BookStack/dev/docs/javascript-public-events.md

JavaScript Public Events

There are a range of available events emitted as part of a public & supported API for accessing or extending JavaScript libraries and components used in the system.
These are emitted via standard DOM events so can be consumed using standard DOM APIs like so:

window.addEventListener('event-name', event => {
   const eventData = event.detail; 
});

Such events are typically emitted from a DOM element relevant to event, which then bubbles up.
For most use-cases you can probably just listen on the window as shown above.

Support

This event system, and the events emitted, are considered semi-supported.
Breaking changes of the event API, event names, or event properties, are possible but will be documented in update notes.
The detail provided within the events, and the libraries made accessible, are not considered supported nor stable, and changes to these won't be clearly documented changelogs.

Event Naming Scheme

Events are typically named in the following format:

<context>::<action/lifecycle>

# Examples:
editor-tinymce::setup
library-cm6::configure-theme

If the event is generic in use but specific to a library, the <context> will start with library- followed by the library name. Otherwise <context> may reflect the UI context/component.

The <action/lifecycle> reflects the lifecycle stage of the context, or a specific action to perform if the event is specific to a certain use-case.

Event Listing

editor-markdown-cm6::pre-init

This event is called before the markdown input editor CodeMirror instance is created or loaded.

Event Data

• editorViewConfig - An EditorViewConfig object that will eventually be passed when creating the CodeMirror EditorView instance.

Example

// Always load the editor with specific pre-defined content if empty
window.addEventListener('editor-markdown-cm6::pre-init', event => {
    const config = event.detail.editorViewConfig;
    config.doc = config.doc || "Start this page with a nice story";
});

editor-markdown::setup

This event is called when the markdown editor loads, post configuration but before the editor is ready to use.

Event Data

• markdownIt - A references to the MarkdownIt instance used to render markdown to HTML (Just for the preview).
• displayEl - The IFrame Element that wraps the HTML preview display.
• cmEditorView - The CodeMirror EditorView instance used for the markdown input editor.

Example

// Set all text in the display to be red by default.
window.addEventListener('editor-markdown::setup', event => {
    const display = event.detail.displayEl;
    display.contentDocument.body.style.color = 'red';
});

editor-drawio::configure

This event is called as the embedded diagrams.net drawing editor loads, to allow configuration of the diagrams.net interface.
See this diagrams.net page for details on the available options for the configure event.

If using a custom diagrams.net instance, via the DRAWIO option, you will need to ensure your DRAWIO option URL has the configure=1 query parameter.

Event Data

• config - The configuration object that will be passed to diagrams.net.
  • This will likely be empty by default, but modify this object in-place as needed with your desired options.

Example

// Set only the "general" and "android" libraries to show by default
window.addEventListener('editor-drawio::configure', event => {
    const config = event.detail.config;
    config.enabledLibraries = ["general", "android"];
});

editor-tinymce::pre-init

This event is called before the TinyMCE editor, used as the BookStack WYSIWYG page editor, is initialised.

Event Data

• config - Object containing the configuration that's going to be passed to tinymce.init.

Example

// Removed "bold" from the editor toolbar
window.addEventListener('editor-tinymce::pre-init', event => {
    const tinyConfig = event.detail.config;
    tinyConfig.toolbar = tinyConfig.toolbar.replace('bold ', '');
});

editor-tinymce::setup

This event is called during the setup lifecycle stage of the TinyMCE editor used as the BookStack WYSIWYG editor. This is after configuration, but before the editor is fully loaded and ready to use.

Event Data

• editor - The tinymce.Editor instance used for the WYSIWYG editor.

Example

// Replaces the editor content with redacted message 3 seconds after load.
window.addEventListener('editor-tinymce::setup', event => {
    const editor = event.detail.editor;
    setTimeout(() => {
        editor.setContent('REDACTED!');
    }, 3000);
});

library-cm6::configure-theme

This event is called whenever a CodeMirror instance is loaded, as a method to configure the theme used by CodeMirror. This applies to all CodeMirror instances including in-page code blocks, editors using in BookStack settings, and the Page markdown editor.

Event Data

• darkModeActive - A boolean to indicate if the current view/page is being loaded with dark mode active.
• registerViewTheme(builder) - A method that can be called to register a new view (CodeMirror UI) theme.
  • builder - A function that will return an object that will be passed into the CodeMirror EditorView.theme() function as a StyleSpec.
• registerHighlightStyle(builder) - A method that can be called to register a new HighlightStyle (code highlighting) theme.
  • builder - A function, that receives a reference to Tag.tags and returns an array of TagStyle objects.

Example

The below shows registering a custom "Solarized dark" editor and syntax theme:

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// Theme data taken from:
// https://github.com/craftzdog/cm6-themes/blob/main/packages/solarized-dark/src/index.ts
// (MIT License) - Copyright (C) 2022 by Takuya Matsuyama and others
const base00 = '#002b36',
    base01 = '#073642',
    base02 = '#586e75',
    base03 = '#657b83',
    base04 = '#839496',
    base05 = '#93a1a1',
    base06 = '#eee8d5',
    base07 = '#fdf6e3',
    base_red = '#dc322f',
    base_orange = '#cb4b16',
    base_yellow = '#b58900',
    base_green = '#859900',
    base_cyan = '#2aa198',
    base_blue = '#268bd2',
    base_violet = '#6c71c4',
    base_magenta = '#d33682'

const invalid = '#d30102',
    stone = base04,
    darkBackground = '#00252f',
    highlightBackground = '#173541',
    background = base00,
    tooltipBackground = base01,
    selection = '#173541',
    cursor = base04

function viewThemeBuilder() {
    return {
      '&':{color:base05,backgroundColor:background},
      '.cm-content':{caretColor:cursor},
      '.cm-cursor, .cm-dropCursor':{borderLeftColor:cursor},
      '&.cm-focused .cm-selectionBackground, .cm-selectionBackground, .cm-content ::selection':{backgroundColor:selection},
      '.cm-panels':{backgroundColor:darkBackground,color:base03},
      '.cm-panels.cm-panels-top':{borderBottom:'2px solid black'},
      '.cm-panels.cm-panels-bottom':{borderTop:'2px solid black'},
      '.cm-searchMatch':{backgroundColor:'#72a1ff59',outline:'1px solid #457dff'},
      '.cm-searchMatch.cm-searchMatch-selected':{backgroundColor:'#6199ff2f'},
      '.cm-activeLine':{backgroundColor:highlightBackground},
      '.cm-selectionMatch':{backgroundColor:'#aafe661a'},
      '&.cm-focused .cm-matchingBracket, &.cm-focused .cm-nonmatchingBracket':{outline:`1px solid ${base06}`},
      '.cm-gutters':{backgroundColor:darkBackground,color:stone,border:'none'},
      '.cm-activeLineGutter':{backgroundColor:highlightBackground},
      '.cm-foldPlaceholder':{backgroundColor:'transparent',border:'none',color:'#ddd'},
      '.cm-tooltip':{border:'none',backgroundColor:tooltipBackground},
      '.cm-tooltip .cm-tooltip-arrow:before':{borderTopColor:'transparent',borderBottomColor:'transparent'},
      '.cm-tooltip .cm-tooltip-arrow:after':{borderTopColor:tooltipBackground,borderBottomColor:tooltipBackground},
      '.cm-tooltip-autocomplete':{
        '& > ul > li[aria-selected]':{backgroundColor:highlightBackground,color:base03}
      }
    };
}

function highlightStyleBuilder(t) {
    return [{tag:t.keyword,color:base_green},
      {tag:[t.name,t.deleted,t.character,t.propertyName,t.macroName],color:base_cyan},
      {tag:[t.variableName],color:base05},
      {tag:[t.function(t.variableName)],color:base_blue},
      {tag:[t.labelName],color:base_magenta},
      {tag:[t.color,t.constant(t.name),t.standard(t.name)],color:base_yellow},
      {tag:[t.definition(t.name),t.separator],color:base_cyan},
      {tag:[t.brace],color:base_magenta},
      {tag:[t.annotation],color:invalid},
      {tag:[t.number,t.changed,t.annotation,t.modifier,t.self,t.namespace],color:base_magenta},
      {tag:[t.typeName,t.className],color:base_orange},
      {tag:[t.operator,t.operatorKeyword],color:base_violet},
      {tag:[t.tagName],color:base_blue},
      {tag:[t.squareBracket],color:base_red},
      {tag:[t.angleBracket],color:base02},
      {tag:[t.attributeName],color:base05},
      {tag:[t.regexp],color:invalid},
      {tag:[t.quote],color:base_green},
      {tag:[t.string],color:base_yellow},
      {tag:t.link,color:base_cyan,textDecoration:'underline',textUnderlinePosition:'under'},
      {tag:[t.url,t.escape,t.special(t.string)],color:base_yellow},
      {tag:[t.meta],color:base_red},
      {tag:[t.comment],color:base02,fontStyle:'italic'},
      {tag:t.strong,fontWeight:'bold',color:base06},
      {tag:t.emphasis,fontStyle:'italic',color:base_green},
      {tag:t.strikethrough,textDecoration:'line-through'},
      {tag:t.heading,fontWeight:'bold',color:base_yellow},
      {tag:t.heading1,fontWeight:'bold',color:base07},
      {tag:[t.heading2,t.heading3,t.heading4],fontWeight:'bold',color:base06},
      {tag:[t.heading5,t.heading6],color:base06},
      {tag:[t.atom,t.bool,t.special(t.variableName)],color:base_magenta},
      {tag:[t.processingInstruction,t.inserted,t.contentSeparator],color:base_red},
      {tag:[t.contentSeparator],color:base_yellow},
      {tag:t.invalid,color:base02,borderBottom:`1px dotted ${base_red}`}];
}

window.addEventListener('library-cm6::configure-theme', event => {
    const detail = event.detail;
    detail.registerViewTheme(viewThemeBuilder);
    detail.registerHighlightStyle(highlightStyleBuilder);
});

library-cm6::pre-init

This event is called just before any CodeMirror instances are initialised so that the instance configuration can be viewed and altered before the instance is created.

Event Data

• usage - A string label to identify the usage type of the CodeMirror instance in BookStack.
• editorViewConfig - A reference to the EditorViewConfig that will be used to create the instance.
• libEditorView - The CodeMirror EditorView class object, provided for convenience.
• libEditorState - The CodeMirror EditorState class object, provided for convenience.
• libCompartment - The CodeMirror Compartment class object, provided for convenience.

Example

The below shows how you'd enable the built-in line wrapping extension for page content code blocks:

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window.addEventListener('library-cm6::pre-init', event => {
    const detail = event.detail;
    const config = detail.editorViewConfig;
    const EditorView = detail.libEditorView;
    
    if (detail.usage === 'content-code-block') {
        config.extensions.push(EditorView.lineWrapping);
    }
});

library-cm6::post-init

This event is called just after any CodeMirror instances are initialised so that you're able to gain a reference to the CodeMirror EditorView instance.

Event Data

• usage - A string label to identify the usage type of the CodeMirror instance in BookStack.
• editorView - A reference to the EditorView instance that has been created.
• editorViewConfig - A reference to the EditorViewConfig that was used to create the instance.
• libEditorView - The CodeMirror EditorView class object, provided for convenience.
• libEditorState - The CodeMirror EditorState class object, provided for convenience.
• libCompartment - The CodeMirror Compartment class object, provided for convenience.

Example

The below shows how you'd prepend some default text to all content (page) code blocks.

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window.addEventListener('library-cm6::post-init', event => {
    const detail = event.detail;
    const editorView = detail.editorView;
    
    if (detail.usage === 'content-code-block') {
        editorView.dispatch({
          changes: {from: 0, to: 0, insert: 'Copyright 2023\n\n'}
        });
    }
});