ModelPosition (engine/model)
@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine/src/model/position
Represents a position in the model tree.
A position is represented by its root
and
a path
in that root.
You can create position instances via its constructor or the createPosition*()
factory methods of
Model
and ModelWriter
.
Note: Position is based on offsets, not indexes. This means that a position between two text nodes
foo
and bar
has offset 3
, not 1
. See path
for more information.
Since a position in the model is represented by a position root and position path it is possible to create positions placed in non-existing places. This requirement is important for operational transformation algorithms.
Also, operations kept in the document history are storing positions (and ranges) which were correct when those operations were applied, but may not be correct after the document has changed.
When changes are applied to the model, it may also happen that position parent
will change even if position path has not changed. Keep in mind, that if a position leads to non-existing element,
parent
and some other properties and methods will throw errors.
In most cases, position with wrong path is caused by an error in code, but it is sometimes needed, as described above.
Filtering
Properties
-
Is
true
if position is at the end of its parent,false
otherwise. -
Is
true
if position is at the beginning of its parent,false
otherwise. -
Node directly after this position. Returns
null
if this position is at the end of its parent, or if it is in a text node. -
Node directly before this position. Returns
null
if this position is at the start of its parent, or if it is in a text node. -
offset : number
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#offset
-
readonly
parent : ModelElement | ModelDocumentFragment
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#parent
Parent element of this position.
Keep in mind that
parent
value is calculated when the property is accessed. If position path leads to a non-existing element,parent
property will throw error.Also it is a good idea to cache
parent
property if it is used frequently in an algorithm (i.e. in a long loop). -
Position of the node in the tree. Path contains offsets, not indexes.
Position can be placed before, after or in a node if that node has
offsetSize
greater than1
. Items in position path are starting offsets of position ancestors, starting from direct root children, down to the position offset in it's parent.ROOT |- P before: [ 0 ] after: [ 1 ] |- UL before: [ 1 ] after: [ 2 ] |- LI before: [ 1, 0 ] after: [ 1, 1 ] | |- foo before: [ 1, 0, 0 ] after: [ 1, 0, 3 ] |- LI before: [ 1, 1 ] after: [ 1, 2 ] |- bar before: [ 1, 1, 0 ] after: [ 1, 1, 3 ]
foo
andbar
are representing text nodes. Since text nodes has offset size greater than1
you can place position offset between their start and end:ROOT |- P |- UL |- LI | |- f^o|o ^ has path: [ 1, 0, 1 ] | has path: [ 1, 0, 2 ] |- LI |- b^a|r ^ has path: [ 1, 1, 1 ] | has path: [ 1, 1, 2 ]
-
Root of the position path.
-
stickiness : ModelPositionStickiness
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#stickiness
Position stickiness. See
ModelPositionStickiness
. -
Returns text node instance in which this position is placed or
null
if this position is not in a text node.
Methods
-
constructor( root, path, stickiness )
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#constructor
Creates a position.
Parameters
root : ModelElement | ModelDocumentFragment
Root of the position.
path : readonly Array<number>
Position path. See
path
.stickiness : ModelPositionStickiness
Position stickiness. See
ModelPositionStickiness
.Defaults to
'toNone'
-
clone() → this
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#clone
-
compareWith( otherPosition ) → ModelPositionRelation
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#compareWith
Checks whether this position is before or after given position.
This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Parameters
otherPosition : ModelPosition
Returns
-
findAncestor( parentName ) → null | ModelElement
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#findAncestor
Returns the parent element of the given name. Returns null if the position is not inside the desired parent.
Parameters
parentName : string
The name of the parent element to find.
Returns
null | ModelElement
-
getAncestors() → Array<ModelElement | ModelDocumentFragment>
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#getAncestors
Returns ancestors array of this position, that is this position's parent and its ancestors.
Returns
Array<ModelElement | ModelDocumentFragment>
Array with ancestors.
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getCommonAncestor( position ) → null | ModelElement | ModelDocumentFragment
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#getCommonAncestor
Returns an
ModelElement
orModelDocumentFragment
which is a common ancestor of both positions. The roots of these two positions must be identical.Parameters
position : ModelPosition
The second position.
Returns
null | ModelElement | ModelDocumentFragment
-
getCommonPath( position ) → Array<number>
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#getCommonPath
Returns the slice of two position paths which is identical. The roots of these two paths must be identical.
This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Parameters
position : ModelPosition
The second position.
Returns
Array<number>
The common path.
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getLastMatchingPosition( skip, options ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#getLastMatchingPosition
Gets the farthest position which matches the callback using TreeWalker.
For example:
getLastMatchingPosition( value => value.type == 'text' ); // <paragraph>[]foo</paragraph> -> <paragraph>foo[]</paragraph> getLastMatchingPosition( value => value.type == 'text', { direction: 'backward' } ); // <paragraph>foo[]</paragraph> -> <paragraph>[]foo</paragraph> getLastMatchingPosition( value => false ); // Do not move the position.
Parameters
skip : ( value: ModelTreeWalkerValue ) => boolean
Callback function. Gets
ModelTreeWalkerValue
and should returntrue
if the value should be skipped orfalse
if not.options : ModelTreeWalkerOptions
Object with configuration options. See
ModelTreeWalker
.Defaults to
{}
Returns
ModelPosition
The position after the last item which matches the
skip
callback test.
-
getParentPath() → Array<number>
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#getParentPath
Returns a path to this position's parent. Parent path is equal to position path but without the last item.
This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Returns
Array<number>
Path to the parent.
-
getShiftedBy( shift ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#getShiftedBy
Returns a new instance of
Position
, that has same parent but it's offset is shifted byshift
value (can be a negative value).This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Parameters
shift : number
Offset shift. Can be a negative value.
Returns
ModelPosition
Shifted position.
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getTransformedByOperation( operation ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#getTransformedByOperation
Returns a copy of this position that is transformed by given
operation
.The new position's parameters are updated accordingly to the effect of the
operation
.For example, if
n
nodes are inserted before the position, the returned positionoffset
will be increased byn
. If the position was in a merged element, it will be accordingly moved to the new element, etc.This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Parameters
operation : Operation
Operation to transform by.
Returns
ModelPosition
Transformed position.
-
hasSameParentAs( position ) → boolean
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#hasSameParentAs
Checks if two positions are in the same parent.
This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Parameters
position : ModelPosition
Position to compare with.
Returns
boolean
true
if positions have the same parent,false
otherwise.
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelElement | ModelRootElement
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:ELEMENT
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelElement
or its subclass.element.is( 'element' ); // -> true element.is( 'node' ); // -> true element.is( 'model:element' ); // -> true element.is( 'model:node' ); // -> true element.is( 'view:element' ); // -> false element.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false
Assuming that the object being checked is an element, you can also check its name:
element.is( 'element', 'imageBlock' ); // -> true if this is an <imageBlock> element text.is( 'element', 'imageBlock' ); -> false
Parameters
type : 'element' | 'model:element'
Returns
this is ModelElement | ModelRootElement
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelRootElement
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:ROOT_ELEMENT
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelRootElement
.rootElement.is( 'rootElement' ); // -> true rootElement.is( 'element' ); // -> true rootElement.is( 'node' ); // -> true rootElement.is( 'model:rootElement' ); // -> true rootElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> true rootElement.is( 'model:node' ); // -> true rootElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> false rootElement.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> false
Assuming that the object being checked is an element, you can also check its name:
rootElement.is( 'rootElement', '$root' ); // -> same as above
Parameters
type : 'rootElement' | 'model:rootElement'
Returns
this is ModelRootElement
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelPosition | ModelLivePosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:POSITION
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelPosition
or its subclass.position.is( 'position' ); // -> true position.is( 'model:position' ); // -> true position.is( 'view:position' ); // -> false position.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false
Parameters
type : 'position' | 'model:position'
Returns
this is ModelPosition | ModelLivePosition
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelRange | ModelLiveRange
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:RANGE
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelRange
or its subclass.range.is( 'range' ); // -> true range.is( 'model:range' ); // -> true range.is( 'view:range' ); // -> false range.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false
Parameters
type : 'range' | 'model:range'
Returns
this is ModelRange | ModelLiveRange
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelLivePosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:LIVE_POSITION
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelLivePosition
.livePosition.is( 'position' ); // -> true livePosition.is( 'model:position' ); // -> true livePosition.is( 'liveposition' ); // -> true livePosition.is( 'model:livePosition' ); // -> true livePosition.is( 'view:position' ); // -> false livePosition.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false
Parameters
type : 'livePosition' | 'model:livePosition'
Returns
this is ModelLivePosition
-
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelText
.text.is( '$text' ); // -> true text.is( 'node' ); // -> true text.is( 'model:$text' ); // -> true text.is( 'model:node' ); // -> true text.is( 'view:$text' ); // -> false text.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false
Note: Until version 20.0.0 this method wasn't accepting
'$text'
type. The legacy'text'
type is still accepted for backward compatibility.Parameters
type : '$text' | 'model:$text'
Returns
this is ModelText
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelDocumentFragment
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelDocumentFragment
.docFrag.is( 'documentFragment' ); // -> true docFrag.is( 'model:documentFragment' ); // -> true docFrag.is( 'view:documentFragment' ); // -> false docFrag.is( 'element' ); // -> false docFrag.is( 'node' ); // -> false
Parameters
type : 'documentFragment' | 'model:documentFragment'
Returns
this is ModelDocumentFragment
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelTextProxy
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:TEXT_PROXY
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelTextProxy
.textProxy.is( '$textProxy' ); // -> true textProxy.is( 'model:$textProxy' ); // -> true textProxy.is( 'view:$textProxy' ); // -> false textProxy.is( 'range' ); // -> false
Note: Until version 20.0.0 this method wasn't accepting
'$textProxy'
type. The legacy'textProxt'
type is still accepted for backward compatibility.Parameters
type : '$textProxy' | 'model:$textProxy'
Returns
this is ModelTextProxy
-
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelRootElement
and has the specifiedname
.rootElement.is( 'rootElement', '$root' );
Type parameters
N : extends string
Parameters
type : 'rootElement' | 'model:rootElement'
name : N
Returns
boolean
-
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelElement
or its subclass and has the specifiedname
.element.is( 'element', 'imageBlock' ); // -> true if this is an <imageBlock> element text.is( 'element', 'imageBlock' ); -> false
Type parameters
N : extends string
Parameters
type : 'element' | 'model:element'
name : N
Returns
boolean
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelDocumentSelection
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:DOCUMENT_SELECTION
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelDocumentSelection
.selection.is( 'selection' ); // -> true selection.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> true selection.is( 'model:selection' ); // -> true selection.is( 'model:documentSelection' ); // -> true selection.is( 'view:selection' ); // -> false selection.is( 'element' ); // -> false selection.is( 'node' ); // -> false
Parameters
type : 'documentSelection' | 'model:documentSelection'
Returns
this is ModelDocumentSelection
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelSelection | ModelDocumentSelection
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:SELECTION
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelSelection
orModelDocumentSelection
.selection.is( 'selection' ); // -> true selection.is( 'model:selection' ); // -> true selection.is( 'view:selection' ); // -> false selection.is( 'range' ); // -> false
Parameters
type : 'selection' | 'model:selection'
Returns
this is ModelSelection | ModelDocumentSelection
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelLiveRange
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:LIVE_RANGE
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelLiveRange
.liveRange.is( 'range' ); // -> true liveRange.is( 'model:range' ); // -> true liveRange.is( 'liveRange' ); // -> true liveRange.is( 'model:liveRange' ); // -> true liveRange.is( 'view:range' ); // -> false liveRange.is( 'documentSelection' ); // -> false
Parameters
type : 'liveRange' | 'model:liveRange'
Returns
this is ModelLiveRange
-
inherited
is( type ) → this is ModelNode | ModelText | ModelElement | ModelRootElement
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#is:NODE
Checks whether the object is of type
ModelNode
or its subclass.This method is useful when processing model objects that are of unknown type. For example, a function may return a
ModelDocumentFragment
or aModelNode
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
Since this method is also available on a range of view objects, you can prefix the type of the object with
model:
orview:
to check, for example, if this is the model's or view's element:modelElement.is( 'model:element' ); // -> true modelElement.is( 'view:element' ); // -> false
By using this method it is also possible to check a name of an element:
imageElement.is( 'element', 'imageBlock' ); // -> true imageElement.is( 'element', 'imageBlock' ); // -> same as above imageElement.is( 'model:element', 'imageBlock' ); // -> same as above, but more precise
Parameters
type : 'node' | 'model:node'
Returns
this is ModelNode | ModelText | ModelElement | ModelRootElement
-
isAfter( otherPosition ) → boolean
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#isAfter
Checks whether this position is after given position.
This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Parameters
otherPosition : ModelPosition
Position to compare with.
Returns
boolean
True if this position is after given position.
Related:
-
isBefore( otherPosition ) → boolean
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#isBefore
Checks whether this position is before given position.
Note: watch out when using negation of the value returned by this method, because the negation will also be
true
if positions are in different roots and you might not expect this. You should probably usea.isAfter( b ) || a.isEqual( b )
or!a.isBefore( p ) && a.root == b.root
in most scenarios. If your condition uses multipleisAfter
andisBefore
checks, build them so they do not use negated values, i.e.:if ( a.isBefore( b ) && c.isAfter( d ) ) { // do A. } else { // do B. }
or, if you have only one if-branch:
if ( !( a.isBefore( b ) && c.isAfter( d ) ) { // do B. }
rather than:
if ( !a.isBefore( b ) || && !c.isAfter( d ) ) { // do B. } else { // do A. }
This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Parameters
otherPosition : ModelPosition
Position to compare with.
Returns
boolean
True if this position is before given position.
-
isEqual( otherPosition ) → boolean
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#isEqual
Checks whether this position is equal to given position.
This method is safe to use it on non-existing positions (for example during operational transformation).
Parameters
otherPosition : ModelPosition
Position to compare with.
Returns
boolean
True if positions are same.
-
isTouching( otherPosition ) → boolean
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#isTouching
Checks whether this position is touching given position. Positions touch when there are no text nodes or empty nodes in a range between them. Technically, those positions are not equal but in many cases they are very similar or even indistinguishable.
Parameters
otherPosition : ModelPosition
Position to compare with.
Returns
boolean
True if positions touch.
-
isValid() → boolean
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#isValid
Checks whether the position is valid in current model tree, that is whether it points to an existing place in the model.
Returns
boolean
-
toJSON() → unknown
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#toJSON
-
internal
_getCombined( source, target ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#_getCombined
Returns a new position that is a combination of this position and given positions.
The combined position is a copy of this position transformed by moving a range starting at
source
position to thetarget
position. It is expected that this position is inside the moved range.Example:
let original = model.createPositionFromPath( root, [ 2, 3, 1 ] ); let source = model.createPositionFromPath( root, [ 2, 2 ] ); let target = model.createPositionFromPath( otherRoot, [ 1, 1, 3 ] ); original._getCombined( source, target ); // path is [ 1, 1, 4, 1 ], root is `otherRoot`
Explanation:
We have a position
[ 2, 3, 1 ]
and move some nodes from[ 2, 2 ]
to[ 1, 1, 3 ]
. The original position was inside moved nodes and now should point to the new place. The moved nodes will be after positions[ 1, 1, 3 ]
,[ 1, 1, 4 ]
,[ 1, 1, 5 ]
. Since our position was in the second moved node, the transformed position will be in a sub-tree of a node at[ 1, 1, 4 ]
. Looking at original path, we took care of[ 2, 3 ]
part of it. Now we have to add the rest of the original path to the transformed path. Finally, the transformed position will point to[ 1, 1, 4, 1 ]
.Parameters
source : ModelPosition
Beginning of the moved range.
target : ModelPosition
Position where the range is moved.
Returns
ModelPosition
Combined position.
-
internal
_getTransformedByDeletion( deletePosition, howMany ) → null | ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#_getTransformedByDeletion
Returns a copy of this position that is updated by removing
howMany
nodes starting fromdeletePosition
. It may happen that this position is in a removed node. If that is the case,null
is returned instead.Parameters
deletePosition : ModelPosition
Position before the first removed node.
howMany : number
How many nodes are removed.
Returns
null | ModelPosition
Transformed position or
null
.
-
internal
_getTransformedByInsertOperation( operation ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#_getTransformedByInsertOperation
Returns a copy of this position transformed by an insert operation.
Parameters
operation : InsertOperation
Returns
-
internal
_getTransformedByInsertion( insertPosition, howMany ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#_getTransformedByInsertion
Returns a copy of this position that is updated by inserting
howMany
nodes atinsertPosition
.Parameters
insertPosition : ModelPosition
Position where nodes are inserted.
howMany : number
How many nodes are inserted.
Returns
ModelPosition
Transformed position.
-
internal
_getTransformedByMergeOperation( operation ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#_getTransformedByMergeOperation
Returns a copy of this position transformed by merge operation.
Parameters
operation : MergeOperation
Returns
-
internal
_getTransformedByMove( sourcePosition, targetPosition, howMany ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#_getTransformedByMove
Returns a copy of this position that is updated by moving
howMany
nodes fromsourcePosition
totargetPosition
.Parameters
sourcePosition : ModelPosition
Position before the first element to move.
targetPosition : ModelPosition
Position where moved elements will be inserted.
howMany : number
How many consecutive nodes to move, starting from
sourcePosition
.
Returns
ModelPosition
Transformed position.
-
internal
_getTransformedByMoveOperation( operation ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#_getTransformedByMoveOperation
Returns a copy of this position transformed by a move operation.
Parameters
operation : MoveOperation
Returns
-
internal
_getTransformedBySplitOperation( operation ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition#_getTransformedBySplitOperation
Returns a copy of this position transformed by a split operation.
Parameters
operation : SplitOperation
Returns
Static methods
-
Creates a
Position
instance from given plain object (i.e. parsed JSON string).Parameters
json : any
Plain object to be converted to
Position
.doc : ModelDocument
Document object that will be position owner.
Returns
ModelPosition
Position
instance created using given plain object.
-
internal static
_createAfter( item, [ stickiness ] ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition._createAfter
Creates a new position, after given model item.
Parameters
item : ModelDocumentFragment | ModelItem
Item after which the position should be placed.
[ stickiness ] : ModelPositionStickiness
Position stickiness.
Returns
-
internal static
_createAt( itemOrPosition, [ offset ], stickiness ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition._createAt
Creates position at the given location. The location can be specified as:
- a position,
- parent element and offset (offset defaults to
0
), - parent element and
'end'
(sets position at the end of that element), - model item and
'before'
or'after'
(sets position before or after given model item).
This method is a shortcut to other factory methods such as:
Parameters
itemOrPosition : ModelDocumentFragment | ModelPosition | ModelItem
[ offset ] : ModelPositionOffset
Offset or one of the flags. Used only when the first parameter is a model item.
stickiness : ModelPositionStickiness
Position stickiness. Used only when the first parameter is a model item.
Defaults to
'toNone'
Returns
-
internal static
_createBefore( item, [ stickiness ] ) → ModelPosition
module:engine/model/position~ModelPosition._createBefore
Creates a new position, before the given model item.
Parameters
item : ModelDocumentFragment | ModelItem
Item before which the position should be placed.
[ stickiness ] : ModelPositionStickiness
Position stickiness.
Returns
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