TextFormatUpdateEvent: getTextFormats() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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The getTextFormats() method of the TextFormatUpdateEvent interface returns an Array of TextFormat objects that represent the formats that an Input Method Editor (IME) window wants to apply to the text being composed.

Syntax

getTextFormats()

Return value

An Array containing TextFormat objects.

Examples

Styling IME-composed text

In the following example, the textformatupdate event is used to update the formatting of the text in the editable region.

html

<canvas id="editor-canvas"></canvas>

const TEXT_X = 10;
const TEXT_Y = 10;

const canvas = document.getElementById("editor-canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

const editContext = new EditContext();
canvas.editContext = editContext;

editContext.addEventListener("textformatupdate", (e) => {
  // Clear the canvas.
  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);

  // Render the text.
  ctx.fillText(editContext.text, TEXT_X, TEXT_Y);
  console.log(`Rendering text: ${editContext.text}`);

  // Get the text formats that the IME window wants to apply.
  const formats = e.getTextFormats();

  // Iterate over the text formats
  for (const format of formats) {
    const { rangeStart, rangeEnd, underlineStyle, underlineThickness } = format;

    console.log(
      `Applying underline ${underlineThickness} ${underlineStyle} between ${rangeStart} and ${rangeEnd}.`,
    );

    const underlineXStart = ctx.measureText(
      editContext.text.substring(0, rangeStart),
    ).width;
    const underlineXEnd = ctx.measureText(
      editContext.text.substring(0, rangeEnd),
    ).width;
    const underlineY = TEXT_Y + 3;

    // For brevity, this example only draws a simple underline.
    // Use underlineStyle and underlineThickness to draw the correct underline.

    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.moveTo(TEXT_X + underlineXStart, underlineY);
    ctx.lineTo(TEXT_X + underlineXEnd, underlineY);
    ctx.stroke();
  }
});

Specifications

Specification
EditContext API # dom-textformatupdateevent-gettextformats

Browser compatibility

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