@samuelbradshaw/highlight-helper-js 0.8.1 → 0.10.0

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  - name: Update package.json
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  run: npm version "${{ steps.get_version.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}" --no-git-tag-version
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  - name: Commit package.json changes
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- uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v6
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+ uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v7
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  with:
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  commit_message: "Update package.json version to ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
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  branch: main
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  - name: Set up Node.js
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- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
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  with:
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- node-version: '20.x'
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  registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
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  - name: Install dependencies
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  run: npm ci
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+ - name: Build
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  - name: Push to npmjs
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  run: npm publish --provenance --access public
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- NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
package/README.md CHANGED
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- # Highlight Helper
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+ # HighlightHelper.js
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- **Highlight Helper** is a JavaScript tool that enables highlighting or underlining text in an HTML page (such as a digital book or article). Highlighting text in an HTML document can be difficult, especially in cases where a highlight starts in one element but ends in another.
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+ **HighlightHelper.js** is a JavaScript tool that enables highlighting or underlining text in an HTML page (such as a digital book or article). Highlighting text in an HTML document can be difficult, especially in cases where a highlight starts in one element but ends in another.
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- Behind the scenes, Highlight Helper supports three different mechanisms for drawing highlights:
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+ Behind the scenes, HighlightHelper.js supports three different mechanisms for drawing highlights:
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  1. [SVG shapes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG) drawn behind text (default).
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  2. The [CSS Custom Highlight API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSS_Custom_Highlight_API) (experimental*).
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  3. Inserted [HTML mark elements](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/mark).
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- An HTML demo page that shows basic functionality can be found here: [Highlight Helper Demo](https://samuelbradshaw.github.io/highlight-helper-js/demo.html). Source code for the demo is in **demo.html**. Highlight Helper itself is in **highlight-helper.js**.
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+ An HTML demo page that shows basic functionality can be found here: [HighlightHelper.js Demo](https://samuelbradshaw.github.io/highlight-helper-js/demo.html). Source code for the demo is in **demo.html**. HighlightHelper.js itself is in **highlight-helper.js**.
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- *The Custom Highlight API requires Safari 17.2+ or Chrome 105+, and may hang when rendering a large number of highlights. Additionally, only a few CSS styles are supported (see [Styling Highlights](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-pseudo-4/#highlight-styling)). Browser support and loading speed will hopefully improve in the future. See also the [load test page](https://samuelbradshaw.github.io/highlight-helper-js/test-load.html) for Highlight Helper.
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+ *The Custom Highlight API requires Safari 17.2+ or Chrome 105+, and may hang when rendering a large number of highlights. Additionally, only a few CSS styles are supported (see [Styling Highlights](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-pseudo-4/#highlight-styling)). Browser support and loading speed will hopefully improve in the future. See also the [load test page](https://samuelbradshaw.github.io/highlight-helper-js/test-load.html) for HighlightHelper.js.
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  ### Documentation:
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  - [Known issues](#known-issues)
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  - **Chrome on Android** doesn’t set focus (and therefore doesn’t show text selection handles) when text is programmatically selected (such as from a disambiguation panel), unless the selection is initiated directly by a user’s tap. However, if you’re working in a native app with a webview, you may be able to focus the webview from Android (see [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/a/6372903/1349044) and [GitHub](https://github.com/lawlsausage/save_gfy/pull/1)).
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  - **Safari on iOS** doesn’t respect the text selection color set via CSS, so when a highlight is active for editing it has a blue overlay. However, if you’re working in a native app with a webview, you may be able to set colors natively with [tintColor](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60510743/1349044), [highlightView](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitextselectiondisplayinteraction/4195471-highlightview), and/or [handleViews](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitextselectiondisplayinteraction/4195470-handleviews).
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- - **Safari on iOS** loses focus and doesn’t send a `visibilitychange` event if the device screen locks after a period of inactivity. This can cause selection handles to not show when unlocking your device and tapping on an existing highlight. Going to another app and back or manually triggering a `visibilitychange` event will allow Highlight Helper to set focus again. Focus will also be set again if the user long-presses to select text.
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+ - **Safari on iOS** loses focus and doesn’t send a `visibilitychange` event if the device screen locks after a period of inactivity. This can cause selection handles to not show when unlocking your device and tapping on an existing highlight. Going to another app and back or manually triggering a `visibilitychange` event will allow HighlightHelper.js to set focus again. Focus will also be set again if the user long-presses to select text.
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  - **Safari on iOS and macOS** doesn’t allow setting underline thickness on a ::highlight() pseudo-element, so underline highlights drawn by the Custom Highlight API are thin and hard to see (see [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/q/79060854/1349044) and [WebKit Bugzilla](https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=282027)). This will hopefully be fixed in a future version of Safari.
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  ### <a name="installation-options"></a>Installation options
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+ #### Classic JavaScript
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+ #### JavaScript Module
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  ## <a name="methods-options-and-custom-events"></a>Methods, options, and custom events
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  ### <a name="methods"></a>Methods
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- - **loadHighlights(highlights)** – Load an array of existing highlights into Highlight Helper. Each highlight should have one or more of the properties described under “Highlight attributes” below. Omitted or invalid properties will fall back to previous or default values. If highlights are already loaded, this method will replace the loaded highlights by diffing for changes, then adding, removing, or updating individual highlights as needed.
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  - **createOrUpdateHighlight(attributes, triggeredByUserAction)** – Create or update an individual highlight. `attributes` is an object with one or more of the properties described under “Highlight attributes” below. If a highlight ID isn’t passed in, the currently-active highlight will be updated, if there is one, otherwise a new highlight will be created. If it’s a new highlight and start and end bounds aren’t passed in, the highlight will be created based on selected text. `triggeredByUserAction` is an optional boolean (default: `true`). If this is set to false, the highlight won’t be activated after editing, and the color and style won’t be saved as the default for the next highlight.
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  - **activateHyperlink(position)** – Activate the specified hyperlink (i.e. open the link). `position` is the 0-based position of the link in the annotatable area of the page, relative to other links. Normally, a link opens automatically when the user taps it; however, if a highlight overlaps the hyperlink or if `autoTapToActivate` is set to `false`, this will need to be called manually.
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- - **setOption(key, value)** – Change one of the initialized options. Available options are described below.
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- <h1 id="title1">Highlight Helper Demo</h1>
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- <p id="p1"><b>Highlight Helper</b> enables highlighting or underlining text in an HTML page. Highlights are drawn via <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG">SVG shapes</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSS_Custom_Highlight_API">Custom Highlight API</a>, or <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/mark">HTML mark elements</a>. Highlights can be drawn across multiple paragraphs or <b>inline <i>style</i></b> elements—they can even overlap!</p>
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+ <p id="p1"><b>HighlightHelper.js</b> enables highlighting or underlining text in an HTML page. Highlights are drawn via <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG">SVG shapes</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSS_Custom_Highlight_API">Custom Highlight API</a>, or <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/mark">HTML mark elements</a>. Highlights can be drawn across multiple paragraphs or <b>inline <i>style</i></b> elements—they can even overlap!</p>
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  <p id="p2">Select text, then choose a color and style. Tap away when you’re done. Tap to activate it again for editing. Secondary elements like images (right) and Japanese ruby/furigana (below) are highlighted around.</p>
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  <p id="p3">わたしニーファイは<ruby><rb>善</rb><rt>よ</rt></ruby>い<ruby><rb>両</rb><rt>りょう</rt></ruby><ruby><rb>親</rb><rt>しん</rt></ruby>から<ruby><rb>生</rb><rt>う</rt></ruby>まれたので,<ruby><rb>父</rb><rt>ちち</rt></ruby>が<ruby><rb>学</rb><rt>まな</rt></ruby>んだすべてのことの<ruby><rb>中</rb><rt>なか</rt></ruby>から<ruby><rb>幾</rb><rt>いく</rt></ruby>らかの<ruby><rb>教</rb><rt>おし</rt></ruby>えを<ruby><rb>受</rb><rt>う</rt></ruby>けた。</p>
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  <p id="p4" style="direction: rtl;">فِي الْبَدْءِ خَلَقَ اللهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ. وَكَانَتِ الأَرْضُ خَرِبَةً وَخَالِيَةً، وَعَلَى وَجْهِ الْغَمْرِ ظُلْمَةٌ، وَرُوحُ اللهِ يَرِفُّ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمِيَاهِ. وَقَالَ اللهُ: «لِيَكُنْ نُورٌ»، فَكَانَ نُورٌ.</p>
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