/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ "use strict"; /** * Get the text of the element parameter, as provided by the Selection API. We need to * rely on the Selection API as it mimics exactly what the user would have if they do a * selection using the mouse and copy it. `HTMLElement.textContent` and * `HTMLElement.innerText` follow a different codepath than user selection + copy. * They both have issues when dealing with whitespaces, and therefore can't be used to * have a reliable result. * * As the Selection API is exposed through the Window object, if we don't have a window * we fallback to `HTMLElement.textContent`. * * @param {HTMLElement} el: The element we want the text of. * @returns {String|null} The text of the element, or null if el is falsy. */ function getElementText(el) { if (!el) { return null; } // If we can, we use the Selection API to match what the user would get if they // manually select and copy the message. const doc = el.ownerDocument; const win = doc && doc.defaultView; if (!win) { return el.textContent; } // We store the current selected range and unselect everything. const selection = win.getSelection(); const currentSelectedRange = !selection.isCollapsed && selection.getRangeAt(0); selection.removeAllRanges(); // Then creates a range from `el`, and get the text content. const range = doc.createRange(); range.selectNode(el); selection.addRange(range); const text = selection.toString(); // Finally we revert the selection to what it was. selection.removeRange(range); if (currentSelectedRange) { selection.addRange(currentSelectedRange); } return text; } module.exports = { getElementText, };