Implement functions `getPlainText` and `setPlainText`

src/JSONNode.svelte

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <script>
+  import { getPlainText, setPlainText } from './utils/domUtils.js'
   import Icon from 'svelte-awesome'
   import { faCaretDown, faCaretRight } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
   import { SEARCH_PROPERTY, SEARCH_VALUE } from './search'
   import classnames from 'classnames'
   import debounce from 'lodash/debounce'
   import { isUrl, stringConvert, valueType } from './utils/typeUtils'
-  import { escapeHTML } from './utils/stringUtils.js'
   import { updateProps } from './utils/updateProps.js'
-  import { unescapeHTML } from './utils/stringUtils'
-  import { getInnerText } from './utils/domUtils'
   import { compileJSONPointer } from './utils/jsonPointer'
 
   export let key = undefined // only applicable for object properties
@@ -52,12 +50,10 @@
     ? limited ? value.slice(0, limit) : value
     : undefined
 
-  $: escapedKey = escapeHTML(key, escapeUnicode)
-  $: escapedValue = escapeHTML(value, escapeUnicode)
   $: valueIsUrl = isUrl(value)
 
   $: keyClass = classnames('key', {
-    empty: escapedKey.length === 0,
+    empty: key === '',
     search: searchResult 
       ? !!searchResult[SEARCH_PROPERTY]
       : false
@@ -67,20 +63,20 @@
   $: valueClass = getValueClass(value, searchResult)
 
   $: if (domKey) {
-    if (document.activeElement !== domKey || escapedKey === '') {
+    if (document.activeElement !== domKey || key === '') {
       // synchronize the innerText of the editable div with the escaped value,
       // but only when the domValue does not have focus else we will ruin 
       // the cursor position.
-      domKey.innerText = escapedKey
+      setPlainText(domKey, key)
     }
   }
 
   $: if (domValue) {
-    if (document.activeElement !== domValue || escapedValue === '') {
+    if (document.activeElement !== domValue || value === '') {
       // synchronize the innerText of the editable div with the escaped value,
       // but only when the domValue does not have focus else we will ruin 
       // the cursor position.
-      domValue.innerText = escapedValue
+      setPlainText(domValue, value)
     }
   }
 
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@
 
     return classnames('value', type, {
       url: isUrl(value),
-      empty: escapedValue.length === 0,
+      empty: typeof value === 'string' && value.length === 0,
       search: searchResult
         ? !!searchResult[SEARCH_VALUE]
         : false
@@ -101,7 +97,7 @@
   }
 
   function updateKey () {
-    const newKey = unescapeHTML(getInnerText(domKey))
+    const newKey = getPlainText(domKey)
   
     // TODO: replace the onChangeKey callback with gobally managed JSONNode id's, 
     //  which are kept in sync with the json itself using JSONPatch
@@ -125,12 +121,12 @@
     updateKeyDebounced.flush()
 
     // make sure differences in escaped text like with new lines is updated
-    domKey.innerText = escapedValue
+    setPlainText(domKey, key)
   }
 
   // get the value from the DOM
   function getValue () {
-    const valueText = unescapeHTML(getInnerText(domValue))
+    const valueText = getPlainText(domValue)
     return stringConvert(valueText) // TODO: implement support for type "string"
   }
 
@@ -159,7 +155,7 @@
     debouncedUpdateValue.flush()
 
     // make sure differences in escaped text like with new lines is updated
-    domValue.innerText = escapedValue
+    setPlainText(domValue, value)
   }
 
   function handleValueClick (event) {

src/styles.scss

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 
-$font-family: "dejavu sans mono", "droid sans mono", consolas, monaco, "lucida console", "courier new", courier, monospace, sans-serif;
+$font-family: consolas, monaco, "lucida console", "courier new",  "dejavu sans mono", "droid sans mono", courier, monospace, sans-serif;
 $font-size: 10pt;
 $font-size-small: 8pt;
 $font-family-menu: arial, "sans-serif";
 $font-size-icon: 16px;
 
-
 $white: #fff;
 $black: #1A1A1A;
 $contentsMinHeight: 150px;

src/utils/domUtils.js

@@ -1,60 +1,180 @@
+// TODO: write unit tests for getPlainText and setPlainText
+
+/**
+ * Get the plain text from an HTML element
+ * @param {Element} element  An HTML DOM element like a DIV
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+export function getPlainText(element) {
+  return unescapeHTML(traverseInnerText(element))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set plain text in an HTML element
+ * @param {Element} element  An HTML DOM element like a DIV
+ * @param {string} text
+ */
+export function setPlainText(element, text) {
+  element.innerHTML = escapeHTML(text)
+}
+/**
+ * escape a text, such that it can be displayed safely in an HTML element
+ * @param {string} text
+ * @param {boolean} [escapeUnicode=false]
+ * @return {string} escapedText
+ */
+export function escapeHTML (text, escapeUnicode = false) {
+  if (typeof text !== 'string') {
+    return String(text)
+  }
+  else {
+    let htmlEscaped = String(text)
+    if (escapeUnicode === true) {
+      // FIXME: should not unescape the just created non-breaking spaces \u00A0 ?
+      htmlEscaped = escapeUnicodeChars(htmlEscaped)
+    }
+
+    htmlEscaped = htmlEscaped
+      .replace(/ {2}/g, ' \u00A0') // replace double space with an nbsp and space
+      .replace(/^ /, '\u00A0')   // space at start
+      .replace(/ $/, '\u00A0')   // space at end
+
+    const json = JSON.stringify(htmlEscaped)
+    return json.substring(1, json.length - 1) // remove enclosing double quotes
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Escape unicode characters.
+ * For example input '\u2661' (length 1) will output '\\u2661' (length 5).
+ * @param {string} text
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+export function escapeUnicodeChars (text) {
+  // see https://www.wikiwand.com/en/UTF-16
+  // note: we leave surrogate pairs as two individual chars,
+  // as JSON doesn't interpret them as a single unicode char.
+  return text.replace(/[\u007F-\uFFFF]/g, function(c) {
+    return '\\u'+('0000' + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4)
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * unescape a string.
+ * @param {string} escapedText
+ * @return {string} text
+ */
+export function unescapeHTML (escapedText) {
+  const json = '"' + escapeJSON(escapedText) + '"'
+  const htmlEscaped = JSON.parse(json) // TODO: replace with a JSON.parse which does do linting and give an informative error
+
+  return htmlEscaped.replace(/\u00A0/g, ' ')  // nbsp character
+}
+
+/**
+ * escape a text to make it a valid JSON string. The method will:
+ *   - replace unescaped double quotes with '\"'
+ *   - replace unescaped backslash with '\\'
+ *   - replace returns with '\n'
+ * @param {string} text
+ * @return {string} escapedText
+ * @private
+ */
+export function escapeJSON (text) {
+  // TODO: replace with some smart regex (only when a new solution is faster!)
+  let escaped = ''
+  let i = 0
+  while (i < text.length) {
+    let c = text.charAt(i)
+    if (c === '\n') {
+      escaped += '\\n'
+    }
+    else if (c === '\\') {
+      escaped += c
+      i++
+
+      c = text.charAt(i)
+      if (c === '' || '"\\/bfnrtu'.indexOf(c) === -1) {
+        escaped += '\\'  // no valid escape character
+      }
+      escaped += c
+    }
+    else if (c === '"') {
+      escaped += '\\"'
+    }
+    else {
+      escaped += c
+    }
+    i++
+  }
+
+  return escaped
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the inner text of an HTML element (for example a div element)
  * @param {Element} element
  * @param {Object} [buffer]
- * @return {String} innerText
+ * @return {string} innerText
  */
-export function getInnerText (element, buffer) {
+export function traverseInnerText (element, buffer) {
-    if (buffer === undefined) {
+  const first = (buffer === undefined)
-      buffer = {
+  if (first) {
-        'text': '',
+    buffer = {
-        'flush': function () {
+      _text: '',
-          const text = this.text
+      flush: function () {
-          this.text = ''
+        const text = this._text
-          return text
+        this._text = ''
-        },
+        return text
-        'set': function (text) {
+      },
-          this.text = text
+      set: function (text) {
-        }
+        this._text = text
       }
     }
-  
-    // text node
-    if (element.nodeValue) {
-      return buffer.flush() + element.nodeValue
-    }
-  
-    // divs or other HTML elements
-    if (element.hasChildNodes()) {
-      const childNodes = element.childNodes
-      let innerText = ''
-  
-      for (let i = 0, iMax = childNodes.length; i < iMax; i++) {
-        const child = childNodes[i]
-  
-        if (child.nodeName === 'DIV' || child.nodeName === 'P') {
-          const prevChild = childNodes[i - 1]
-          const prevName = prevChild ? prevChild.nodeName : undefined
-          if (prevName && prevName !== 'DIV' && prevName !== 'P' && prevName !== 'BR') {
-            innerText += '\n'
-            buffer.flush()
-          }
-          innerText += getInnerText(child, buffer)
-          buffer.set('\n')
-        }
-        else if (child.nodeName === 'BR') {
-          innerText += buffer.flush()
-          buffer.set('\n')
-        }
-        else {
-          innerText += getInnerText(child, buffer)
-        }
-      }
-  
-      return innerText
-    }
-  
-    // br or unknown
-    return ''
   }
-  
+
+  // text node
+  if (element.nodeValue) {
+    // remove return characters and the whitespace surrounding return characters
+    const trimmedValue = element.nodeValue.replace(/\s*\n\s*/g, '')
+    if (trimmedValue !== '') {
+      return buffer.flush() + trimmedValue
+    } else {
+      // ignore empty text
+      return ''
+    }
+  }
+
+  // divs or other HTML elements
+  if (element.hasChildNodes()) {
+    const childNodes = element.childNodes
+    let innerText = ''
+
+    for (let i = 0, iMax = childNodes.length; i < iMax; i++) {
+      const child = childNodes[i]
+
+      if (child.nodeName === 'DIV' || child.nodeName === 'P') {
+        const prevChild = childNodes[i - 1]
+        const prevName = prevChild ? prevChild.nodeName : undefined
+        if (prevName && prevName !== 'DIV' && prevName !== 'P' && prevName !== 'BR') {
+          if (innerText !== '') {
+            innerText += '\n'
+          }
+          buffer.flush()
+        }
+        innerText += traverseInnerText(child, buffer)
+        buffer.set('\n')
+      } else if (child.nodeName === 'BR') {
+        innerText += buffer.flush()
+        buffer.set('\n')
+      } else {
+        innerText += traverseInnerText(child, buffer)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return innerText
+  }
+
+  // br or unknown
+  return ''
+}

src/utils/domUtils.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { escapeHTML, unescapeHTML } from './domUtils.js'
+import { expect } from './testUtils.js' // FIXME: replace jest with mocha tests, or move to jest
+
+const test = it // TODO: replace jest with mocha tests, or move to jest
+
+test('escapeHTML', () => {
+  expect(escapeHTML('   hello  ')).toEqual('\u00A0\u00A0 hello \u00A0')
+  expect(escapeHTML('\u00A0 hello')).toEqual('\u00A0 hello')
+  expect(escapeHTML('hello\nworld')).toEqual('hello\\nworld')
+
+  // TODO: test escapeHTML more thoroughly
+})
+
+test('unescapeHTML', () => {
+  expect(unescapeHTML(' \u00A0 hello \u00A0')).toEqual('   hello  ')
+  expect(unescapeHTML('\u00A0 hello')).toEqual('  hello')
+
+  expect(unescapeHTML('hello\\nworld')).toEqual('hello\nworld')
+
+  // TODO: test unescapeHTML more thoroughly
+})

src/utils/stringUtils.js

@@ -1,96 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * escape a text, such that it can be displayed safely in an HTML element
- * @param {String} text
- * @param {boolean} [escapeUnicode=false]
- * @return {String} escapedText
- */
-export function escapeHTML (text, escapeUnicode = false) {
-  if (typeof text !== 'string') {
-    return String(text)
-  }
-  else {
-    let htmlEscaped = String(text)
-    if (escapeUnicode === true) {
-      // FIXME: should not unescape the just created non-breaking spaces \u00A0 ?
-      htmlEscaped = escapeUnicodeChars(htmlEscaped)
-    }
-
-    htmlEscaped = htmlEscaped
-        .replace(/ {2}/g, ' \u00A0') // replace double space with an nbsp and space
-        .replace(/^ /, '\u00A0')   // space at start
-        .replace(/ $/, '\u00A0')   // space at end
-
-    const json = JSON.stringify(htmlEscaped)
-    return json.substring(1, json.length - 1) // remove enclosing double quotes
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Escape unicode characters.
- * For example input '\u2661' (length 1) will output '\\u2661' (length 5).
- * @param {string} text
- * @return {string}
- */
-export function escapeUnicodeChars (text) {
-  // see https://www.wikiwand.com/en/UTF-16
-  // note: we leave surrogate pairs as two individual chars,
-  // as JSON doesn't interpret them as a single unicode char.
-  return text.replace(/[\u007F-\uFFFF]/g, function(c) {
-    return '\\u'+('0000' + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16)).slice(-4)
-  })
-}
-
-/**
- * unescape a string.
- * @param {String} escapedText
- * @return {String} text
- */
-export function unescapeHTML (escapedText) {
-  const json = '"' + escapeJSON(escapedText) + '"'
-  const htmlEscaped = JSON.parse(json) // TODO: replace with a JSON.parse which does do linting and give an informative error
-
-  return htmlEscaped.replace(/\u00A0/g, ' ')  // nbsp character
-}
-
-/**
- * escape a text to make it a valid JSON string. The method will:
- *   - replace unescaped double quotes with '\"'
- *   - replace unescaped backslash with '\\'
- *   - replace returns with '\n'
- * @param {String} text
- * @return {String} escapedText
- * @private
- */
-export function escapeJSON (text) {
-  // TODO: replace with some smart regex (only when a new solution is faster!)
-  let escaped = ''
-  let i = 0
-  while (i < text.length) {
-    let c = text.charAt(i)
-    if (c === '\n') {
-      escaped += '\\n'
-    }
-    else if (c === '\\') {
-      escaped += c
-      i++
-
-      c = text.charAt(i)
-      if (c === '' || '"\\/bfnrtu'.indexOf(c) === -1) {
-        escaped += '\\'  // no valid escape character
-      }
-      escaped += c
-    }
-    else if (c === '"') {
-      escaped += '\\"'
-    }
-    else {
-      escaped += c
-    }
-    i++
-  }
-
-  return escaped
-}
 
 /**
  * Find a unique name. Suffix the name with ' (copy)', '(copy 2)', etc

src/utils/stringUtils.test.js

@@ -1,25 +1,13 @@
-import { compareStrings, duplicateInText, escapeHTML, findUniqueName, toCapital, unescapeHTML } from './stringUtils.js'
+import {
+  compareStrings,
+  duplicateInText,
+  findUniqueName,
+  toCapital
+} from './stringUtils.js'
 import { expect } from './testUtils.js' // FIXME: replace jest with mocha tests, or move to jest
 
 const test = it // TODO: replace jest with mocha tests, or move to jest
 
-test('escapeHTML', () => {
-  expect(escapeHTML('   hello  ')).toEqual('\u00A0\u00A0 hello \u00A0')
-  expect(escapeHTML('\u00A0 hello')).toEqual('\u00A0 hello')
-  expect(escapeHTML('hello\nworld')).toEqual('hello\\nworld')
-
-  // TODO: test escapeHTML more thoroughly
-})
-
-test('unescapeHTML', () => {
-  expect(unescapeHTML(' \u00A0 hello \u00A0')).toEqual('   hello  ')
-  expect(unescapeHTML('\u00A0 hello')).toEqual('  hello')
-
-  expect(unescapeHTML('hello\\nworld')).toEqual('hello\nworld')
-
-  // TODO: test unescapeHTML more thoroughly
-})
-
 test('findUniqueName', () => {
   expect(findUniqueName('other', {'a': true, 'b': true, 'c': true})).toEqual('other')
   expect(findUniqueName('b', {'a': true, 'b': true, 'c': true})).toEqual('b (copy)')