nsIDOMWindowUtils

Implemented by: nsIDOMWindow. To get this interface, use:

var domWindowUtils = window.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
                     .getInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIDOMWindowUtils);

Method overview

Attributes

Constants

Methods

activateNativeMenuItemAt()

See nsIWidget.ActivateNativeMenuItemAt().

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void activateNativeMenuItemAt(
  in AString indexString
);

Parameters

indexString

 

clearMozAfterPaintEvents()

void clearMozAfterPaintEvents();

Parameters

None.

compareCanvases()

Compare the two canvases, returning the number of differing pixels and the maximum difference in a channel. This will throw an error if the dimensions of the two canvases are different.

This method requires UniversalXPConnect privileges.

PRUint32 compareCanvases(
  in nsIDOMHTMLCanvasElement aCanvas1,
  in nsIDOMHTMLCanvasElement aCanvas2,
  out unsigned long aMaxDifference
);

Parameters

aCanvas1

 

aCanvas2

 

aMaxDifference

 

Return value

computeAnimationDistance()

Method for testing nsStyleAnimation::ComputeDistance.

Returns the distance between the two values as reported by nsStyleAnimation::ComputeDistance for the given element and property.

double computeAnimationDistance(
  in nsIDOMElement element,
  in AString property,
  in AString value1,
  in AString value2
);

Parameters

element

 

property

 

value1

 

value2

 

Return value

createCompositionStringSynthesizer()

Obsolete since Gecko 38 Method for creating an instance which has nsICompositionStringSynthesizer.

However, this is obsoleted since Gecko 38, use nsITextInputProcessor instead.

nsICompositionStringSynthesizer createCompositionStringSynthesizer();

Return value

An instance of nsICompositionStringSynthesizer. It's associated with the DOM window which is associated with the instance of nsIDOMWindowUtils.

disableNonTestMouseEvents()

Disable or enable non synthetic test mouse events on *all* windows.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible). Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void disableNonTestMouseEvents(
  in boolean aDisable
);

Parameters

aDisable

If true, disable all non synthetic test mouse events on all windows. Otherwise, enable them.

dispatchDOMEventViaPresShell()

Dispatches aEvent via the nsIPresShell object of the window's document. The event is dispatched to aTarget, which should be an object which implements nsIContent interface (#element, #text, etc).

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

boolean dispatchDOMEventViaPresShell(
  in nsIDOMNode aTarget,
  in nsIDOMEvent aEvent,
  in boolean aTrusted
);

Parameters

aTarget

 

aEvent

 

aTrusted

 

Return value

boolean to show if the event was successful

elementFromPoint()

Retrieve the element at point aX, aY in the window's document.

nsIDOMElement elementFromPoint(
  in float aX,
  in float aY,
  in boolean aIgnoreRootScrollFrame,
  in boolean aFlushLayout
);

Parameters

aX

 

aY

 

aIgnoreRootScrollFrame

Whether or not to ignore the root scroll frame when retrieving the element. If false, this method returns null for coordinates outside of the viewport.

aFlushLayout

Flushes layout if true. Otherwise, no flush occurs.

Return value

enterModalState()

Put the window into a state where scripts are frozen and events suppressed, for use when the window has launched a modal prompt.

void enterModalState();

Parameters

None.

findElementWithViewId()

Given a view ID from the compositor process, return the corresponding DOM element object.

nsIDOMElement findElementWithViewId(
  in nsViewID aId
); 

Parameters

aId

The ID of the view for which to retrieve the corresponding nsIDOMElement object.

Return value

The nsIDOMElement object for the HTML element drawn by the specified view ID.

focus()

Focus the element aElement. The element should be in the same document that the window is displaying. Pass null to blur the element, if any, that currently has focus, and focus the document.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

Do not use this method. Just use element.focus if available or nsIFocusManager.SetFocus() instead.

void focus(
  in nsIDOMElement aElement
);

Parameters

aElement

The element to focus.

forceUpdateNativeMenuAt()

See nsIWidget.ForceUpdateNativeMenuAt().

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void forceUpdateNativeMenuAt(
  in AString indexString
);

Parameters

indexString

 

garbageCollect()

Force a garbage collection followed by a cycle collection.

Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges in non-debug builds. Available to all callers in debug builds.

void garbageCollect(
  in nsICycleCollectorListener aListener Optional 
);

Parameters

aListener Optional

Listener that receives information about the CC graph (see @mozilla.org/cycle-collector-logger;1 for a logger component)

getCursorType()

Get current cursor type from this window.

short getCursorType();

Parameters

None.

Return value

The current value of nsCursor.

getDocumentMetadata()

Function to get metadata associated with the window's current document.

Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

AString getDocumentMetadata(
  in AString aName
);

Parameters

aName

The name of the metadata. This should be all lowercase.

Return value

The value of the metadata, or the empty string if it's not set.

getOuterWindowWithId()

Returns the nsIDOMWindow matching the specified outer window's ID.

nsIDOMWindow getOuterWindowWithId(
  in unsigned long long aOuterWindowID
);

Parameters

aOuterWindowID

The ID of the outer window for which to return the window.

Return value

An nsIDOMWindow object representing the outer window with the specified ID; if no matching window is found, returns null.

getPCCountScriptCount()

Returns the number of scripts which profile information was constructed for.  This should be used after a call to stopPCCountProfiling().

long getPCCountScriptCount();

Parameters

None.

getPCCountScriptSummary()

Returns a summary of the profile information for a script.  This should be used after a call to stopPCCountProfiling().

AString getPCCountScriptSummary(in long aScript);

Parameters

aScript

Index of the profiled script to get the profile summary for.  Should be less than getPCCountScriptCount().

Return value

A JSON string summarizing the information profiled about the script.  This includes counts for how often and in what ways the script executed.  The structure of the JSON is unspecified and may vary between versions of Firefox.

getPCCountScriptContents()

Returns detailed information about the profile information for a script.  This should be used after a call to stopPCCountProfiling().

AString getPCCountScriptContents(in long script);

Parameters

aScript

Index of the profiled script to get the profile contents for.  Should be less than getPCCountScriptCount().

Return value

A JSON string with all profile information accumulated for the script.  This includes the text of the script and details about its internal representation in SpiderMonkey, and counts for how often and in what ways each operation in the script executed.  The structure of the JSON is unspecified and may vary between versions of Firefox.

getScrollXY()

Returns the scroll position of the window's currently loaded document.

void getScrollXY(
  in boolean aFlushLayout,
  out long aScrollX,
  out long aScrollY
);

Parameters

aFlushLayout

Flushes layout if true. Otherwise, no flush occurs.

aScrollX

 

aScrollY

 

getVisitedDependentComputedStyle()

Perform the equivalent of: window.getComputedStyle(aElement, aPseudoElement). getPropertyValue(aPropertyName) except that, when the link whose presence in history is allowed to influence aElement's style is visited, get the value the property would have if allowed all properties to change as a result of :visited selectors (except for cases where getComputedStyle uses data from the frame).

This is easier to implement than adding our property restrictions to this API, and is sufficient for the present testing requirements (which are essentially testing 'color').

AString getVisitedDependentComputedStyle(
  in nsIDOMElement aElement,
  in AString aPseudoElement,
  in AString aPropertyName
);

Parameters

aElement

 

aPseudoElement

 

aPropertyName

 

Return value

isInModalState()

Is the window is in a modal state? [See enterModalState()]

boolean isInModalState();

Parameters

None.

Return value

leaveModalState()

Resume normal window state, where scripts can run and events are delivered.

void leaveModalState();

Parameters

None.

loadSheet()

Synchronously loads a style sheet from |sheetURI| and adds it to the list of additional style sheets of the document.
These additional style sheets are very much like user/agent sheets loaded with loadAndRegisterSheet. The only difference is that they are applied only on the document owned by this window.
Sheets added via this API take effect immediately on the document.

unsigned long loadSheet(
  in nsIURI sheetURI, in unsigned long type
);

Parameters

sheetURI

The nsIURI of the CSS file to be removed.

type

The type of the sheet (AGENT_SHEET, USER_SHEET or AUTHOR_SHEET).

nodesFromRect()

Returns an nsIDOMNodeList containing all nodes that intersect a specified rectangle within the window's document. The rectangle is specified using a central point and a distance to expand in all four cardinal directions. This is used to locate nodes that are within some number of pixels of a point; for example, you can use this to find candidate target nodes when the user taps on a touch screen.

nsIDOMNodeList nodesFromRect(
  in float aX,
  in float aY,
  in float aTopSize,
  in float aRightSize,
  in float aBottomSize,
  in float aLeftSize,
  in boolean aIgnoreRootScrollFrame,
  in boolean aFlushLayout
);

Parameters

aX

The X coordinate of the point at which to begin constructing the rectangle, in CSS pixels.

aY

The Y coordinate of the point at which to begin constructing the rectangle, in CSS pixels.

aTopSize

The number of CSS pixels to expand the rectangle upward from the point (aX, aY).

aRightSize

The number of CSS pixels to expand the rectangle to the right from the point (aX, aY).

aBottomSize

The number of CSS pixels to expand the rectangle downward from the point (aX, aY).

aLeftSize

The number of CSS pixels to expand the rectangle to the left from the point (aX, aY).

aIgnoreRootScrollFrame

Whether or not to ignore the root scroll frame when retrieving the nodes. If this is false, this method will return null for coordinates outside the viewport.

aFlushLayout

If true, layout is flushed before hit testing begins. This ensures that the node list is current. If you don't need an absolutely up to date node list, you can set this to false.

Return value

An nsIDOMNodeList referencing all the nodes that intersect the specified rectangle.

Force processing of any queued paints.

void processUpdates();

Parameters

None.

purgePCCounts()

Purge all accumulated profile information for scripts which was generated after a call to stopPCCountProfiling().

void purgePCCounts();

Parameters

None.

redraw()

Force an immediate redraw of this window. The parameter specifies the number of times to redraw, and the return value is the length, in milliseconds, that the redraws took. If aCount is not specified or is 0, it is taken to be 1.

unsigned long redraw(
  in unsigned long aCount Optional 
);

Parameters

aCount Optional

 

Return value

removeSheet()

Remove the document style sheet at sheetURI from the list of additional style sheets of the document. The removal takes effect immediately.

unsigned long removeSheet(
  in nsIURI sheetURI, in unsigned long type
);

Parameters

sheetURI

The nsIURI of the CSS file to be removed.

type

The type of the sheet (AGENT_SHEET, USER_SHEET or AUTHOR_SHEET).

void RenderDocument(
  in nsConstRect aRect,
  in PRUint32 aFlags,
  in nscolor aBackgroundColor,
  in gfxContext aThebesContext
);

Parameters

aRect

 

aFlags

 

aBackgroundColor

 

aThebesContext

 

resumeTimeouts()

Resumes timeouts on this window and its descendant windows.

void resumeTimeouts();

Parameters

None.

sendCompositionEvent()

Obsolete since Gecko 38 Synthesize a composition event to the window.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

This is obsoleted since Gecko 38. Use nsITextInputProcessor, instead.

void sendCompositionEvent(
  in AString aType,
); Obsolete since Gecko 9

Parameters

aType

The event type: "compositionstart" or "compositionend".

void sendCompositionEvent(
  in AString aType,
  in AString aData, 
  in AString aLocale
);  Obsolete since Gecko 38

Parameters

aType

The event type: "compositionstart" or "compositionend" Obsolete since Gecko 36. Since Gecko 36, specifying "compositionend" isn't fired anything. Instead, use "compositioncommitasis" or "compositioncommit".

Or "compositionupdate". Obsolete since Gecko 35 Note that, since Gecko 35, specifying "compositionupdate" isn't fired anything. Instead, compositionupdate event is fired automatically when it should be fired.

Or "compositioncommitasis" or "compositioncommit". "compositioncommitasis" will cause commiting the composition with the last composing string. "compositioncommit" will cause commiting the composition with aData. Both compositionupdate event and compositionend event are fired automatically if they are necessary.

aData

The data value of dispatching composition event. If aType is "compositionstart" or "compositioncommitasis", this is ignored.

aLocale

The locale value of dispatching composition event.

getClassName()

Returns the real classname (possibly of the mostly-transparent security wrapper) of aObj.

sendContentCommandEvent()

Generate a content command event.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void sendContentCommandEvent(
  in AString aType,
  in nsITransferable aTransferable Optional
);

Parameters

aType

Type of command content event to send. Can be one of "cut", "copy", "paste", "delete", "undo", "redo", or "pasteTransferable".

aTransferable Optional

An instance of nsITransferable when aType is "pasteTransferable"

sendKeyEvent()

Synthesize a key event to the window. The event types supported are: keydown, keyup, keypress.

Key events generally end up being sent to the focused node.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

However, this is deprecated since Gecko 38 (and will be obsolete soon), use nsITextInputProcessor instead.

boolean sendKeyEvent(
  in AString aType,
  in long aKeyCode,
  in long aCharCode,
  in long aModifiers,
  in unsigned long aAdditionalFlags Optional
);  Deprecated since Gecko 38.0

boolean sendKeyEvent(
  in AString aType,
  in long aKeyCode,
  in long aCharCode,
  in long aModifiers,
  in boolean aPreventDefault Optional 
); Obsolete since Gecko 15.0

Parameters

aType

Event type.

aKeyCode

Key code.

aCharCode

Character code.

aModifiers

Modifiers pressed.

Using constants defined in nsIDOMNSEvent. Obsolete since Gecko 15.0

Using constants defined as MODIFIER_*.

aPreventDefault Optional Obsolete since Gecko 15.0

If true, preventDefault() the event before dispatch.

aAdditionalFlags Optional

0 or KEY_FLAG_PREVENT_DEFAULT and/or one of KEY_FLAG_LOCATION_*.

If KEY_FLAG_PREVENT_DEFAULT is specified, the dispatching key event's default is prevented.

If KEY_FLAG_LOCATION_* isn't set, an appropriate location is automatically computed from aKeyCode. If two or more KEY_FLAG_LOCATION_* is specified, this method will throw an exception.

Return value

false if the event had preventDefault() called on it, true otherwise. In other words, true if and only if the default action was taken.

sendMouseEvent()

Synthesize a mouse event. The event types supported are: mousedown, mouseup, mousemove, mouseover, mouseout, contextmenu.

Events are sent in coordinates offset by aX and aY from the window.

Normally at this level of events, the mouseover and mouseout events are only fired when the window is entered or exited. For inter-element mouseover and mouseout events, a movemove event fired on the new element should be sufficient to generate the correct over and out events as well.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

The event is dispatched via the toplevel window, so it could go to any window under the toplevel window, in some cases it could never reach this window at all.

void sendMouseEvent(
  in AString aType,
  in float aX,
  in float aY,
  in long aButton,
  in long aClickCount,
  in long aModifiers,
  in boolean aIgnoreRootScrollFrame Optional 
);

Parameters

aType

Event type.

aX

X offset in CSS pixels.

aY

Y offset in CSS pixels.

aButton

Button to synthesize.

aClickCount

Number of clicks that have been performed.

aModifiers

Modifiers pressed.

Using constants defined in nsIDOMNSEvent. Obsolete since Gecko 15.0

Using constants defined as MODIFIER_*.

aIgnoreRootScrollFrame Optional

Whether the event should ignore viewport bounds during dispatch.

sendMouseEventToWindow()

The same as sendMouseEvent() but ensures that the event is dispatched to this DOM window or one of its children.

void sendMouseEventToWindow(
  in AString aType,
  in float aX,
  in float aY,
  in long aButton,
  in long aClickCount,
  in long aModifiers,
  in boolean aIgnoreRootScrollFrame Optional
);

Parameters

aType

 

aX

 

aY

 

aButton

 

aClickCount

 

aModifiers

Modifiers pressed.

Using constants defined in nsIDOMNSEvent. Obsolete since Gecko 15.0

Using constants defined as MODIFIER_*.

aIgnoreRootScrollFrame Optional

 

sendMouseScrollEvent()

Synthesize a mouse scroll event for a window. The event types supported are: DOMMouseScroll MozMousePixelScroll.

Events are sent in coordinates offset by aX and aY from the window.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void sendMouseScrollEvent(
  in AString aType,
  in float aX,
  in float aY,
  in long aButton,
  in long aScrollFlags,
  in long aDelta,
  in long aModifiers
);

Parameters

aType

Event type.

aX

X offset in CSS pixels.

aY

Y offset in CSS pixels.

aButton

Button to synthesize.

aScrollFlags

Flag bits --- see nsMouseScrollFlags in nsGUIEvent.h.

aDelta

The direction and amount to scroll (in lines or pixels, depending on the event type)

aModifiers

Modifiers pressed.

Using constants defined in nsIDOMNSEvent. Obsolete since Gecko 15.0

Using constants defined as MODIFIER_*.

sendWheelEvent()

Synthesize a wheel event for a window. The event type is always "wheel".

Events are sent in coordinates offset by aX and aY from the window.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void sendWheelEvent(
  in float aX,
  in float aY,
  in double aDeltaX,
  in double aDeltaY,
  in double aDeltaZ,
  in unsigned long aDeltaMode,
  in long aModifiers,
  in long aLineOrPageDeltaX,
  in long aLineOrPageDeltaY,
  in unsigned long aOptions
);

Parameters

aX

X offset in CSS pixels.

aY

Y offset in CSS pixels.

aDeltaX

Delta value around x-axis.

aDeltaY

Delta value around y-axis.

aDeltaZ

Delta value around z-axis.

aDeltaMode

One of delta mode values which are defined by WheelEvent (nsIDOMWheelEvent).

aModifiers

Modifiers pressed. Using constants defined as MODIFIER_*.

aLineOrPageDeltaX

Scroll amount around x-axis by lines (if aDeltaMode is DOM_DELTA_PIXEL or DOM_DELTA_LINE) or pages (if aDeltaMode is DOM_DELTA_PAGE). If this values isn't 0, horizontal DOMMouseScroll event will be dispatched with this value. However, this value may be ignored by nsEventStateManager if some prefs are customized or aOptions value includes some flags.

aLineOrPageDeltaY

Scroll amount around y-axis by lines (if aDeltaMode is DOM_DELTA_PIXEL or DOM_DELTA_LINE) or pages (if aDeltaMode is DOM_DELTA_PAGE). If this values isn't 0, vertical DOMMouseScroll event will be dispatched with this value. However, this value may be ignored by nsEventStateManager if some prefs are customized or aOptions value includes some flags.

aOptions

0 or one or more WHEEL_EVENT_* flags.

sendNativeKeyEvent()

This method lets you create and send keyboard events to a DOM window from a privileged context; for example, this can be used to automate testing. This delivers the key to the currently-focused widget by calling its See nsIWidget.synthesizeNativeKeyEvent() method.

This method throws a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void sendNativeKeyEvent(
  in long aNativeKeyboardLayout,
  in long aNativeKeyCode,
  in long aModifierFlags,
  in AString aCharacters,
  in AString aUnmodifiedCharacters
);

Parameters

aNativeKeyboardLayout

 

aNativeKeyCode

The key code to send.

aModifierFlags

The modifier flags to send.

aCharacters

 

aUnmodifiedCharacters

 

sendNativeMouseEvent()

See nsIWidget.SynthesizeNativeMouseEvent().

Will be called on the widget that contains aElement. Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void sendNativeMouseEvent(
  in long aScreenX,
  in long aScreenY,
  in long aNativeMessage,
  in long aModifierFlags,
  in nsIDOMElement aElement
);

Parameters

aScreenX

 

aScreenY

 

aNativeMessage

 

aModifierFlags

 

aElement

 

sendQueryContentEvent()

Synthesize a query content event.

nsIQueryContentEventResult sendQueryContentEvent(
  in unsigned long aType,
  in unsigned long aOffset,
  in unsigned long aLength,
  in long aX,
  in long aY,
  in unsigned long aAdditionalFlags Optional
); 

nsIQueryContentEventResult sendQueryContentEvent(
  in unsigned long aType,
  in unsigned long aOffset,
  in unsigned long aLength,
  in long aX,
  in long aY
);  Obsolete since Gecko 31.0

Parameters

aType

On of the following const values. And see also each comment for the other parameters and the result.

aOffset

 

aLength

 

aX

 

aY

 

aAdditionalFlags

See the explanation of QUERY_CONTENT_FLAG_*.

Return value

sendSelectionSetEvent()

Synthesize a selection set event to the window.

This sets the selection as the specified information.

boolean sendSelectionSetEvent(
  in unsigned long aOffset,
  in unsigned long aLength,
  in unsigned long aAdditionalFlags Optional
); 

boolean sendSelectionSetEvent(
  in unsigned long aOffset,
  in unsigned long aLength,
  in boolean aReverse
);  Obsolete since Gecko 31.0

Parameters

aOffset

The caret offset of the selection start.

aLength

The length of the selection. If this is too long, the extra length is ignored.

aReverse Obsolete since Gecko 31.0

If true, the selection set from |aOffset + aLength| to |aOffset|. Otherwise, set from |aOffset| to |aOffset + aLength|.

aAdditionalFlags

See the explanation of SELECTION_SET_FLAG_*.

Return value

True, if succeeded. Otherwise, false.

sendSimpleGestureEvent()

Synthesize a simple gesture event for a window. The event types supported are: MozSwipeGestureMayStart, MozSwipeGestureStart, MozSwipeGestureUpdate, MozSwipeGestureEnd, MozSwipeGesture, MozMagnifyGestureStart, MozMagnifyGestureUpdate, MozMagnifyGesture, MozRotateGestureStart, MozRotateGestureUpdate, MozRotateGesture, MozPressTapGesture, MozTapGesture, and MozEdgeUIGesture.

Cannot be accessed from unprivileged context (not content-accessible) Will throw a DOM security error if called without UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void sendSimpleGestureEvent(
  in AString aType,
  in float aX,
  in float aY,
  in unsigned long aDirection,
  in double aDelta,
  in long aModifiers,
  in unsigned long aClickCount Optional
);

Parameters

aType

Event type.

aX

X offset in CSS pixels.

aY

Y offset in CSS pixels.

aDirection

Direction, using constants defined in nsIDOMSimpleGestureEvent.

aDelta

Amount of magnification or rotation for magnify and rotation events.

aModifiers

Modifiers pressed, using constants defined in nsIDOMNSEvent. Obsolete since Gecko 15.0

Using constants defined as MODIFIER_*.

aClickCount

For tap gestures, the number of taps.

sendTextEvent()

Obsolete since Gecko 26 This can create composition string with 3 or less clauses. Use createCompositionStringSynthesizer() instead. New API doesn't have this limitation.

void sendTextEvent(
  in AString aCompositionString,
  in long aFirstClauseLength,
  in unsigned long aFirstClauseAttr,
  in long aSecondClauseLength,
  in unsigned long aSecondClauseAttr,
  in long aThirdClauseLength,
  in unsigned long aThirdClauseAttr,
  in long aCaretStart,
  in long aCaretLength
);

Parameters

aCompositionString

 

aFirstClauseLength

 

aFirstClauseAttr

 

aSecondClauseLength

 

aSecondClauseAttr

 

aThirdClauseLength

 

aThirdClauseAttr

 

aCaretStart

 

aCaretLength

 

sendTouchEvent()

Synthesizes a touch event and sends it to the window. This method supports multiple touches of the same type, but not multiple touches on the screen of different types.

The event is dispatched via the top-level window, so it could go to any window under that top level. In some cases, it may not even reach the target window, if one of those other windows accepts it.

boolean sendTouchEvent(
  in AString aType,
  [array, size_is(count)] in PRUint32 aIdentifiers,
  [array, size_is(count)] in PRInt32 aXs,
  [array, size_is(count)] in PRInt32 aYs,
  [array, size_is(count)] in PRUint32 aRxs,
  [array, size_is(count)] in PRUint32 aRys,
  [array, size_is(count)] in float aRotationAngles,
  [array, size_is(count)] in float aForces,
  in PRUint32 count,
  in long aModifiers,
  [optional] in boolean aIgnoreRootScrollFrame
);

Parameters

aType

The touch event type to dispatch to the window. This must be one of "touchstart", "touchend", "touchmove", or "touchcancel".

aIdentifiers

An array of the identifiers for each of the touches.

aXs

An array of X offsets in CSS pixels for each touch to be sent to the window.

aYs

An array of Y offsets in CSS pixels for each touch to be sent to the window.

aRxs

An array of touch X radii in CSS pixels for each touch to be sent to the window.

aRys

An array of touch Y radii in CSS pixels for each touch to be sent to the window.

aRotationAngles

An array of angles in degrees for each touch's touch oval.

aForces

An array of forces (from 0 to 1) indicating the amount of pressure applied at each touch point.

count

The number of touches; this is the number of entries in each of the preceding arrays.

aModifiers

Modifiers pressed.

Using constants defined in nsIDOMNSEvent. Obsolete since Gecko 15.0

Using constants defined as MODIFIER_*.

aIgnoreRootScrollFrames

A Boolean value indicating whether or not the event should ignore viewport bounds during dispatch.

Return value

true if the page called Event.preventDefault(), indicating that default processing of the event should not occur.

setCSSViewport()

Sets the dimensions of the CSS viewport to the specified size in CSS pixels, regardless of the size of the enclosing widget/view. This triggers reflow.

The caller of this method must have UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void setCSSViewport(
  in float aWidthPx,
  in float aHeightPx
);

Parameters

aWidthPx

The width of the viewport in CSS pixels.

aHeightPx

The height of the viewport in CSS pixels.

setDisplayPort()

Set the "displayport" to be <xPx, yPx, widthPx, heightPx> in units of CSS pixels, regardless of the size of the enclosing widget/view. This will *not* trigger reflow.

<x, y> is relative to the top-left of the CSS viewport. This means that the pixels rendered to the displayport take scrolling into account, for example.

The displayport will be used as the window's visible region for the purposes of invalidation and painting. The displayport can approximately be thought of as a "persistent" drawWindow() (albeit with coordinates relative to the CSS viewport): the bounds are remembered by the platform, and layer pixels are retained and updated inside the viewport bounds.

It's legal to set a displayport that extends beyond the CSS viewport in any direction (left/right/top/bottom).

It's also legal to set a displayport that extends beyond the document's bounds. The value of the pixels rendered outside the document bounds is not yet defined.

The caller of this method must have UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void setDisplayPort(
  in float aXPx,
  in float aYPx,
  in float aWidthPx,
  in float aHeightPx
);

Parameters

aXPx

 

aYPx

 

aWidthPx

 

aHeightPx

 

setResolution()

Get/set the resolution at which rescalable web content is drawn. Currently this is only (some) thebes content.

Setting a new resolution does *not* trigger reflow. This API is entirely separate from textZoom and fullZoom; a resolution scale can be applied together with both textZoom and fullZoom.

The effect of is API for gfx code to allocate more or fewer pixels for rescalable content by a factor of |resolution| in either or both dimensions. setResolution together with setDisplayport() can be used to implement a non-reflowing scale-zoom in concert with another entity that can draw with a scale. For example, to scale a content |window| inside a <browser> by a factor of 2.0.

window.setDisplayport()(x, y, oldW / 2.0, oldH / 2.0); window.setResolution(2.0, 2.0); // elsewhere browser.setViewportScale(2.0, 2.0);

The caller of this method must have UniversalXPConnect privileges.

void setResolution(
  in float aXResolution,
  in float aYResolution
);

Parameters

aXResolution

 

aYResolution

 

startPCCountProfiling()

Begins detailed profiling of all executed JavaScript code in the browser.  This slows down JavaScript execution, but accumulates information about what code has executed that may be queried after a call to stopPCCountProfiling().

void startPCCountProfiling();

Parameters

None.

stopPCCountProfiling()

Stops profiling of executed JavaScript code.  Profile information about code that has executed since a preceding call to startPCCountProfiling() will be constructed, and will be retained until a call to purgePCCounts().  This profile information may be queried using getPCCountScriptCount(), getPCCountScriptSummary(), and getPCCountScriptContents().

void stopPCCountProfiling();

Parameters

None.

suppressEventHandling()

Suppresses/unsuppresses user initiated event handling in window's document and subdocuments.

void suppressEventHandling(
  in boolean aSuppress
);

Parameters

aSuppress

 

suspendTimeouts()

Suspend/resume timeouts on this window and its descendant windows.

void suspendTimeouts();

Parameters

None.

wrapDOMFile()

Wraps the specified nsIDOMFile in a DOM File object.

nsIDOMFile wrapDOMFile(
  nsIFile aFile
);

Parameters

aFile

The nsIFile object to wrap in a DOM File object.

Return value

An nsIDOMFile object, which is a DOM File. You can then use that object with DOM methods that use the File API.