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ViewAttributeElement

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Attribute elements are used to represent formatting elements in the view (think – <b>, <span style="font-size: 2em">, etc.). Most often they are created when downcasting model text attributes.

Editing engine does not define a fixed HTML DTD. This is why a feature developer needs to choose between various types (container element, attribute element, empty element, etc) when developing a feature.

To create a new attribute element instance use the ViewDowncastWriter#createAttributeElement() method.

Properties

Static properties

Methods

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    constructor( document, name, [ attrs ], [ children ] )
    protected

    Creates an attribute element.

    Parameters

    document : ViewDocument

    The document instance to which this element belongs.

    name : string

    Node name.

    [ attrs ] : ViewElementAttributes

    Collection of attributes.

    [ children ] : ViewNode | Iterable<ViewNode>

    A list of nodes to be inserted into created element.

    Related:

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    delegate( events ) → EmitterMixinDelegateChain
    inherited

    Delegates selected events to another Emitter. For instance:

    emitterA.delegate( 'eventX' ).to( emitterB );
    emitterA.delegate( 'eventX', 'eventY' ).to( emitterC );
    
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    then eventX is delegated (fired by) emitterB and emitterC along with data:

    emitterA.fire( 'eventX', data );
    
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    and eventY is delegated (fired by) emitterC along with data:

    emitterA.fire( 'eventY', data );
    
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    Parameters

    events : Array<string>

    Event names that will be delegated to another emitter.

    Returns

    EmitterMixinDelegateChain
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    findAncestor( patterns ) → null | ViewElement
    inherited

    Returns ancestor element that match specified pattern. Provided patterns should be compatible with Matcher as it is used internally.

    Parameters

    patterns : Array<MatcherPattern | ( element: ViewElement ) => boolean>

    Patterns used to match correct ancestor. See Matcher.

    Returns

    null | ViewElement

    Found element or null if no matching ancestor was found.

    Related:

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    fire( eventOrInfo, args ) → GetEventInfo<TEvent>[ 'return' ]
    inherited

    Fires an event, executing all callbacks registered for it.

    The first parameter passed to callbacks is an EventInfo object, followed by the optional args provided in the fire() method call.

    Type parameters

    TEvent : extends BaseEvent

    The type describing the event. See BaseEvent.

    Parameters

    eventOrInfo : GetNameOrEventInfo<TEvent>

    The name of the event or EventInfo object if event is delegated.

    args : TEvent[ 'args' ]

    Additional arguments to be passed to the callbacks.

    Returns

    GetEventInfo<TEvent>[ 'return' ]

    By default the method returns undefined. However, the return value can be changed by listeners through modification of the evt.return's property (the event info is the first param of every callback).

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    getAncestors( options = { [options.includeSelf], [options.parentFirst] } ) → Array<ViewNode | ViewDocumentFragment>
    inherited

    Returns ancestors array of this node.

    Parameters

    options : object

    Options object.

    Properties
    [ options.includeSelf ] : boolean

    When set to true this node will be also included in parent's array.

    [ options.parentFirst ] : boolean

    When set to true, array will be sorted from node's parent to root element, otherwise root element will be the first item in the array.

    Defaults to {}

    Returns

    Array<ViewNode | ViewDocumentFragment>

    Array with ancestors.

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    getAttribute( key ) → undefined | string
    inherited

    Gets attribute by key. If attribute is not present - returns undefined.

    Parameters

    key : string

    Attribute key.

    Returns

    undefined | string

    Attribute value.

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    getAttributeKeys() → IterableIterator<string>
    inherited

    Returns an iterator that contains the keys for attributes. Order of inserting attributes is not preserved.

    Returns

    IterableIterator<string>

    Keys for attributes.

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    getAttributes() → IterableIterator<tuple>
    inherited

    Returns iterator that iterates over this element's attributes.

    Attributes are returned as arrays containing two items. First one is attribute key and second is attribute value. This format is accepted by native Map object and also can be passed in Node constructor.

    Returns

    IterableIterator<tuple>
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    getChild( index ) → undefined | ViewNode
    inherited

    Gets child at the given index.

    Parameters

    index : number

    Index of child.

    Returns

    undefined | ViewNode

    Child node.

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    getChildIndex( node ) → number
    inherited

    Gets index of the given child node. Returns -1 if child node is not found.

    Parameters

    node : ViewNode

    Child node.

    Returns

    number

    Index of the child node.

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    getChildren() → IterableIterator<ViewNode>
    inherited

    Gets child nodes iterator.

    Returns

    IterableIterator<ViewNode>

    Child nodes iterator.

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    getClassNames() → IterableIterator<string>
    inherited

    Returns iterator that contains all class names.

    Returns

    IterableIterator<string>
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    getCommonAncestor( node, options = { [options.includeSelf] } ) → null | ViewElement | ViewDocumentFragment
    inherited

    Returns a ViewElement or ViewDocumentFragment which is a common ancestor of both nodes.

    Parameters

    node : ViewNode

    The second node.

    options : object

    Options object.

    Properties
    [ options.includeSelf ] : boolean

    When set to true both nodes will be considered "ancestors" too. Which means that if e.g. node A is inside B, then their common ancestor will be B.

    Defaults to {}

    Returns

    null | ViewElement | ViewDocumentFragment
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    getCustomProperties() → IterableIterator<tuple>
    inherited

    Returns an iterator which iterates over this element's custom properties. Iterator provides [ key, value ] pairs for each stored property.

    Returns

    IterableIterator<tuple>
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    getCustomProperty( key ) → unknown
    inherited

    Returns the custom property value for the given key.

    Parameters

    key : string | symbol

    Returns

    unknown
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    Returns all attribute elements that has the same id and are in the view tree (were not removed).

    Note: If this element has been removed from the tree, returned set will not include it.

    Throws attribute-element-get-elements-with-same-id-no-id if this element has no id.

    Returns

    Set<ViewAttributeElement>

    Set containing all the attribute elements with the same id that were added and not removed from the view tree.

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    getFillerOffset() → null | number
    inherited

    Returns block filler offset or null if block filler is not needed.

    Returns

    null | number
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    getIdentity() → string
    inherited

    Returns identity string based on element's name, styles, classes and other attributes. Two elements that are similar will have same identity string. It has the following format:

    'name class="class1,class2" style="style1:value1;style2:value2" attr1="val1" attr2="val2"'
    
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    For example:

    const element = writer.createContainerElement( 'foo', {
    	banana: '10',
    	apple: '20',
    	style: 'color: red; border-color: white;',
    	class: 'baz'
    } );
    
    // returns 'foo class="baz" style="border-color:white;color:red" apple="20" banana="10"'
    element.getIdentity();
    
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    Note: Classes, styles and other attributes are sorted alphabetically.

    Returns

    string
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    getNormalizedStyle( property ) → undefined | StyleValue
    inherited

    Returns a normalized style object or single style value.

    For an element with style set to: margin:1px 2px 3em;

    element.getNormalizedStyle( 'margin' ) );
    
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    will return:

    {
    	top: '1px',
    	right: '2px',
    	bottom: '3em',
    	left: '2px'    // a normalized value from margin shorthand
    }
    
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    and reading for single style value:

    styles.getNormalizedStyle( 'margin-left' );
    
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    Will return a 2px string.

    Note: This method will return normalized values only if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See StylesMap#getNormalized() for details.

    Parameters

    property : string

    Name of CSS property

    Returns

    undefined | StyleValue
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    getPath() → Array<number>
    inherited

    Gets a path to the node. The path is an array containing indices of consecutive ancestors of this node, beginning from root, down to this node's index.

    const abc = downcastWriter.createText( 'abc' );
    const foo = downcastWriter.createText( 'foo' );
    const h1 = downcastWriter.createElement( 'h1', null, downcastWriter.createText( 'header' ) );
    const p = downcastWriter.createElement( 'p', null, [ abc, foo ] );
    const div = downcastWriter.createElement( 'div', null, [ h1, p ] );
    foo.getPath(); // Returns [ 1, 3 ]. `foo` is in `p` which is in `div`. `p` starts at offset 1, while `foo` at 3.
    h1.getPath(); // Returns [ 0 ].
    div.getPath(); // Returns [].
    
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    Returns

    Array<number>

    The path.

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    getStyle( property ) → undefined | string
    inherited

    Returns style value for the given property name. If the style does not exist undefined is returned.

    Note: This method can work with normalized style names if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See StylesMap#getAsString() for details.

    For an element with style set to 'margin:1px':

    // Enable 'margin' shorthand processing:
    editor.data.addStyleProcessorRules( addMarginStylesRules );
    
    const element = view.change( writer => {
    	const element = writer.createElement();
    	writer.setStyle( 'margin', '1px' );
    	writer.setStyle( 'margin-bottom', '3em' );
    
    	return element;
    } );
    
    element.getStyle( 'margin' ); // -> 'margin: 1px 1px 3em;'
    
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    Parameters

    property : string

    Returns

    undefined | string
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    getStyleNames( [ expand ] ) → Array<string>
    inherited

    Returns an array that contains all style names.

    Parameters

    [ expand ] : boolean

    Expand shorthand style properties and return all equivalent style representations.

    Returns

    Array<string>
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    hasAttribute( key, [ token ] ) → boolean
    inherited

    Returns a boolean indicating whether an attribute with the specified key exists in the element.

    Parameters

    key : string

    Attribute key.

    [ token ] : string

    Returns

    boolean

    true if attribute with the specified key exists in the element, false otherwise.

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    hasClass( className ) → boolean
    inherited

    Returns true if class is present. If more then one class is provided - returns true only when all classes are present.

    element.hasClass( 'foo' ); // Returns true if 'foo' class is present.
    element.hasClass( 'foo', 'bar' ); // Returns true if 'foo' and 'bar' classes are both present.
    
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    Parameters

    className : Array<string>

    Returns

    boolean
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    hasStyle( property ) → boolean
    inherited

    Returns true if style keys are present. If more then one style property is provided - returns true only when all properties are present.

    element.hasStyle( 'color' ); // Returns true if 'border-top' style is present.
    element.hasStyle( 'color', 'border-top' ); // Returns true if 'color' and 'border-top' styles are both present.
    
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    Parameters

    property : Array<string>

    Returns

    boolean
  • Checks whether this object is of type ViewElement or its subclass.

    element.is( 'element' ); // -> true
    element.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    element.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    element.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    element.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    element.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false
    
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    Assuming that the object being checked is an element, you can also check its name:

    element.is( 'element', 'img' ); // -> true if this is an <img> element
    text.is( 'element', 'img' ); -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'element' | 'view:element'

    Returns

    this is ViewElement | ViewAttributeElement | ViewContainerElement | ViewEditableElement | ViewEmptyElement | ViewRawElement | ViewRootEditableElement | ViewUIElement
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    Checks whether this object is of type ViewContainerElement or its subclass.

    containerElement.is( 'containerElement' ); // -> true
    containerElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
    containerElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    containerElement.is( 'view:containerElement' ); // -> true
    containerElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    containerElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    containerElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    containerElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false
    
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    Assuming that the object being checked is a container element, you can also check its name:

    containerElement.is( 'element', 'div' ); // -> true if this is a div container element
    containerElement.is( 'contaienrElement', 'div' ); // -> same as above
    text.is( 'element', 'div' ); -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'containerElement' | 'view:containerElement'

    Returns

    this is ViewContainerElement | ViewEditableElement | ViewRootEditableElement
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    is( type ) → this is ViewAttributeElement
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewAttributeElement.

    attributeElement.is( 'attributeElement' ); // -> true
    attributeElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
    attributeElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    attributeElement.is( 'view:attributeElement' ); // -> true
    attributeElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    attributeElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    attributeElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    attributeElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false
    
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    Assuming that the object being checked is an attribute element, you can also check its name:

    attributeElement.is( 'element', 'b' ); // -> true if this is a bold element
    attributeElement.is( 'attributeElement', 'b' ); // -> same as above
    text.is( 'element', 'b' ); -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'attributeElement' | 'view:attributeElement'

    Returns

    this is ViewAttributeElement
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    is( type ) → this is ViewRawElement
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewRawElement.

    rawElement.is( 'rawElement' ); // -> true
    rawElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
    rawElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    rawElement.is( 'view:rawElement' ); // -> true
    rawElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    rawElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    rawElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    rawElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false
    
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    Assuming that the object being checked is a raw element, you can also check its name:

    rawElement.is( 'img' ); // -> true if this is an img element
    rawElement.is( 'rawElement', 'img' ); // -> same as above
    text.is( 'img' ); -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'rawElement' | 'view:rawElement'

    Returns

    this is ViewRawElement
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    is( type ) → this is ViewEmptyElement
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewEmptyElement.

    emptyElement.is( 'emptyElement' ); // -> true
    emptyElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
    emptyElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    emptyElement.is( 'view:emptyElement' ); // -> true
    emptyElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    emptyElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    emptyElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    emptyElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false
    
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    Assuming that the object being checked is an empty element, you can also check its name:

    emptyElement.is( 'element', 'img' ); // -> true if this is a img element
    emptyElement.is( 'emptyElement', 'img' ); // -> same as above
    text.is( 'element', 'img' ); -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'emptyElement' | 'view:emptyElement'

    Returns

    this is ViewEmptyElement
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    is( type ) → this is ViewEditableElement | ViewRootEditableElement
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewEditableElement or its subclass.

    editableElement.is( 'editableElement' ); // -> true
    editableElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
    editableElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    editableElement.is( 'view:editableElement' ); // -> true
    editableElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    editableElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    editableElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    editableElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false
    
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    Assuming that the object being checked is an editbale element, you can also check its name:

    editableElement.is( 'element', 'div' ); // -> true if this is a div element
    editableElement.is( 'editableElement', 'div' ); // -> same as above
    text.is( 'element', 'div' ); -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'editableElement' | 'view:editableElement'

    Returns

    this is ViewEditableElement | ViewRootEditableElement
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    is( type ) → this is ViewDocumentFragment
    inherited

    hecks whether this object is of type ViewDocumentFragment.

    docFrag.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> true
    docFrag.is( 'view:documentFragment' ); // -> true
    
    docFrag.is( 'model:documentFragment' ); // -> false
    docFrag.is( 'element' ); // -> false
    docFrag.is( 'node' ); // -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'documentFragment' | 'view:documentFragment'

    Returns

    this is ViewDocumentFragment
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    is( type ) → this is ViewDocumentSelection
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewDocumentSelection.

    `docSelection.is( 'selection' ); // -> true
    docSelection.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> true
    docSelection.is( 'view:selection' ); // -> true
    docSelection.is( 'view:documentSelection' ); // -> true
    
    docSelection.is( 'model:documentSelection' ); // -> false
    docSelection.is( 'element' ); // -> false
    docSelection.is( 'node' ); // -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'documentSelection' | 'view:documentSelection'

    Returns

    this is ViewDocumentSelection
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    is( type ) → this is ViewSelection | ViewDocumentSelection
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewSelection or ViewDocumentSelection.

    selection.is( 'selection' ); // -> true
    selection.is( 'view:selection' ); // -> true
    
    selection.is( 'model:selection' ); // -> false
    selection.is( 'element' ); // -> false
    selection.is( 'range' ); // -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'selection' | 'view:selection'

    Returns

    this is ViewSelection | ViewDocumentSelection
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    is( type ) → this is ViewRange
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewRange.

    range.is( 'range' ); // -> true
    range.is( 'view:range' ); // -> true
    
    range.is( 'model:range' ); // -> false
    range.is( 'element' ); // -> false
    range.is( 'selection' ); // -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'range' | 'view:range'

    Returns

    this is ViewRange
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    is( type ) → this is ViewPosition
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewPosition.

    position.is( 'position' ); // -> true
    position.is( 'view:position' ); // -> true
    
    position.is( 'model:position' ); // -> false
    position.is( 'element' ); // -> false
    position.is( 'range' ); // -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'position' | 'view:position'

    Returns

    this is ViewPosition
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    is( type ) → this is ViewTextProxy
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewTextProxy.

    textProxy.is( '$textProxy' ); // -> true
    textProxy.is( 'view:$textProxy' ); // -> true
    
    textProxy.is( 'model:$textProxy' ); // -> false
    textProxy.is( 'element' ); // -> false
    textProxy.is( 'range' ); // -> false
    
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    Note: Until version 20.0.0 this method wasn't accepting '$textProxy' type. The legacy 'textProxy' type is still accepted for backward compatibility.

    Parameters

    type : '$textProxy' | 'view:$textProxy'

    Returns

    this is ViewTextProxy
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    is( type ) → this is ViewText
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewText.

    text.is( '$text' ); // -> true
    text.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    text.is( 'view:$text' ); // -> true
    text.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    text.is( 'model:$text' ); // -> false
    text.is( 'element' ); // -> false
    text.is( 'range' ); // -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : '$text' | 'view:$text'

    Returns

    this is ViewText
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    is( type ) → this is ViewUIElement
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewUIElement.

    uiElement.is( 'uiElement' ); // -> true
    uiElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
    uiElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    uiElement.is( 'view:uiElement' ); // -> true
    uiElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    uiElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    uiElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    uiElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false
    
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    Assuming that the object being checked is an ui element, you can also check its name:

    uiElement.is( 'element', 'span' ); // -> true if this is a span ui element
    uiElement.is( 'uiElement', 'span' ); // -> same as above
    text.is( 'element', 'span' ); -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'uiElement' | 'view:uiElement'

    Returns

    this is ViewUIElement
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    is( type ) → this is ViewRootEditableElement
    inherited

    Checks whether this object is of type ViewRootEditableElement.

    rootEditableElement.is( 'rootElement' ); // -> true
    rootEditableElement.is( 'editableElement' ); // -> true
    rootEditableElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true
    rootEditableElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true
    rootEditableElement.is( 'view:editableElement' ); // -> true
    rootEditableElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    rootEditableElement.is( 'view:node' ); // -> true
    
    rootEditableElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    rootEditableElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false
    
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    Assuming that the object being checked is a root editable element, you can also check its name:

    rootEditableElement.is( 'element', 'div' ); // -> true if this is a div root editable element
    rootEditableElement.is( 'rootElement', 'div' ); // -> same as above
    text.is( 'element', 'div' ); -> false
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'rootElement' | 'view:rootElement'

    Returns

    this is ViewRootEditableElement
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    is( type, name ) → boolean
    inherited

    Checks whether the object is of type ViewContainerElement or its subclass and has the specified name.

    Type parameters

    N : extends string

    Parameters

    type : 'containerElement' | 'view:containerElement'
    name : N

    Returns

    boolean
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    is( type, name ) → boolean
    inherited

    Checks whether the object is of type ViewRootEditableElement and has the specified name.

    Type parameters

    N : extends string

    Parameters

    type : 'rootElement' | 'view:rootElement'
    name : N

    Returns

    boolean
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    is( type, name ) → boolean
    inherited

    Checks whether the object is of type ViewUIElement and has the specified name.

    Type parameters

    N : extends string

    Parameters

    type : 'uiElement' | 'view:uiElement'
    name : N

    Returns

    boolean
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    is( type, name ) → boolean
    inherited

    Checks whether the object is of type ViewRawElement and has the specified name.

    Type parameters

    N : extends string

    Parameters

    type : 'rawElement' | 'view:rawElement'
    name : N

    Returns

    boolean
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    is( type, name ) → boolean
    inherited

    Checks whether the object is of type ViewEmptyElement has the specified name.

    Type parameters

    N : extends string

    Parameters

    type : 'emptyElement' | 'view:emptyElement'
    name : N

    Returns

    boolean
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    is( type, name ) → boolean
    inherited

    Checks whether the object is of type ViewEditableElement or its subclass and has the specified name.

    Type parameters

    N : extends string

    Parameters

    type : 'editableElement' | 'view:editableElement'
    name : N

    Returns

    boolean
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    is( type, name ) → boolean
    inherited

    Checks whether the object is of type ViewAttributeElement and has the specified name.

    Type parameters

    N : extends string

    Parameters

    type : 'attributeElement' | 'view:attributeElement'
    name : N

    Returns

    boolean
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    is( type, name ) → boolean
    inherited

    Checks whether the object is of type ViewElement or its subclass and has the specified name.

    Type parameters

    N : extends string

    Parameters

    type : 'element' | 'view:element'
    name : N

    Returns

    boolean
  • Checks whether this object is of type ViewNode or its subclass.

    This method is useful when processing view objects that are of unknown type. For example, a function may return a ViewDocumentFragment or a ViewNode that can be either a text node or an element. This method can be used to check what kind of object is returned.

    someObject.is( 'element' ); // -> true if this is an element
    someObject.is( 'node' ); // -> true if this is a node (a text node or an element)
    someObject.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> true if this is a document fragment
    
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    Since this method is also available on a range of model objects, you can prefix the type of the object with model: or view: to check, for example, if this is the model's or view's element:

    viewElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> true
    viewElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> false
    
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    By using this method it is also possible to check a name of an element:

    imgElement.is( 'element', 'img' ); // -> true
    imgElement.is( 'view:element', 'img' ); // -> same as above, but more precise
    
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    Parameters

    type : 'node' | 'view:node'

    Returns

    this is ViewText | ViewNode | ViewElement | ViewAttributeElement | ViewContainerElement | ViewEditableElement | ViewEmptyElement | ViewRawElement | ViewRootEditableElement | ViewUIElement
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    isAfter( node ) → boolean
    inherited

    Returns whether this node is after given node. false is returned if nodes are in different trees (for example, in different ViewDocumentFragments).

    Parameters

    node : ViewNode

    Node to compare with.

    Returns

    boolean
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    isAttached() → boolean
    inherited

    Returns true if the node is in a tree rooted in the document (is a descendant of one of its roots).

    Returns

    boolean
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    isBefore( node ) → boolean
    inherited

    Returns whether this node is before given node. false is returned if nodes are in different trees (for example, in different ViewDocumentFragments).

    Parameters

    node : ViewNode

    Node to compare with.

    Returns

    boolean
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    isSimilar( otherElement ) → boolean

    Checks if this element is similar to other element.

    If none of elements has set id, then both elements should have the same name, attributes and priority to be considered as similar. Two similar elements can contain different set of children nodes.

    If at least one element has id set, then both elements have to have the same id value to be considered similar.

    Similarity is important for ViewDowncastWriter. For example:

    • two following similar elements can be merged together into one, longer element,
    • unwrap checks similarity of passed element and processed element to decide whether processed element should be unwrapped,
    • etc.

    Parameters

    otherElement : ViewElement

    Returns

    boolean
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    listenTo( emitter, event, callback, [ options ] ) → void
    inherited

    Registers a callback function to be executed when an event is fired in a specific (emitter) object.

    Events can be grouped in namespaces using :. When namespaced event is fired, it additionally fires all callbacks for that namespace.

    // myEmitter.on( ... ) is a shorthand for myEmitter.listenTo( myEmitter, ... ).
    myEmitter.on( 'myGroup', genericCallback );
    myEmitter.on( 'myGroup:myEvent', specificCallback );
    
    // genericCallback is fired.
    myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup' );
    // both genericCallback and specificCallback are fired.
    myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup:myEvent' );
    // genericCallback is fired even though there are no callbacks for "foo".
    myEmitter.fire( 'myGroup:foo' );
    
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    An event callback can stop the event and set the return value of the fire method.

    Type parameters

    TEvent : extends BaseEvent

    The type describing the event. See BaseEvent.

    Parameters

    emitter : Emitter

    The object that fires the event.

    event : TEvent[ 'name' ]

    The name of the event.

    callback : GetCallback<TEvent>

    The function to be called on event.

    [ options ] : GetCallbackOptions<TEvent>

    Additional options.

    Returns

    void
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    off( event, callback ) → void
    inherited

    Stops executing the callback on the given event. Shorthand for this.stopListening( this, event, callback ).

    Parameters

    event : string

    The name of the event.

    callback : Function

    The function to stop being called.

    Returns

    void
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    on( event, callback, [ options ] ) → void
    inherited

    Registers a callback function to be executed when an event is fired.

    Shorthand for this.listenTo( this, event, callback, options ) (it makes the emitter listen on itself).

    Type parameters

    TEvent : extends BaseEvent

    The type descibing the event. See BaseEvent.

    Parameters

    event : TEvent[ 'name' ]

    The name of the event.

    callback : GetCallback<TEvent>

    The function to be called on event.

    [ options ] : GetCallbackOptions<TEvent>

    Additional options.

    Returns

    void
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    once( event, callback, [ options ] ) → void
    inherited

    Registers a callback function to be executed on the next time the event is fired only. This is similar to calling on followed by off in the callback.

    Type parameters

    TEvent : extends BaseEvent

    The type descibing the event. See BaseEvent.

    Parameters

    event : TEvent[ 'name' ]

    The name of the event.

    callback : GetCallback<TEvent>

    The function to be called on event.

    [ options ] : GetCallbackOptions<TEvent>

    Additional options.

    Returns

    void
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    shouldRenderUnsafeAttribute( attributeName ) → boolean
    inherited

    Decides whether an unsafe attribute is whitelisted and should be rendered in the editing pipeline even though filtering mechanisms like shouldRenderAttribute say it should not.

    Unsafe attribute names can be specified when creating an element via ViewDowncastWriter.

    Parameters

    attributeName : string

    The name of the attribute to be checked.

    Returns

    boolean
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    stopDelegating( [ event ], [ emitter ] ) → void
    inherited

    Stops delegating events. It can be used at different levels:

    • To stop delegating all events.
    • To stop delegating a specific event to all emitters.
    • To stop delegating a specific event to a specific emitter.

    Parameters

    [ event ] : string

    The name of the event to stop delegating. If omitted, stops it all delegations.

    [ emitter ] : Emitter

    (requires event) The object to stop delegating a particular event to. If omitted, stops delegation of event to all emitters.

    Returns

    void
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    stopListening( [ emitter ], [ event ], [ callback ] ) → void
    inherited

    Stops listening for events. It can be used at different levels:

    • To stop listening to a specific callback.
    • To stop listening to a specific event.
    • To stop listening to all events fired by a specific object.
    • To stop listening to all events fired by all objects.

    Parameters

    [ emitter ] : Emitter

    The object to stop listening to. If omitted, stops it for all objects.

    [ event ] : string

    (Requires the emitter) The name of the event to stop listening to. If omitted, stops it for all events from emitter.

    [ callback ] : Function

    (Requires the event) The function to be removed from the call list for the given event.

    Returns

    void
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    toJSON() → unknown

    Converts ViewAttributeElement instance to plain object and returns it.

    Returns

    unknown

    ViewAttributeElement instance converted to plain object.

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    _addClass( className ) → void
    internalinherited

    Adds specified class.

    element._addClass( 'foo' ); // Adds 'foo' class.
    element._addClass( [ 'foo', 'bar' ] ); // Adds 'foo' and 'bar' classes.
    
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    Parameters

    className : ArrayOrItem<string>

    Returns

    void

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    _appendChild( items ) → number
    internalinherited

    Insert a child node or a list of child nodes at the end of this node and sets the parent of these nodes to this element.

    Parameters

    items : string | ViewItem | Iterable<( string | ViewItem )>

    Items to be inserted.

    Returns

    number

    Number of appended nodes.

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    _canMergeAttributesFrom( otherElement ) → boolean
    internal

    Used by _mergeAttributesFrom to verify if the given element can be merged without conflicts into this element.

    Parameters

    otherElement : ViewAttributeElement

    Returns

    boolean
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    _canSubtractAttributesOf( otherElement ) → boolean
    internal

    Used by _subtractAttributesOf to verify if the given element attributes can be fully subtracted from this element.

    Parameters

    otherElement : ViewAttributeElement

    Returns

    boolean
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    _clone( deep ) → this
    internal

    Clones provided element with priority.

    Parameters

    deep : boolean

    If set to true clones element and all its children recursively. When set to false, element will be cloned without any children.

    Defaults to false

    Returns

    this

    Clone of this element.

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    _collectAttributesMatch( patterns, match, [ exclude ] ) → boolean
    internalinherited

    Used by the Matcher to collect matching attribute tuples (attribute name and optional token).

    Normalized patterns can be used in following ways:

    • to match any attribute name with any or no value:
    patterns: [
    	[ true, true ]
    ]
    
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    • to match a specific attribute with any value:
    patterns: [
    	[ 'required', true ]
    ]
    
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    • to match an attribute name with a RegExp with any value:
    patterns: [
    	[ /h[1-6]/, true ]
    ]
    
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    - to match a specific attribute with the exact value:
    
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    patterns: [
    	[ 'rel', 'nofollow' ]
    ]
    
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    - to match a specific attribute with a value matching a RegExp:
    
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    patterns: [
    	[ 'src', /^https/ ]
    ]
    
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    - to match an attribute name with a RegExp and the exact value:
    
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    patterns: [
    	[ /^data-property-/, 'foobar' ],
    ]
    
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    - to match an attribute name with a RegExp and match a value with another RegExp:
    
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    patterns: [
    	[ /^data-property-/, /^foo/ ]
    ]
    
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    - to match a specific style property with the value matching a RegExp:
    
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    patterns: [
    	[ 'style', 'font-size', /px$/ ]
    ]
    
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    - to match a specific class (class attribute is tokenized so it matches tokens individually):
    
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    patterns: [
    	[ 'class', 'foo' ]
    ]
    
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    Parameters

    patterns : Array<NormalizedPropertyPattern>

    An array of normalized patterns (tuples of 2 or 3 items depending on if tokenized attribute value match is needed).

    match : Array<tuple>

    An array to populate with matching tuples.

    [ exclude ] : Array<string>

    Array of attribute names to exclude from match.

    Returns

    boolean

    true if element matches all patterns. The matching tuples are pushed to the match array.

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    _fireChange( type, node, [ data ] = { data.index } ) → void
    internalinherited

    Parameters

    type : ViewDocumentChangeType

    Type of the change.

    node : ViewNode

    Changed node.

    [ data ] : object

    Additional data.

    Properties
    data.index : number

    Returns

    void

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    _getConsumables( [ key ], [ token ] ) → ViewNormalizedConsumables
    internalinherited

    Used by the ViewConsumable to collect the ViewNormalizedConsumables for the element.

    When key and token parameters are provided the output is filtered for the specified attribute and it's tokens and related tokens.

    Parameters

    [ key ] : string

    Attribute name.

    [ token ] : string

    Reference token to collect all related tokens.

    Returns

    ViewNormalizedConsumables
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    _insertChild( index, items ) → number
    internalinherited

    Inserts a child node or a list of child nodes on the given index and sets the parent of these nodes to this element.

    Parameters

    index : number

    Position where nodes should be inserted.

    items : string | ViewItem | Iterable<( string | ViewItem )>

    Items to be inserted.

    Returns

    number

    Number of inserted nodes.

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    _mergeAttributesFrom( otherElement ) → void
    internalinherited

    Merges attributes of a given element into the element. This includes also tokenized attributes like style and class.

    Note that you should make sure there are no conflicts before merging (see _canMergeAttributesFrom).

    This method is used by the ViewDowncastWriter while down-casting an ViewAttributeElement to merge it with other ViewAttributeElement.

    Parameters

    otherElement : ViewElement

    Returns

    void
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    _remove() → void
    internalinherited

    Removes node from parent.

    Returns

    void
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    _removeAttribute( key, [ tokens ] ) → boolean
    internalinherited

    Removes attribute from the element.

    Parameters

    key : string

    Attribute key.

    [ tokens ] : ArrayOrItem<string>

    Attribute value tokens to remove. The whole attribute is removed if not specified.

    Returns

    boolean

    Returns true if an attribute existed and has been removed.

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    _removeChildren( index, howMany ) → Array<ViewNode>
    internalinherited

    Removes number of child nodes starting at the given index and set the parent of these nodes to null.

    Parameters

    index : number

    Number of the first node to remove.

    howMany : number

    Number of nodes to remove.

    Defaults to 1

    Returns

    Array<ViewNode>

    The array of removed nodes.

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    _removeClass( className ) → void
    internalinherited

    Removes specified class.

    element._removeClass( 'foo' );  // Removes 'foo' class.
    element._removeClass( [ 'foo', 'bar' ] ); // Removes both 'foo' and 'bar' classes.
    
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    Parameters

    className : ArrayOrItem<string>

    Returns

    void

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    _removeCustomProperty( key ) → boolean
    internalinherited

    Removes the custom property stored under the given key.

    Parameters

    key : string | symbol

    Returns

    boolean

    Returns true if property was removed.

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    _removeStyle( property ) → void
    internalinherited

    Removes specified style.

    element._removeStyle( 'color' );  // Removes 'color' style.
    element._removeStyle( [ 'color', 'border-top' ] ); // Removes both 'color' and 'border-top' styles.
    
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    Note: This method can work with normalized style names if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See StylesMap#remove() for details.

    Parameters

    property : ArrayOrItem<string>

    Returns

    void

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    _setAttribute( key, value, overwrite ) → void
    internalinherited

    Adds or overwrite attribute with a specified key and value.

    Parameters

    key : string

    Attribute key.

    value : unknown

    Attribute value.

    overwrite : boolean

    Whether tokenized attribute should override the attribute value or just add a token.

    Defaults to true

    Returns

    void

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    _setCustomProperty( key, value ) → void
    internalinherited

    Sets a custom property. Unlike attributes, custom properties are not rendered to the DOM, so they can be used to add special data to elements.

    Parameters

    key : string | symbol
    value : unknown

    Returns

    void

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    _setStyle( properties ) → void
    internalinherited

    Adds style to the element.

    element._setStyle( {
    	color: 'red',
    	position: 'fixed'
    } );
    
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    Note: This method can work with normalized style names if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See StylesMap#set() for details.

    Parameters

    properties : Record<string, string>

    Object with key - value pairs.

    Returns

    void

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    _setStyle( property, value ) → void
    internalinherited

    Adds style to the element.

    element._setStyle( 'color', 'red' );
    
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    Note: This method can work with normalized style names if a particular style processor rule is enabled. See StylesMap#set() for details.

    Parameters

    property : string

    Property name.

    value : string

    Value to set.

    Returns

    void

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    _subtractAttributesOf( otherElement ) → void
    internalinherited

    Removes (subtracts) corresponding attributes of the given element from the element. This includes also tokenized attributes like style and class. All attributes, classes and styles from given element should be present inside the element being unwrapped.

    Note that you should make sure all attributes could be subtracted before subtracting them (see _canSubtractAttributesOf).

    This method is used by the ViewDowncastWriter while down-casting an ViewAttributeElement to unwrap the ViewAttributeElement.

    Parameters

    otherElement : ViewElement

    Returns

    void

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    change( eventInfo, changedNode, [ data ] )
    inherited

    Fired when list of elements children, attributes or text changes.

    Change event is bubbled – it is fired on all ancestors.

    All change events as the first parameter receive the node that has changed (the node for which children, attributes or text changed).

    If change:children event is fired, there is an additional second parameter, which is an object with additional data related to change.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    changedNode : ViewNode
    [ data ] : object
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    change:attributes( eventInfo, changedNode, [ data ] )
    inherited

    Fired when list of elements children, attributes or text changes.

    Change event is bubbled – it is fired on all ancestors.

    All change events as the first parameter receive the node that has changed (the node for which children, attributes or text changed).

    If change:children event is fired, there is an additional second parameter, which is an object with additional data related to change.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    changedNode : ViewNode
    [ data ] : object
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    change:children( eventInfo, changedNode, [ data ] )
    inherited

    Fired when list of elements children, attributes or text changes.

    Change event is bubbled – it is fired on all ancestors.

    All change events as the first parameter receive the node that has changed (the node for which children, attributes or text changed).

    If change:children event is fired, there is an additional second parameter, which is an object with additional data related to change.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    changedNode : ViewNode
    [ data ] : object
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    change:text( eventInfo, changedNode, [ data ] )
    inherited

    Fired when list of elements children, attributes or text changes.

    Change event is bubbled – it is fired on all ancestors.

    All change events as the first parameter receive the node that has changed (the node for which children, attributes or text changed).

    If change:children event is fired, there is an additional second parameter, which is an object with additional data related to change.

    Parameters

    eventInfo : EventInfo

    An object containing information about the fired event.

    changedNode : ViewNode
    [ data ] : object