feat: allow setting marker type for MarkerGroups

ace.d.ts

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export namespace Ace {
   }
 
   export class MarkerGroup {
-    constructor(session: EditSession);
+    constructor(session: EditSession, options?: {markerType?: "fullLine" | "line"});
     setMarkers(markers: MarkerGroupItem[]): void;
     getMarkerAtPosition(pos: Position): MarkerGroupItem;
   }

src/marker_group.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * @typedef {import("./edit_session").EditSession} EditSession
  * @typedef {{range: import("./range").Range, className: string}} MarkerGroupItem
+ * @typedef {import("../ace-internal").Ace.LayerConfig} LayerConfig
  */
 /**
  * @typedef {import("./layer/marker").Marker} Marker
@@ -15,8 +16,16 @@ Potential improvements:
 class MarkerGroup {
     /**
      * @param {EditSession} session
+     * @param {{markerType: "fullLine" | "line" | undefined}} [options] Options controlling the behvaiour of the marker.
+     * User `markerType` to control how the markers which are part of this group will be rendered:
+     * - `undefined`: uses `text` type markers where only text characters within the range will be highlighted.
+     * - `fullLine`: will fully highlight all the rows within the range, including the characters before and after the range on the respective rows.
+     * - `line`: will fully highlight the lines within the range but will only cover the characters between the start and end of the range.
      */
-    constructor(session) {
+    constructor(session, options) {
+        if (options)
+            this.markerType = options.markerType;
+
         this.markers = [];
         /**@type {EditSession}*/
         this.session = session;
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@ class MarkerGroup {
      * @param {any} html
      * @param {Marker} markerLayer
      * @param {EditSession} session
-     * @param {{ firstRow: any; lastRow: any; }} config
+     * @param {LayerConfig} config
      */
     update(html, markerLayer, session, config) {
         if (!this.markers || !this.markers.length)
@@ -103,10 +112,15 @@ class MarkerGroup {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (screenRange.isMultiLine()) {
-                markerLayer.drawTextMarker(html, screenRange, marker.className, config);
+            if (this.markerType === "fullLine") {
+                markerLayer.drawFullLineMarker(html, screenRange, marker.className, config);
+            } else if (screenRange.isMultiLine()) {
+                if (this.markerType === "line")
+                    markerLayer.drawMultiLineMarker(html, screenRange, marker.className, config);
+                else
+                    markerLayer.drawTextMarker(html, screenRange, marker.className, config);
             } else {
-                markerLayer.drawSingleLineMarker(html, screenRange, marker.className, config);
+                markerLayer.drawSingleLineMarker(html, screenRange, marker.className + " ace_start" + " ace_br15", config);
             }
         }
     }

src/marker_group_test.js

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
         next();
     },
-   "test: show markers": function() {
+   "test: should show and update markers": function() {
         editor.resize(true);
         editor.renderer.$loop._flush();
         var markerGroup = new MarkerGroup(session1);
@@ -65,6 +65,87 @@ module.exports = {
         editor.renderer.$loop._flush();
         assert.equal(editor.container.querySelectorAll(".m1").length, 0);
     },
+    "test: should show markers of fullLine type": function() {
+        editor.resize(true);
+        editor.renderer.$loop._flush();
+        var markerGroup = new MarkerGroup(session1, {markerType: "fullLine"});
+
+        // this marker should be rendered as a full block across lines 1 and 2
+        markerGroup.setMarkers([{
+            range: new Range(0, 12, 1, 4),
+            className: "ace_tooltip-marker_test m"
+        }]);
+        assert.ok(markerGroup.getMarkerAtPosition({row: 1, column: 1}));
+        editor.renderer.$loop._flush();
+        assert.equal(editor.container.querySelectorAll(".m").length, 1);
+
+        // Get dimensions of the full line marker
+        var markerSize = editor.container.querySelector(".m").getBoundingClientRect();
+        var lineHeight = editor.renderer.lineHeight;
+
+        // Height should be two lines
+        assert.equal(markerSize.height, 2 * lineHeight);
+        // Should start at the beginning of the line
+        assert.equal(markerSize.left, 0);
+        // Shoud be as wide as the marker layer itself.
+        assert.equal(markerSize.width, editor.renderer.$markerBack.element.getBoundingClientRect().width);
+    },
+    "test: should show markers of line type": function() {
+        editor.resize(true);
+        editor.renderer.$loop._flush();
+        var markerGroup = new MarkerGroup(session1, {markerType: "line"});
+
+        // this marker should be rendered just covering the range, but extending to the edge of the editor on newlines
+        markerGroup.setMarkers([{
+            range: new Range(0, 12, 1, 4),
+            className: "ace_tooltip-marker_test m"
+        }]);
+        assert.ok(markerGroup.getMarkerAtPosition({row: 1, column: 1}));
+        editor.renderer.$loop._flush();
+        // Should render two separate markers for each row
+        assert.equal(editor.container.querySelectorAll(".m").length, 2);
+
+        // Get dimensions of the first line marker
+        var markerSize = editor.container.querySelectorAll(".m")[0].getBoundingClientRect();
+        var lineHeight = editor.renderer.lineHeight;
+        var characterWidth = editor.renderer.characterWidth;
+
+        // Height should be one lines
+        assert.equal(markerSize.height, lineHeight);
+        // Should start at the 13th character (including 4px offset)
+        assert.equal(markerSize.left, 12 * characterWidth + 4);
+        // Shoud be as wide as the marker layer - 12 characters and the offset.
+        assert.equal(markerSize.width, editor.renderer.$markerBack.element.getBoundingClientRect().width - 12 * characterWidth - 4);
+    },
+    "test: should default to markers of text type": function() {
+        editor.resize(true);
+        editor.renderer.$loop._flush();
+
+        // We don't set options.markerType, should default to text markers
+        var markerGroup = new MarkerGroup(session1);
+
+        // this marker should be rendered just covering the range
+        markerGroup.setMarkers([{
+            range: new Range(0, 12, 1, 4),
+            className: "ace_tooltip-marker_test m"
+        }]);
+        assert.ok(markerGroup.getMarkerAtPosition({row: 1, column: 1}));
+        editor.renderer.$loop._flush();
+        // Should render two separate markers for each row
+        assert.equal(editor.container.querySelectorAll(".m").length, 2);
+
+        // Get dimensions of the first line marker
+        var markerSize = editor.container.querySelectorAll(".m")[0].getBoundingClientRect();
+        var lineHeight = editor.renderer.lineHeight;
+        var characterWidth = editor.renderer.characterWidth;
+
+        // Height should be one lines
+        assert.equal(markerSize.height, lineHeight);
+        // Should start at the 13th character (including 4px offset)
+        assert.equal(markerSize.left, 12 * characterWidth + 4);
+        // Shoud be as wide as the remaining characters in the range on the first line.
+        assert.equal(markerSize.width, 6 * characterWidth);
+    },
     tearDown: function() {
         editor.destroy();
     }