eXept Software AG Logo

Smalltalk/X Webserver

Documentation of class 'HTMLView':
Home

Documentation
www.exept.de
Everywhere
for:
[back]

Class: HTMLView

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--GraphicsMedium
      |
      +--DisplaySurface
         |
         +--SimpleView
            |
            +--ScrollableView
               |
               +--HTMLView
Package:
stx:libhtml
Category:
System-Documentation
Version:
rev: 1.17 date: 2016/04/28 20:45:48
user: cg
file: HTMLView.st directory: libhtml
module: stx stc-classLibrary: libhtml
Author:
Claus Atzkern

Description:


Attention: Please read the warning in HTMLElement.

The functionality is basically the same as provided by the HTMLDocumentView.
Additional there is a value holder which holds the 'home' document to be shown
and configurable scrollbars (horizontal and vertical).

Related information:

    HTMLDocumentView
    HTMLViewSpec

Instance protocol:

accessing
o  contents: aString
for compatibility with TextViews

o  extentOfContents

o  homeDocument: aFilename
set home document

o  homeText: aString
set some html text

o  positionOnAnchor: localAnchor

o  positionTo: aPoint

accessing-channels
o  canGoBackHolder

o  documentHolder
get the document holder (holds the uri)

o  documentHolder: aValueHolder
set the text holder (holds the html-text)

o  htmlTextHolder
get the text holder (holds the html-text)

o  htmlTextHolder: aValueHolder
set the text holder (holds the html-text)

change & update
o  update: something with: aParameter from: changedObject
one of my models changed its value

initialization & release
o  destroy
remove dependencies

o  initStyle
hideScrollbarIfPointerOutside := false.

o  initialize
setup scrollable view a HTMLDocumentView instance

Examples:


    |top doc holder|

    top := StandardSystemView extent:500@500.
    doc := self origin:0.0@ 0.0 corner:1.0@1.0 in:top.
    top openAndWait.

    holder := ValueHolder new.
    holder inspect.
    doc documentHolder:holder.
    holder value:'/home2/stx/lib/doc/online/english/TOP.html'.

    |top doc holder|

    top := StandardSystemView extent:500@500.
    doc := self origin:0.0@ 0.0 corner:1.0@1.0 in:top.
    top openAndWait.

    holder := ValueHolder new.
    doc documentHolder:holder.
    doc homeText:
        '
        <html>
        <body>
        <h1>chapter 1</h1>
        <h2>sub chapter 1.1</h2>
        <h1>chapter 2</h1>
        <h2>sub chapter 2.1</h2>
        <h2>sub chapter 2.2</h2>
        <h2>sub chapter 2.3</h2>
        </body>
        </html>
        '

ST/X 7.1.0.0; WebServer 1.663 at exept.de:8081; Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:50:35 GMT