk is padded to
  2867. align with the bigger chunk instead.</dd>
  2868. <dt><code><strong>collapseIdentical</strong>: boolean|number</code></dt>
  2869. <dd>When true (default is false), stretches of unchanged
  2870. text will be collapsed. When a number is given, this
  2871. indicates the amount of lines to leave visible around such
  2872. stretches (which defaults to 2).</dd>
  2873. <dt><code><strong>allowEditingOriginals</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2874. <dd>Determines whether the original editor allows editing.
  2875. Defaults to false.</dd>
  2876. <dt><code><strong>showDifferences</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  2877. <dd>When true (the default), changed pieces of text are
  2878. highlighted.</dd>
  2879. <dt><code><strong>chunkClassLocation</strong>: string|Array</code></dt>
  2880. <dd>By default the chunk highlights are added
  2881. using <a href="#addLineClass"><code>addLineClass</code></a>
  2882. with "background". Override this to customize it to be any
  2883. valid `where` parameter or an Array of valid `where`
  2884. parameters.</dd>
  2885. </dl>
  2886. The addon also defines commands <code>"goNextDiff"</code>
  2887. and <code>"goPrevDiff"</code> to quickly jump to the next
  2888. changed chunk. <a href="../demo/merge.html">Demo
  2889. here</a>.</dd>
  2890. <dt id="addon_tern"><a href="../addon/tern/tern.js"><code>tern/tern.js</code></a></dt>
  2891. <dd>Provides integration with
  2892. the <a href="https://ternjs.net">Tern</a> JavaScript analysis
  2893. engine, for completion, definition finding, and minor
  2894. refactoring help. See the <a href="../demo/tern.html">demo</a>
  2895. for a very simple integration. For more involved scenarios, see
  2896. the comments at the top of
  2897. the <a href="../addon/tern/tern.js">addon</a> and the
  2898. implementation of the
  2899. (multi-file) <a href="https://ternjs.net/doc/demo/index.html">demonstration
  2900. on the Tern website</a>.</dd>
  2901. </dl>
  2902. </section>
  2903. <section id=modeapi>
  2904. <h2>Writing CodeMirror Modes</h2>
  2905. <p>Modes typically consist of a single JavaScript file. This file
  2906. defines, in the simplest case, a lexer (tokenizer) for your
  2907. language—a function that takes a character stream as input,
  2908. advances it past a token, and returns a style for that token. More
  2909. advanced modes can also handle indentation for the language.</p>
  2910. <p>This section describes the low-level mode interface. Many modes
  2911. are written directly against this, since it offers a lot of
  2912. control, but for a quick mode definition, you might want to use
  2913. the <a href="../demo/simplemode.html">simple mode addon</a>.</p>
  2914. <p id="defineMode">The mode script should
  2915. call <code><strong>CodeMirror.defineMode</strong></code> to
  2916. register itself with CodeMirror. This function takes two
  2917. arguments. The first should be the name of the mode, for which you
  2918. should use a lowercase string, preferably one that is also the
  2919. name of the files that define the mode (i.e. <code>"xml"</code> is
  2920. defined in <code>xml.js</code>). The second argument should be a
  2921. function that, given a CodeMirror configuration object (the thing
  2922. passed to the <code>CodeMirror</code> function) and an optional
  2923. mode configuration object (as in
  2924. the <a href="#option_mode"><code>mode</code></a> option), returns
  2925. a mode object.</p>
  2926. <p>Typically, you should use this second argument
  2927. to <code>defineMode</code> as your module scope function (modes
  2928. should not leak anything into the global scope!), i.e. write your
  2929. whole mode inside this function.</p>
  2930. <p>The main responsibility of a mode script is <em>parsing</em>
  2931. the content of the editor. Depending on the language and the
  2932. amount of functionality desired, this can be done in really easy
  2933. or extremely complicated ways. Some parsers can be stateless,
  2934. meaning that they look at one element (<em>token</em>) of the code
  2935. at a time, with no memory of what came before. Most, however, will
  2936. need to remember something. This is done by using a <em>state
  2937. object</em>, which is an object that is always passed when
  2938. reading a token, and which can be mutated by the tokenizer.</p>
  2939. <p id="startState">Modes that use a state must define
  2940. a <code><strong>startState</strong></code> method on their mode
  2941. object. This is a function of no arguments that produces a state
  2942. object to be used at the start of a document.</p>
  2943. <p id="token">The most important part of a mode object is
  2944. its <code><strong>token</strong>(stream, state)</code> method. All
  2945. modes must define this method. It should read one token from the
  2946. stream it is given as an argument, optionally update its state,
  2947. and return a style string, or <code>null</code> for tokens that do
  2948. not have to be styled. For your styles, you are encouraged to use
  2949. the 'standard' names defined in the themes (without
  2950. the <code>cm-</code> prefix). If that fails, it is also possible
  2951. to come up with your own and write your own CSS theme file.<p>
  2952. <p id="token_style_line">A typical token string would
  2953. be <code>"variable"</code> or <code>"comment"</code>. Multiple
  2954. styles can be returned (separated by spaces), for
  2955. example <code>"string error"</code> for a thing that looks like a
  2956. string but is invalid somehow (say, missing its closing quote).
  2957. When a style is prefixed by <code>"line-"</code>
  2958. or <code>"line-background-"</code>, the style will be applied to
  2959. the whole line, analogous to what
  2960. the <a href="#addLineClass"><code>addLineClass</code></a> method
  2961. does—styling the <code>"text"</code> in the simple case, and
  2962. the <code>"background"</code> element
  2963. when <code>"line-background-"</code> is prefixed.</p>
  2964. <p id="StringStream">The stream object that's passed
  2965. to <code>token</code> encapsulates a line of code (tokens may
  2966. never span lines) and our current position in that line. It has
  2967. the following API:</p>
  2968. <dl>
  2969. <dt><code><strong>eol</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  2970. <dd>Returns true only if the stream is at the end of the
  2971. line.</dd>
  2972. <dt><code><strong>sol</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  2973. <dd>Returns true only if the stream is at the start of the
  2974. line.</dd>
  2975. <dt><code><strong>peek</strong>() → string</code></dt>
  2976. <dd>Returns the next character in the stream without advancing
  2977. it. Will return a <code>null</code> at the end of the
  2978. line.</dd>
  2979. <dt><code><strong>next</strong>() → string</code></dt>
  2980. <dd>Returns the next character in the stream and advances it.
  2981. Also returns <code>null</code> when no more characters are
  2982. available.</dd>
  2983. <dt><code><strong>eat</strong>(match: string|regexp|function(char: string) → boolean) → string</code></dt>
  2984. <dd><code>match</code> can be a character, a regular expression,
  2985. or a function that takes a character and returns a boolean. If
  2986. the next character in the stream 'matches' the given argument,
  2987. it is consumed and returned. Otherwise, <code>undefined</code>
  2988. is returned.</dd>
  2989. <dt><code><strong>eatWhile</strong>(match: string|regexp|function(char: string) → boolean) → boolean</code></dt>
  2990. <dd>Repeatedly calls <code>eat</code> with the given argument,
  2991. until it fails. Returns true if any characters were eaten.</dd>
  2992. <dt><code><strong>eatSpace</strong>() → boolean</code></dt>
  2993. <dd>Shortcut for <code>eatWhile</code> when matching
  2994. white-space.</dd>
  2995. <dt><code><strong>skipToEnd</strong>()</code></dt>
  2996. <dd>Moves the position to the end of the line.</dd>
  2997. <dt><code><strong>skipTo</strong>(str: string) → boolean</code></dt>
  2998. <dd>Skips to the start of the next occurrence of the given string, if
  2999. found on the current line (doesn't advance the stream if the
  3000. string does not occur on the line). Returns true if the
  3001. string was found.</dd>
  3002. <dt><code><strong>match</strong>(pattern: string, ?consume: boolean, ?caseFold: boolean) → boolean</code></dt>
  3003. <dt><code><strong>match</strong>(pattern: regexp, ?consume: boolean) → array&lt;string&gt;</code></dt>
  3004. <dd>Act like a
  3005. multi-character <code>eat</code>—if <code>consume</code> is true
  3006. or not given—or a look-ahead that doesn't update the stream
  3007. position—if it is false. <code>pattern</code> can be either a
  3008. string or a regular expression starting with <code>^</code>.
  3009. When it is a string, <code>caseFold</code> can be set to true to
  3010. make the match case-insensitive. When successfully matching a
  3011. regular expression, the returned value will be the array
  3012. returned by <code>match</code>, in case you need to extract
  3013. matched groups.</dd>
  3014. <dt><code><strong>backUp</strong>(n: integer)</code></dt>
  3015. <dd>Backs up the stream <code>n</code> characters. Backing it up
  3016. further than the start of the current token will cause things to
  3017. break, so be careful.</dd>
  3018. <dt><code><strong>column</strong>() → integer</code></dt>
  3019. <dd>Returns the column (taking into account tabs) at which the
  3020. current token starts.</dd>
  3021. <dt><code><strong>indentation</strong>() → integer</code></dt>
  3022. <dd>Tells you how far the current line has been indented, in
  3023. spaces. Corrects for tab characters.</dd>
  3024. <dt><code><strong>current</strong>() → string</code></dt>
  3025. <dd>Get the string between the start of the current token and
  3026. the current stream position.</dd>
  3027. <dt><code><strong>lookAhead</strong>(n: number) → ?string</code></dt>
  3028. <dd>Get the line <code>n</code> (&gt;0) lines after the current
  3029. one, in order to scan ahead across line boundaries. Note that
  3030. you want to do this carefully, since looking far ahead will make
  3031. mode state caching much less effective.</dd>
  3032. <dt id="baseToken"><code><strong>baseToken</strong>() → ?{type: ?string, size: number}</code></dt>
  3033. <dd>Modes added
  3034. through <a href="#addOverlay"><code>addOverlay</code></a>
  3035. (and <em>only</em> such modes) can use this method to inspect
  3036. the current token produced by the underlying mode.</dd>
  3037. </dl>
  3038. <p id="blankLine">By default, blank lines are simply skipped when
  3039. tokenizing a document. For languages that have significant blank
  3040. lines, you can define
  3041. a <code><strong>blankLine</strong>(state)</code> method on your
  3042. mode that will get called whenever a blank line is passed over, so
  3043. that it can update the parser state.</p>
  3044. <p id="copyState">Because state object are mutated, and CodeMirror
  3045. needs to keep valid versions of a state around so that it can
  3046. restart a parse at any line, copies must be made of state objects.
  3047. The default algorithm used is that a new state object is created,
  3048. which gets all the properties of the old object. Any properties
  3049. which hold arrays get a copy of these arrays (since arrays tend to
  3050. be used as mutable stacks). When this is not correct, for example
  3051. because a mode mutates non-array properties of its state object, a
  3052. mode object should define
  3053. a <code><strong>copyState</strong></code> method, which is given a
  3054. state and should return a safe copy of that state.</p>
  3055. <p id="indent">If you want your mode to provide smart indentation
  3056. (through the <a href="#indentLine"><code>indentLine</code></a>
  3057. method and the <code>indentAuto</code>
  3058. and <code>newlineAndIndent</code> commands, to which keys can be
  3059. <a href="#option_extraKeys">bound</a>), you must define
  3060. an <code><strong>indent</strong>(state, textAfter)</code> method
  3061. on your mode object.</p>
  3062. <p>The indentation method should inspect the given state object,
  3063. and optionally the <code>textAfter</code> string, which contains
  3064. the text on the line that is being indented, and return an
  3065. integer, the amount of spaces to indent. It should usually take
  3066. the <a href="#option_indentUnit"><code>indentUnit</code></a>
  3067. option into account. An indentation method may
  3068. return <code>CodeMirror.Pass</code> to indicate that it
  3069. could not come up with a precise indentation.</p>
  3070. <p id="mode_comment">To work well with
  3071. the <a href="#addon_comment">commenting addon</a>, a mode may
  3072. define <code><strong>lineComment</strong></code> (string that
  3073. starts a line
  3074. comment), <code><strong>blockCommentStart</strong></code>, <code><strong>blockCommentEnd</strong></code>
  3075. (strings that start and end block comments),
  3076. and <code>blockCommentLead</code> (a string to put at the start of
  3077. continued lines in a block comment). All of these are
  3078. optional.</p>
  3079. <p id="electricChars">Finally, a mode may define either
  3080. an <code>electricChars</code> or an <code>electricInput</code>
  3081. property, which are used to automatically reindent the line when
  3082. certain patterns are typed and
  3083. the <a href="#option_electricChars"><code>electricChars</code></a>
  3084. option is enabled. <code>electricChars</code> may be a string, and
  3085. will trigger a reindent whenever one of the characters in that
  3086. string are typed. Often, it is more appropriate to
  3087. use <code>electricInput</code>, which should hold a regular
  3088. expression, and will trigger indentation when the part of the
  3089. line <em>before</em> the cursor matches the expression. It should
  3090. usually end with a <code>$</code> character, so that it only
  3091. matches when the indentation-changing pattern was just typed, not when something was
  3092. typed after the pattern.</p>
  3093. <p>So, to summarize, a mode <em>must</em> provide
  3094. a <code>token</code> method, and it <em>may</em>
  3095. provide <code>startState</code>, <code>copyState</code>,
  3096. and <code>indent</code> methods. For an example of a trivial mode,
  3097. see the <a href="../mode/diff/diff.js">diff mode</a>, for a more
  3098. involved example, see the <a href="../mode/clike/clike.js">C-like
  3099. mode</a>.</p>
  3100. <p>Sometimes, it is useful for modes to <em>nest</em>—to have one
  3101. mode delegate work to another mode. An example of this kind of
  3102. mode is the <a href="../mode/htmlmixed/htmlmixed.js">mixed-mode HTML
  3103. mode</a>. To implement such nesting, it is usually necessary to
  3104. create mode objects and copy states yourself. To create a mode
  3105. object, there are <code>CodeMirror.getMode(options,
  3106. parserConfig)</code>, where the first argument is a configuration
  3107. object as passed to the mode constructor function, and the second
  3108. argument is a mode specification as in
  3109. the <a href="#option_mode"><code>mode</code></a> option. To copy a
  3110. state object, call <code>CodeMirror.copyState(mode, state)</code>,
  3111. where <code>mode</code> is the mode that created the given
  3112. state.</p>
  3113. <p id="innerMode">In a nested mode, it is recommended to add an
  3114. extra method, <code><strong>innerMode</strong></code> which, given
  3115. a state object, returns a <code>{state, mode}</code> object with
  3116. the inner mode and its state for the current position. These are
  3117. used by utility scripts such as the <a href="#addon_closetag">tag
  3118. closer</a> to get context information. Use
  3119. the <code>CodeMirror.innerMode</code> helper function to, starting
  3120. from a mode and a state, recursively walk down to the innermost
  3121. mode and state.</p>
  3122. <p>To make indentation work properly in a nested parser, it is
  3123. advisable to give the <code>startState</code> method of modes that
  3124. are intended to be nested an optional argument that provides the
  3125. base indentation for the block of code. The JavaScript and CSS
  3126. parser do this, for example, to allow JavaScript and CSS code
  3127. inside the mixed-mode HTML mode to be properly indented.</p>
  3128. <p id="defineMIME">It is possible, and encouraged, to associate
  3129. your mode, or a certain configuration of your mode, with
  3130. a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME">MIME</a> type. For
  3131. example, the JavaScript mode associates itself
  3132. with <code>text/javascript</code>, and its JSON variant
  3133. with <code>application/json</code>. To do this,
  3134. call <code><strong>CodeMirror.defineMIME</strong>(mime,
  3135. modeSpec)</code>, where <code>modeSpec</code> can be a string or
  3136. object specifying a mode, as in
  3137. the <a href="#option_mode"><code>mode</code></a> option.</p>
  3138. <p>If a mode specification wants to add some properties to the
  3139. resulting mode object, typically for use
  3140. with <a href="#getHelpers"><code>getHelpers</code></a>, it may
  3141. contain a <code>modeProps</code> property, which holds an object.
  3142. This object's properties will be copied to the actual mode
  3143. object.</p>
  3144. <p id="extendMode">Sometimes, it is useful to add or override mode
  3145. object properties from external code.
  3146. The <code><strong>CodeMirror.extendMode</strong></code> function
  3147. can be used to add properties to mode objects produced for a
  3148. specific mode. Its first argument is the name of the mode, its
  3149. second an object that specifies the properties that should be
  3150. added. This is mostly useful to add utilities that can later be
  3151. looked up through <a href="#getMode"><code>getMode</code></a>.</p>
  3152. </section>
  3153. <section id="vimapi">
  3154. <h2>VIM Mode API</h2>
  3155. <p>CodeMirror has a robust VIM mode that attempts to faithfully
  3156. emulate VIM's most useful features. It can be enabled by
  3157. including <a href="../keymap/vim.js"><code>keymap/vim.js</code>
  3158. </a> and setting the <code>keyMap</code> option to
  3159. <code>"vim"</code>.</p>
  3160. <h3 id="vimapi_configuration">Configuration</h3>
  3161. <p>VIM mode accepts configuration options for customizing
  3162. behavior at run time. These methods can be called at any time
  3163. and will affect all existing CodeMirror instances unless
  3164. specified otherwise. The methods are exposed on the
  3165. <code><strong>CodeMirror.Vim</strong></code> object.</p>
  3166. <dl>
  3167. <dt id="vimapi_setOption"><code><strong>setOption(name: string, value: any, ?cm: CodeMirror, ?cfg: object)</strong></code></dt>
  3168. <dd>Sets the value of a VIM option. <code>name</code> should
  3169. be the name of an option. If <code>cfg.scope</code> is not set
  3170. and <code>cm</code> is provided, then sets the global and
  3171. instance values of the option. Otherwise, sets either the
  3172. global or instance value of the option depending on whether
  3173. <code>cfg.scope</code> is <code>global</code> or
  3174. <code>local</code>.</dd>
  3175. <dt id="vimapi_getOption"><code><strong>getOption(name: string, ?cm: CodeMirror: ?cfg: object)</strong></code></dt>
  3176. <dd>Gets the current value of a VIM option. If
  3177. <code>cfg.scope</code> is not set and <code>cm</code> is
  3178. provided, then gets the instance value of the option, falling
  3179. back to the global value if not set. If <code>cfg.scope</code> is provided, then gets the <code>global</code> or
  3180. <code>local</code> value without checking the other.</dd>
  3181. <dt id="vimapi_map"><code><strong>map(lhs: string, rhs: string, ?context: string)</strong></code></dt>
  3182. <dd>Maps a key sequence to another key sequence. Implements
  3183. VIM's <code>:map</code> command. To map ; to : in VIM would be
  3184. <code><strong>:map ; :</strong></code>. That would translate to
  3185. <code><strong>CodeMirror.Vim.map(';', ':');</strong></code>.
  3186. The <code>context</code> can be <code>normal</code>,
  3187. <code>visual</code>, or <code>insert</code>, which correspond
  3188. to <code>:nmap</code>, <code>:vmap</code>, and
  3189. <code>:imap</code>
  3190. respectively.</dd>
  3191. <dt id="vimapi_mapCommand"><code><strong>mapCommand(keys: string, type: string, name: string, ?args: object, ?extra: object)</strong></code></dt>
  3192. <dd>Maps a key sequence to a <code>motion</code>,
  3193. <code>operator</code>, or <code>action</code> type command.
  3194. The args object is passed through to the command when it is
  3195. invoked by the provided key sequence.
  3196. <code>extras.context</code> can be <code>normal</code>,
  3197. <code>visual</code>, or <code>insert</code>, to map the key
  3198. sequence only in the corresponding mode.
  3199. <code>extras.isEdit</code> is applicable only to actions,
  3200. determining whether it is recorded for replay for the
  3201. <code>.</code> single-repeat command.
  3202. <dt id="vimapi_unmap"><strong><code>unmap(lhs: string, ctx: string)</code></strong></dt>
  3203. <dd>
  3204. Remove the command <code>lhs</code> if it is a user defined command.
  3205. If the command is an Ex to Ex or Ex to key mapping then the context
  3206. must be <code>undefined</code> or <code>false</code>.
  3207. </dd>
  3208. <dt id="vimapi_mapclear"><strong><code>mapclear(ctx: string)</code></strong></dt>
  3209. <dd>
  3210. Remove all user-defined mappings for the provided context.
  3211. </dd>
  3212. <dt id="vimapi_noremap"><strong><code>noremap(lhs: string, rhs: string, ctx: {string, array&lt;string&gt;})</code></strong></dt>
  3213. <dd>
  3214. Non-recursive map function. This will not create mappings to key maps
  3215. that aren't present in the default key map.
  3216. If no context is provided then the mapping will be applied to each of
  3217. normal, insert, and visual mode.
  3218. </dd>
  3219. </dl>
  3220. <h3 id="vimapi_events">Events</h3>
  3221. <p>VIM mode signals a few events on the editor instance. For an example usage, see <a href="https://github.com/codemirror/CodeMirror/blob/5.55.0/demo/vim.html#L101-L110">demo/vim.html#L101</a>.</p>
  3222. <dl>
  3223. <dt id="vimapi_commanddone"><code><strong>"vim-command-done"</strong> (reason: undefined)</code></dt>
  3224. <dd>Fired on keypress and mousedown where command has completed or no command found.</dd>
  3225. <dt id="vimapi_keypress"><code><strong>"vim-keypress"</strong> (vimKey: string)</code></dt>
  3226. <dd>Fired on keypress, <code>vimKey</code> is in Vim's key notation.</dd>
  3227. <dt id="vimapi_modechange"><code><strong>"vim-mode-change"</strong> (modeObj: object)</code></dt>
  3228. <dd>Fired after mode change, <code>modeObj</code> parameter is a <code>{mode: string, ?subMode: string}</code> object. Modes: <code>"insert", "normal", "replace", "visual"</code>. Visual sub-modes: <code>"linewise", "blockwise"</code>.</dd>
  3229. </dl>
  3230. <h3 id="vimapi_extending">Extending VIM</h3>
  3231. <p>CodeMirror's VIM mode implements a large subset of VIM's core
  3232. editing functionality. But since there's always more to be
  3233. desired, there is a set of APIs for extending VIM's
  3234. functionality. As with the configuration API, the methods are
  3235. exposed on <code><strong>CodeMirror.Vim</strong></code> and may
  3236. be called at any time.</p>
  3237. <dl>
  3238. <dt id="vimapi_defineOption"><code><strong>defineOption(name: string, default: any, type: string, ?aliases: array&lt;string&gt;, ?callback: function (?value: any, ?cm: CodeMirror) → ?any)</strong></code></dt>
  3239. <dd>Defines a VIM style option and makes it available to the
  3240. <code>:set</code> command. Type can be <code>boolean</code> or
  3241. <code>string</code>, used for validation and by
  3242. <code>:set</code> to determine which syntax to accept. If a
  3243. <code>callback</code> is passed in, VIM does not store the value of the
  3244. option itself, but instead uses the callback as a setter/getter. If the
  3245. first argument to the callback is <code>undefined</code>, then the
  3246. callback should return the value of the option. Otherwise, it should set
  3247. instead. Since VIM options have global and instance values, whether a
  3248. <code>CodeMirror</code> instance is passed in denotes whether the global
  3249. or local value should be used. Consequently, it's possible for the
  3250. callback to be called twice for a single <code>setOption</code> or
  3251. <code>getOption</code> call. Note that right now, VIM does not support
  3252. defining buffer-local options that do not have global values. If an
  3253. option should not have a global value, either always ignore the
  3254. <code>cm</code> parameter in the callback, or always pass in a
  3255. <code>cfg.scope</code> to <code>setOption</code> and
  3256. <code>getOption</code>.</dd>
  3257. <dt id="vimapi_defineMotion"><code><strong>defineMotion(name: string, fn: function(cm: CodeMirror, head: {line, ch}, ?motionArgs: object}) → {line, ch})</strong></code></dt>
  3258. <dd>Defines a motion command for VIM. The motion should return
  3259. the desired result position of the cursor. <code>head</code>
  3260. is the current position of the cursor. It can differ from
  3261. <code>cm.getCursor('head')</code> if VIM is in visual mode.
  3262. <code>motionArgs</code> is the object passed into
  3263. <strong><code>mapCommand()</code></strong>.</dd>
  3264. <dt id="vimapi_defineOperator"><strong><code>defineOperator(name: string, fn: function(cm: CodeMirror, ?operatorArgs: object, ranges: array&lt;{anchor, head}&gt;) → ?{line, ch})</code></strong></dt>
  3265. <dd>Defines an operator command, similar to <strong><code>
  3266. defineMotion</code></strong>. <code>ranges</code> is the range
  3267. of text the operator should operate on. If the cursor should
  3268. be set to a certain position after the operation finishes, it
  3269. can return a cursor object.</dd>
  3270. <dt id="vimapi_defineActon"><strong><code>defineAction(name: string, fn: function(cm: CodeMirror, ?actionArgs: object))</code></strong></dt>
  3271. <dd>Defines an action command, similar to
  3272. <strong><code>defineMotion</code></strong>. Action commands
  3273. can have arbitrary behavior, making them more flexible than
  3274. motions and operators, at the loss of orthogonality.</dd>
  3275. <dt id="vimapi_defineEx"><strong><code>defineEx(name: string, ?prefix: string, fn: function(cm: CodeMirror, ?params: object))</code></strong></dt>
  3276. <dd>Defines an Ex command, and maps it to <code>:name</code>.
  3277. If a prefix is provided, it, and any prefixed substring of the
  3278. <code>name</code> beginning with the <code>prefix</code> can
  3279. be used to invoke the command. If the <code>prefix</code> is
  3280. falsy, then <code>name</code> is used as the prefix. <code>
  3281. params.argString</code> contains the part of the prompted
  3282. string after the command name. <code>params.args</code> is
  3283. <code>params.argString</code> split by whitespace. If the
  3284. command was prefixed with a
  3285. <code><strong><a href="http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/cmdline.html#cmdline-ranges">line range</a></strong></code>,
  3286. <code>params.line</code> and <code>params.lineEnd</code> will
  3287. be set.</dd>
  3288. <dt id="vimapi_getRegisterController"><strong><code>getRegisterController()</code></strong></dt>
  3289. <dd>Returns the RegisterController that manages the state of registers
  3290. used by vim mode. For the RegisterController api see its
  3291. definition <a href="https://github.com/CodeMirror/CodeMirror/blob/b2d26b4ccb1d0994ae84d18ad8b84018de176da9/keymap/vim.js#L1123">here</a>.
  3292. </dd>
  3293. <dt id='vimapi_buildkeymap'><strong><code>buildKeyMap()</code></strong></dt>
  3294. <dd>
  3295. Not currently implemented. If you would like to contribute this please open
  3296. a pull request on <a href="https://github.com/codemirror/CodeMirror">GitHub</a>.
  3297. </dd>
  3298. <dt id="vimapi_defineRegister"><strong><code>defineRegister()</code></strong></dt>
  3299. <dd> Defines an external register. The name should be a single character
  3300. that will be used to reference the register. The register should support
  3301. <code>setText</code>, <code>pushText</code>, <code>clear</code>, and <code>toString</code>.
  3302. See <a href="https://github.com/CodeMirror/CodeMirror/blob/b2d26b4ccb1d0994ae84d18ad8b84018de176da9/keymap/vim.js#L1055">Register</a> for a reference implementation.
  3303. </dd>
  3304. <dt id="vimapi_getVimGlobalState_"><strong><code>getVimGlobalState_()</code></strong></dt>
  3305. <dd>
  3306. Return a reference to the VimGlobalState.
  3307. </dd>
  3308. <dt id="vimapi_resetVimGlobalState_"><strong><code>resetVimGlobalState_()</code></strong></dt>
  3309. <dd>
  3310. Reset the default values of the VimGlobalState to fresh values. Any options
  3311. set with <code>setOption</code> will also be applied to the reset global state.
  3312. </dd>
  3313. <dt id="vimapi_maybeInitVimState_"><strong><code>maybeInitVimState_(cm: CodeMirror)</code></strong></dt>
  3314. <dd>
  3315. Initialize <code>cm.state.vim</code> if it does not exist. Returns <code>cm.state.vim</code>.
  3316. </dd>
  3317. <dt id="vimapi_handleKey"><strong><code>handleKey(cm: CodeMirror, key: string, origin: string)</code></strong></dt>
  3318. <dd>
  3319. Convenience function to pass the arguments to <code>findKey</code> and
  3320. call returned function if it is defined.
  3321. </dd>
  3322. <dt id="vimapi_findKey"><strong><code>findKey(cm: CodeMirror, key: string, origin: string)</code></strong></dt>
  3323. <dd>
  3324. This is the outermost function called by CodeMirror, after keys have
  3325. been mapped to their Vim equivalents. Finds a command based on the key
  3326. (and cached keys if there is a multi-key sequence). Returns <code>undefined</code>
  3327. if no key is matched, a noop function if a partial match is found (multi-key),
  3328. and a function to execute the bound command if a a key is matched. The
  3329. function always returns true.
  3330. </dd>
  3331. <dt id="vimapi_option_suppressErrorLogging"><code><strong>suppressErrorLogging</strong>: boolean</code></dt>
  3332. <dd>Whether to use suppress the use of <code>console.log</code> when catching an
  3333. error in the function returned by <code>findKey</code>.
  3334. Defaults to false.</dd>
  3335. <dt id="vimapi_exitVisualMode"><strong><code>exitVisualMode(cm: CodeMirror, ?moveHead: boolean)</code></strong></dt>
  3336. <dd> Exit visual mode. If moveHead is set to false, the CodeMirror selection
  3337. will not be touched. The caller assumes the responsibility of putting
  3338. the cursor in the right place.
  3339. </dd>
  3340. <dt id="vimapi_exitInsertMode"><strong><code>exitInsertMode(cm: CodeMirror)</code></strong></dt>
  3341. <dd>
  3342. Exit insert mode.
  3343. </dd>
  3344. </dl>
  3345. </section>
  3346. </article>
  3347. <script>setTimeout(function(){CodeMirror.colorize();}, 20);</script>