| File: System\Windows\Automation\Provider\ITextRangeProvider.cs | Web Access |
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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. // Description: Interface exposes a control's ability to manipulate text ranges using System.Windows.Automation.Text; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace System.Windows.Automation.Provider { /// <summary> /// Represents a span of text in a text provider. /// </summary> [ComVisible(true)] [Guid("5347ad7b-c355-46f8-aff5-909033582f63")] // review: an official guid source? [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)] #if (NO_INTERNAL_COMPILE_BUG1080665) internal interface ITextRangeProvider #else public interface ITextRangeProvider #endif { //------------------------------------------------------ // // Public Methods // //------------------------------------------------------ #region Public Methods /// <summary> /// Retrieves a new range covering an identical span of text. The new range can be manipulated independently from the original. /// </summary> /// <returns>The new range.</returns> ITextRangeProvider Clone(); /// <summary> /// Compares this range with another range. /// </summary> /// <param name="range">A range to compare. /// The range must have come from the same text provider or an InvalidArgumentException will be thrown.</param> /// <returns>true if both ranges span the same text.</returns> [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool Compare(ITextRangeProvider range); /// <summary> /// Compares the endpoint of this range with the endpoint of another range. /// </summary> /// <param name="endpoint">The endpoint of this range to compare.</param> /// <param name="targetRange">The range with the other endpoint to compare. /// The range must have come from the same text provider or an InvalidArgumentException will be thrown.</param> /// <param name="targetEndpoint">The endpoint on the other range to compare.</param> /// <returns>Returns <0 if this endpoint occurs earlier in the text than the target endpoint. /// Returns 0 if this endpoint is at the same location as the target endpoint. /// Returns >0 if this endpoint occurs later in the text than the target endpoint.</returns> int CompareEndpoints(TextPatternRangeEndpoint endpoint, ITextRangeProvider targetRange, TextPatternRangeEndpoint targetEndpoint); /// <summary> /// Expands the range to an integral number of enclosing units. this could be used, for example, /// to guarantee that a range endpoint is not in the middle of a word. If the range is already an /// integral number of the specified units then it remains unchanged. /// </summary> /// <param name="unit">The textual unit.</param> void ExpandToEnclosingUnit(TextUnit unit); /// <summary> /// Searches for a subrange of text that has the specified attribute. To search the entire document use the text provider's /// document range. /// </summary> /// <param name="attribute">The attribute to search for.</param> /// <param name="value">The value of the specified attribute to search for.</param> /// <param name="backward">true if the last occurring range should be returned instead of the first.</param> /// <returns>A subrange with the specified attribute, or null if no such subrange exists.</returns> ITextRangeProvider FindAttribute(int attribute, object value, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool backward); /// <summary> /// Searches for an occurrence of text within the range. /// </summary> /// <param name="text">The text to search for.</param> /// <param name="backward">true if the last occurring range should be returned instead of the first.</param> /// <param name="ignoreCase">true if case should be ignored for the purposes of comparison.</param> /// <returns>A subrange with the specified text, or null if no such subrange exists.</returns> ITextRangeProvider FindText(string text, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool backward, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool ignoreCase); /// <summary> /// Retrieves the value of a text attribute over the entire range. /// </summary> /// <param name="attribute">The text attribute.</param> /// <returns>The value of the attribute across the range. /// If the attribute's value varies over the range then the value is TextPattern.MixedAttributeValue</returns> object GetAttributeValue(int attribute); /// <summary> /// Retrieves the bounding rectangles for viewable lines of the range. /// </summary> /// <returns>An array of bounding rectangles for each line or portion of a line within the client area of the text provider. /// No bounding rectangles will be returned for lines that are empty or scrolled out of view. Note that even though a /// bounding rectangle is returned the corresponding text may not be visible due to overlapping windows. /// This will not return null, but may return an empty array. /// /// /// </returns> double [] GetBoundingRectangles(); /// <summary> /// Retrieves the innermost element that encloses this range. /// </summary> /// <returns>An element. Usually this element will be the one that supplied this range. /// However, if the text provider supports child elements such as tables or hyperlinks, then the /// enclosing element could be a descendant element of the text provider. /// </returns> IRawElementProviderSimple GetEnclosingElement(); /// <summary> /// Retrieves the text of the range. /// </summary> /// <param name="maxLength">Specifies the maximum length of the string to return or -1 if no limit is requested.</param> /// <returns>The text of the range possibly truncated to the specified limit.</returns> string GetText(int maxLength); /// <summary> /// Moves the range the specified number of units in the text. Note that the text is not altered. Instead the /// range spans a different part of the text. /// If the range is degenerate, this method tries to move the insertion point count units. If the range is nondegenerate /// and count is greater than zero, this method collapses the range at its end point, moves the resulting range forward /// to a unit boundary (if it is not already at one), and then tries to move count - 1 units forward. If the range is /// nondegenerate and count is less than zero, this method collapses the range at the starting point, moves the resulting /// range backward to a unit boundary (if it isn't already at one), and then tries to move |count| - 1 units backward. /// Thus, in both cases, collapsing a nondegenerate range, whether or not moving to the start or end of the unit following /// the collapse, counts as a unit. /// </summary> /// <param name="unit">The textual unit for moving.</param> /// <param name="count">The number of units to move. A positive count moves the range forward. /// A negative count moves backward. A count of 0 has no effect.</param> /// <returns>The number of units actually moved, which can be less than the number requested if /// moving the range runs into the beginning or end of the document.</returns> int Move(TextUnit unit, int count); /// <summary> /// Moves one endpoint of the range the specified number of units in the text. /// If the endpoint being moved crosses the other endpoint then the other endpoint /// is moved along too resulting in a degenerate range and ensuring the correct ordering /// of the endpoints. (i.e. always Start<=End) /// </summary> /// <param name="endpoint">The endpoint to move.</param> /// <param name="unit">The textual unit for moving.</param> /// <param name="count">The number of units to move. A positive count moves the endpoint forward. /// A negative count moves backward. A count of 0 has no effect.</param> /// <returns>The number of units actually moved, which can be less than the number requested if /// moving the endpoint runs into the beginning or end of the document.</returns> int MoveEndpointByUnit(TextPatternRangeEndpoint endpoint, TextUnit unit, int count); /// <summary> /// Moves an endpoint of this range to coincide with the endpoint of another range. /// </summary> /// <param name="endpoint">The endpoint to move.</param> /// <param name="targetRange">Another range from the same text provider.</param> /// <param name="targetEndpoint">An endpoint on the other range.</param> void MoveEndpointByRange(TextPatternRangeEndpoint endpoint, ITextRangeProvider targetRange, TextPatternRangeEndpoint targetEndpoint); /// <summary> /// Selects the text of the range within the provider. If the provider does not have a concept of selection then /// it should return false for ITextProvider.SupportsTextSelection property and throw an InvalidOperation /// exception for this method. /// </summary> void Select(); /// <summary> /// Adds the text of the range to the current selection. If the provider does not have a concept of selection /// or does not support multiple disjoint selection then it throw an InvalidOperation /// exception for this method. /// </summary> void AddToSelection(); /// <summary> /// Removes the text of the range from the current selection. If the provider does not have a concept of selection /// or does not support multiple disjoint selection then it throw an InvalidOperation /// exception for this method. /// </summary> void RemoveFromSelection(); /// <summary> /// Scrolls the text in the provider so the range is within the viewport. /// </summary> /// <param name="alignToTop">true if the provider should be scrolled so the range is flush with the top of the viewport. /// false if the provider should be scrolled so the range is flush with the bottom.</param> void ScrollIntoView([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool alignToTop); #endregion Public Methods //------------------------------------------------------ // // Public Properties // //------------------------------------------------------ #region Public Properties /// <summary> /// Retrieves a collection of all of the children that fall within the range. /// </summary> /// <returns>An enumeration of all children that fall within the range. Children /// that overlap with the range but are not entirely enclosed by it will /// also be included in the collection. If there are no children then /// this can return either null or an empty enumeration.</returns> IRawElementProviderSimple[] GetChildren(); #endregion Public Properties } }