[WIP][Completion] Configurable Completers

R/ace-autocomplete.R

@@ -1,33 +1,39 @@
 #' Enable Code Completion for an Ace Code Input
-#' 
+#'
 #' This function dynamically auto complete R code pieces using built-in function
 #' \code{utils:::.win32consoleCompletion}. Please see \code{\link[utils]{rcompgen}} for details.
-#' 
+#'
 #' @details
 #' You can implement your own code completer by listening to \code{input$shinyAce_<editorId>_hint}
 #' where <editorId> is the \code{aceEditor} id. The input contains
 #' \itemize{
 #'  \item \code{linebuffer}: Code/Text at current editing line
 #'  \item \code{cursorPosition}: Current cursor position at this line
 #' }
-#' 
+#'
 #' @param inputId The id of the input object
 #' @param session The \code{session} object passed to function given to shinyServer
 #' @return An observer reference class object that is responsible for offering code completion.
 #' See \code{\link[shiny]{observe}} for more details. You can use \code{suspend} or \code{destroy}
 #' to pause to stop dynamic code completion.
-#' @export 
+#' @export
 aceAutocomplete <- function(inputId, session = shiny::getDefaultReactiveDomain()) {
   shiny::observe({
-    value <- session$input[[paste0(inputId, "_hint")]]
-    if(is.null(value)) return(NULL)
-    
+    value <- session$input[[paste0(inputId, "_shinyAce_hint")]]
+    if (is.null(value)) return(NULL)
+
     utilEnv <- environment(utils::alarm)
     w32 <- get(".win32consoleCompletion", utilEnv)
-
-    comps <- list(id = session$ns(inputId),
-                  codeCompletions = w32(value$linebuffer, value$cursorPosition)$comps)
-
+    codeCompletions <- w32(value$linebuffer, value$cursorPosition$col)$comps
+    codeCompletions <- strsplit(codeCompletions, " ", fixed = TRUE)[[1]]
+    codeCompletions <- lapply(codeCompletions, function(completion) {
+      list(name = completion, value = completion, meta = "R")
+    })
+
+    comps <- list(
+      id = inputId,
+      codeCompletions = jsonlite::toJSON(codeCompletions, auto_unbox = TRUE)
+    )
     session$sendCustomMessage('shinyAce', comps)
   })
-}
+}

R/update-ace-editor.R

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #' Update Ace Editor
-#' 
+#'
 #' Update the styling or mode of an aceEditor component.
 #' @param session The Shiny session to whom the editor belongs
 #' @param editorId The ID associated with this element
 #' @param value The initial text to be contained in the editor.
 #' @param mode The Ace \code{mode} to be used by the editor. The \code{mode}
-#'   in Ace is often the programming or markup language that you're using and 
+#'   in Ace is often the programming or markup language that you're using and
 #'   determines things like syntax highlighting and code folding. Use the
 #'   \code{\link{getAceModes}} function to enumerate all the modes available.
 #' @param theme The Ace \code{theme} to be used by the editor. The \code{theme}
-#'   in Ace determines the styling and coloring of the editor. Use 
+#'   in Ace determines the styling and coloring of the editor. Use
 #'   \code{\link{getAceThemes}} to enumerate all the themes available.
 #' @param readOnly If set to \code{TRUE}, Ace will disable client-side editing.
 #'   If \code{FALSE} (the default), it will enable editing.
@@ -22,34 +22,37 @@
 #' @param showInvisibles Show invisible characters (e.g., spaces, tabs, newline characters).
 #'    Default value is FALSE
 #' @param border Set the \code{border} 'normal', 'alert', or 'flash'.
-#' @param autoComplete Enable/Disable code completion. See \code{\link{aceEditor}} 
+#' @param autoComplete Enable/Disable code completion. See \code{\link{aceEditor}}
 #'   for details.
-#' @param autoCompleteList If set to \code{NULL}, exisitng static completions 
+#' @param autoCompleters List of completers to enable. If set to \code{NULL},
+#'   all completers will be disabled.
+#' @param autoCompleteList If set to \code{NULL}, exisitng static completions
 #'   list will be unset. See \code{\link{aceEditor}} for details.
 #' @examples \dontrun{
 #'  shinyServer(function(input, output, session) {
 #'    observe({
-#'      updateAceEditor(session, "myEditor", "Updated text for editor here", 
+#'      updateAceEditor(session, "myEditor", "Updated text for editor here",
 #'        mode="r", theme="ambiance")
 #'    })
 #'  }
-#' } 
+#' }
 #' @author Jeff Allen \email{jeff@@trestletech.com}
 #' @export
 updateAceEditor <- function(
   session, editorId, value, theme, readOnly, mode,
   fontSize, wordWrap, useSoftTabs, tabSize, showInvisibles,
   border = c("normal", "alert", "flash"),
-  autoComplete = c("disabled", "enabled", "live"), 
+  autoComplete = c("disabled", "enabled", "live"),
+  autoCompleters = c("snippet", "text", "keyword", "static", "rlang"),
   autoCompleteList = NULL
 ) {
-  
+
   if (missing(session) || missing(editorId)) {
     stop("Must provide both a session and an editorId to update Ace.")
   }
-  
+
   theList <- list(id = editorId)
-  
+
   if (!missing(value)) {
     theList["value"] <- value
   }
@@ -85,10 +88,17 @@ updateAceEditor <- function(
     autoComplete <- match.arg(autoComplete)
     theList["autoComplete"] <- autoComplete
   }
+  # TODO: add autoCompleters to aceEditor constructors
+  if (!missing(autoCompleters)) {
+    if (!is.null(autoCompleters)) {
+      autoCompleters <- match.arg(autoCompleters, several.ok = TRUE)
+    }
+    theList <- c(theList, list(autoCompleters = autoCompleters))
+  }
   if (!missing(autoCompleteList)) {
     #NULL can only be inserted via c()
     theList <- c(theList, list(autoCompleteList = autoCompleteList))
   }
-    
+
   session$sendCustomMessage("shinyAce", theList)
-}
+}

inst/examples/06-autocomplete/server.R

@@ -44,6 +44,23 @@ shinyServer(function(input, output, session) {
     }
   })
 
+  #Enable/Disable completers
+  observe({
+    completers <- c()
+    if (input$enableLocalCompletion) {
+      completers <- c(completers, "text")
+    }
+    if (input$enableNameCompletion) {
+      completers <- c(completers, "static")
+    }
+    if (input$enableRCompletion) {
+      completers <- c(completers, "rlang")
+    }
+
+    updateAceEditor(session, "mutate", autoCompleters = completers)
+    updateAceEditor(session, "plot", autoCompleters = completers)
+  })
+
   output$plot <- renderPlot({ 
     input$eval
 

inst/examples/06-autocomplete/ui.R

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ shinyUI(fluidPage(
         wellPanel(
           checkboxInput("enableLiveCompletion", "Live auto completion", TRUE),
           checkboxInput("enableNameCompletion", list("Dataset column names completion in", tags$i("mutate")), TRUE),
-          checkboxInput("enableRCompletion", "R code completion", TRUE)
+          checkboxInput("enableRCompletion", "R code completion", TRUE),
+          checkboxInput("enableLocalCompletion", "Local text completion", TRUE)
         )
       ),
       textOutput("error")

inst/www/shinyAce.js

@@ -59,21 +59,23 @@ var rlangCompleter = {
     getCompletions: function(editor, session, pos, prefix, callback) {
         //if (prefix.length === 0) { callback(null, []); return }
         var inputId = editor.container.id;
-        Shiny.onInputChange(inputId + '_hint', {
+        // TODO: consider dropping onInputChange hook when completer is disabled for performance
+        Shiny.onInputChange(inputId + '_shinyAce_hint', {
+          // TODO: add an option to disable full document passing for performance
+          document: session.getValue(),
           linebuffer: session.getLine(pos.row),
-          cursorPosition: pos.column,
-          // nonce causes autcomplement event to trigger
+          cursorPosition: pos,
+          // nonce causes autocomplete event to trigger
           // on R side even if Ctrl-Space is pressed twice
           // with the same linebuffer and cursorPosition
           nonce: Math.random() 
         });
         //store callback for dynamic completion
         $('#' + inputId).data('autoCompleteCallback', callback);
     }
+    // TODO: add option to include optional getDocTooltip for suggestion context 
 };
 langTools.addCompleter(rlangCompleter);
-})();
-
 
 Shiny.addCustomMessageHandler('shinyAce', function(data) {
   var id = data.id;
@@ -117,6 +119,35 @@ Shiny.addCustomMessageHandler('shinyAce', function(data) {
     editor.setOption('enableBasicAutocompletion', value !== 'disabled');
   }
 
+  if (data.hasOwnProperty('autoCompleters')) {
+    var completers = data.autoCompleters;
+    editor.completers = [];
+    if (completers) {
+      if (!Array.isArray(completers)) {
+        completers = [completers];
+      }
+      completers.forEach(function(completer) {
+        switch (completer) {
+          case 'snippet':
+            editor.completers.push(langTools.snippetCompleter);
+            break;
+          case 'text':
+            editor.completers.push(langTools.textCompleter);
+            break;
+          case 'keyword':
+            editor.completers.push(langTools.keyWordCompleter);
+            break;
+          case 'static':
+            editor.completers.push(staticCompleter);
+            break;
+          case 'rlang':
+            editor.completers.push(rlangCompleter);
+            break;
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   if (data.tabSize) {
     editor.setOption('tabSize', data.tabSize);
   } 
@@ -138,11 +169,8 @@ Shiny.addCustomMessageHandler('shinyAce', function(data) {
   }
 
   if (data.codeCompletions) {
-    var words = data.codeCompletions.split(/[ ,]+/).map(function(e) {
-      return {name: e, value: e, meta: 'R'};
-    });
     var callback = $el.data('autoCompleteCallback');
-    if(callback !== undefined) callback(null, words);
+    if(callback !== undefined) callback(null, data.codeCompletions);
   }
 });
 
@@ -152,4 +180,6 @@ var toggle_search_replace = ace.require("ace/ext/searchbox").SearchBox.prototype
     var isReplace = sb.isReplace = !sb.isReplace;
     sb.replaceBox.style.display = isReplace ? "" : "none";
     sb[isReplace ? "replaceInput" : "searchInput"].focus();
-})
+});
+
+})();