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/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
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#include "domstubs.idl"

interface mozIDOMWindowProxy;

webidl BrowsingContext;
webidl Document;
webidl Element;

native CallerType(mozilla::dom::CallerType);

/**
 * The focus manager deals with all focus related behaviour. Only one element
 * in the entire application may have the focus at a time; this element
 * receives any keyboard events. While there is only one application-wide
 * focused element, each nsIDOMWindow maintains a reference to the element
 * that would be focused if the window was active.
 *
 * If the window's reference is to a frame element (iframe, browser,
 * editor), then the child window contains the element that is currently
 * focused. If the window's reference is to a root element, then the root is
 * focused. If a window's reference is null, then no element is focused, yet
 * the window is still focused.
 *
 * The blur event is fired on an element when it loses the application focus.
 * After this blur event, if the focus is moving away from a document, two
 * additional blur events are fired on the old document and window containing
 * the focus respectively.
 *
 * When a new document is focused, two focus events are fired on the new
 * document and window respectively. Then the focus event is fired on an
 * element when it gains the application focus.
 *
 * A special case is that the root element may be focused, yet does not
 * receive the element focus and blur events. Instead a focus outline may be
 * drawn around the document.
 *
 * Blur and focus events do not bubble as per the W3C DOM Events spec.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(86e1f1e1-365d-493b-b52a-a649f3f311dc)]
interface nsIFocusManager : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * The most active (frontmost) window, or null if no window that is part of
   * the application is active. Do not use outside the parent process.
   */
  readonly attribute mozIDOMWindowProxy activeWindow;

  /**
   * In the parent process: The BrowsingContext corresponding to activeWindow.
   * In content processes: The top-level Web content browsing context that
   * focus is in if the application is active and focus is in Web content.
   */
  readonly attribute BrowsingContext activeBrowsingContext;

  /**
   * The child window within the activeWindow that is focused. This will
   * always be activeWindow, a child window of activeWindow or null if no
   * child window is focused. Setting the focusedWindow changes the focused
   * window and raises the toplevel window it is in. If the current focus
   * within the new focusedWindow is a frame element, then the focusedWindow
   * will actually be set to the child window and the current element within
   * that set as the focused element. This process repeats downwards until a
   * non-frame element is found.
   * The setter for this attribute defaults to CallerType::System.
   * If focus is in another process, this is null in content processes and
   * the closest ancestor in the parent process.
   */
  [setter_can_run_script]
  attribute mozIDOMWindowProxy focusedWindow;

  /**
   * Parent-process only: The content BrowsingContext that currently has focus,
   * if any. Note this can be different from activeBrowsingContext in the case
   * of subframes.
   */
  readonly attribute BrowsingContext focusedContentBrowsingContext;

  /**
   * The element that is currently focused. This will always be an element
   * within the document loaded in focusedWindow or null if no element in that
   * document is focused.
   */
  readonly attribute Element focusedElement;

  /**
   * Returns the method that was used to focus the element in window. This
   * will either be 0, FLAG_BYMOUSE or FLAG_BYKEY. If window is null, then
   * the current focusedWindow will be used by default. This has the result
   * of retrieving the method that was used to focus the currently focused
   * element.
   */
  uint32_t getLastFocusMethod(in mozIDOMWindowProxy window);

  /**
   * Changes the focused element reference within the window containing
   * aElement to aElement or potentially redirects it to an anonymous
   * descendant of it (e.g., for `<input type="number">` the focus is redirected
   * to its descendant `<input type="text">`).
   */
  [can_run_script]
  void setFocus(in Element aElement, in unsigned long aFlags);

  /**
   * Move the focus to another element. If aStartElement is specified, then
   * movement is done relative to aStartElement. If aStartElement is null,
   * then movement is done relative to the currently focused element. If no
   * element is focused, focus the first focusable element within the
   * document (or the last focusable element if aType is MOVEFOCUS_END). This
   * method is equivalent to setting the focusedElement to the new element.
   *
   * Specifying aStartElement and using MOVEFOCUS_LAST is not currently
   * implemented.
   *
   * If no element is found, and aType is either MOVEFOCUS_ROOT or
   * MOVEFOCUS_CARET, then the focus is cleared. If aType is any other value,
   * the focus is not changed.
   *
   * Returns the element that was focused (see setFocus). The return value
   * may be null if focus was moved into a child process.
   */
  Element moveFocus(in mozIDOMWindowProxy aWindow,
                    in Element aStartElement,
                    in unsigned long aType, in unsigned long aFlags);

  /**
   * Clears the focused element within aWindow. If the current focusedWindow
   * is a descendant of aWindow, sets the current focusedWindow to aWindow.
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if aWindow is null
   */
  [can_run_script]
  void clearFocus(in mozIDOMWindowProxy aWindow);

  /**
   * Returns the currently focused element within aWindow. If aWindow is equal
   * to the current value of focusedWindow, then the returned element will be
   * the application-wide focused element (the value of focusedElement). The
   * return value will be null if no element is focused.
   *
   * If aDeep is true, then child frames are traversed and the return value
   * may be the element within a child descendant window that is focused. If
   * aDeep if false, then the return value will be the frame element if the
   * focus is in a child frame.
   *
   * aFocusedWindow will be set to the currently focused descendant window of
   * aWindow, or to aWindow if aDeep is false. This will be set even if no
   * element is focused.
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if aWindow is null
   */
  Element getFocusedElementForWindow(in mozIDOMWindowProxy aWindow,
                                     in boolean aDeep,
                                     out mozIDOMWindowProxy aFocusedWindow);

  /**
   * Moves the selection caret within aWindow to the current focus.
   */
  [can_run_script]
  void moveCaretToFocus(in mozIDOMWindowProxy aWindow);

  /***
   * Check if given element (or potentially a descendant, see setFocus) is
   * focusable.
   */
  [can_run_script]
  boolean elementIsFocusable(in Element aElement, in unsigned long aFlags);

  /*
   * Raise the window when switching focus
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_RAISE = 1;

  /**
   * Do not scroll the element to focus into view.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_NOSCROLL = 2;

  /**
   * If attempting to change focus in a window that is not focused, do not
   * switch focus to that window. Instead, just update the focus within that
   * window and leave the application focus as is. This flag will have no
   * effect if a child window is focused and an attempt is made to adjust the
   * focus in an ancestor, as the frame must be switched in this case.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_NOSWITCHFRAME = 4;

  /**
   * This flag is only used when passed to moveFocus. If set, focus is never
   * moved to the parent frame of the starting element's document, instead
   * iterating around to the beginning of that document again. Child frames
   * are navigated as normal.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_NOPARENTFRAME = 8;

  /**
   * This flag is used for window and element focus operations to signal
   * wether the caller is system or non system.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_NONSYSTEMCALLER = 16;

  /**
   * Focus is changing due to a mouse operation, for instance the mouse was
   * clicked on an element.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_BYMOUSE = 0x1000;

  /**
   * Focus is changing due to a key operation, for instance pressing the tab
   * key. This flag would normally be passed when MOVEFOCUS_FORWARD or
   * MOVEFOCUS_BACKWARD is used.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_BYKEY = 0x2000;

  /**
   * Focus is changing due to a call to MoveFocus. This flag will be implied
   * when MoveFocus is called except when one of the other mechanisms (mouse
   * or key) is specified, or when the type is MOVEFOCUS_ROOT or
   * MOVEFOCUS_CARET.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_BYMOVEFOCUS = 0x4000;

  /**
   * Do not show a ring around the element to focus, if this is not a text
   * control, regardless of other state.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_NOSHOWRING = 0x8000;

  /**
   * Always show the focus ring or other indicator of focus, regardless of
   * other state. Overrides FLAG_NOSHOWRING.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_SHOWRING = 0x100000;

  /**
   * Focus is changing due to a touch operation that generated a mouse event.
   * Normally used in conjunction with FLAG_BYMOUSE.
   */
  const unsigned long FLAG_BYTOUCH = 0x200000;

  /** Focus is changing due to a JS focus() call or similar operation. */
  const unsigned long FLAG_BYJS = 0x400000;

  /** Focus is changing due to a long press operation by touch or mouse. */
  const unsigned long FLAG_BYLONGPRESS = 0x800000;

  /** Mask with all the focus methods. */
  const unsigned long METHOD_MASK = FLAG_BYMOUSE | FLAG_BYKEY | FLAG_BYMOVEFOCUS | FLAG_BYTOUCH | FLAG_BYJS | FLAG_BYLONGPRESS;

  /** Mask with all the focus methods, plus the SHOW / NOSHOWRING flags. */
  const unsigned long METHODANDRING_MASK = METHOD_MASK | FLAG_SHOWRING | FLAG_NOSHOWRING;

  // these constants are used with the aType argument to MoveFocus

  /** move focus forward one element, used when pressing TAB */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_FORWARD = 1;
  /** move focus backward one element, used when pressing Shift+TAB */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_BACKWARD = 2;
  /** move focus forward to the next frame document, used when pressing F6 */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_FORWARDDOC = 3;
  /** move focus forward to the previous frame document, used when pressing Shift+F6 */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_BACKWARDDOC = 4;
  /** move focus to the first focusable element */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_FIRST = 5;
  /** move focus to the last focusable element */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_LAST = 6;
  /** move focus to the root element in the document */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_ROOT = 7;
  /** move focus to a link at the position of the caret. This is a special value used to
   *  focus links as the caret moves over them in caret browsing mode.
   */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_CARET = 8;

  /** move focus to the first focusable document */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_FIRSTDOC = 9;
  /** move focus to the last focusable document */
  const unsigned long MOVEFOCUS_LASTDOC = 10;
};