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There is a on-the-fly search method created by @T201016
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In my snippet, indexing is done once (in the attached example about 500 msec)
The example has under 200 lines of code (incl. the sample text).
Method:
1. Insert invisible markers between sections and measure height to each marker.
2. Index words by marker height.
Use the code in any way you like.
ScrollTo() in BBCodeView?
I am switching my WebViews to BBCodeViews for better cross-platform compaitbility. Despite some searching in this forum, I have not figured out how to scroll to a particular vertical location in the view. This requires two things: 1) a way to locate an item in the view to know it's vertical...
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[SOLVED] BBCodeView - Scrolling the page to the word position.
Hi, The source code included with the 'SourceCodeBBCodeView.txt' file will allow you to the ability to search any phrase forward and backward along with scrolling text in BBCodeView. You will get it through two procedures: 1.btnPreviousWord_Action, 2. btnNextWord_Action I was based...
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In my snippet, indexing is done once (in the attached example about 500 msec)
The example has under 200 lines of code (incl. the sample text).
Method:
1. Insert invisible markers between sections and measure height to each marker.
2. Index words by marker height.
Use the code in any way you like.
B4X:
#Region Shared Files
#CustomBuildAction: folders ready, %WINDIR%\System32\Robocopy.exe,"..\..\Shared Files" "..\Files"
'Ctrl + click to sync files: ide://run?file=%WINDIR%\System32\Robocopy.exe&args=..\..\Shared+Files&args=..\Files&FilesSync=True
#End Region
'Ctrl + click to export as zip: ide://run?File=%B4X%\Zipper.jar&Args=Project.zip
Sub Class_Globals
Private Root As B4XView
Private xui As XUI
Private BBCodeView1 As BBCodeView
Private TextEngine1 As BCTextEngine
Private markerHeights As B4XOrderedMap
Private wordPositions As Map
Private minWordLength As Int = 4
Private BBCVClr As String
Private ScrollToYOffset As Float = 50dip
Private actionLabel As Label
Private wordHighlighted As Boolean
End Sub
Public Sub Initialize
markerHeights.Initialize
markerHeights.Put("", 0) 'create default top position
wordPositions.Initialize 'each word will have a list of heights
End Sub
Private Sub B4XPage_Created (Root1 As B4XView)
Root = Root1
Root.Color = xui.Color_RGB(220, 220, 220)
Dim BBCVPanel As B4XView = xui.CreatePanel("")
Root.AddView(BBCVPanel, 50dip, 50dip, Root.Width - 100dip, Root.Height - 100dip)
Dim actionLabel As Label: actionLabel.Initialize("")
Dim NotePanel As B4XView = actionLabel
NotePanel.TextSize = 22
NotePanel.TextColor = xui.Color_Blue
NotePanel.SetTextAlignment("CENTER", "CENTER")
Root.AddView(NotePanel, 50dip, Root.Height - 45dip, Root.Width - 100dip, 40dip)
BBCVPanel.LoadLayout("BBCV")
TextEngine1.Initialize(BBCVPanel)
Sleep(50)
BBCodeView1.TextEngine = TextEngine1
Dim margin As Int = 25dip
Dim margins As B4XRect: margins.Initialize(margin, margin, margin, margin)
BBCodeView1.Padding = margins
BBCodeView1.mBase.Visible = False
Dim markTime As Long = DateTime.now
BBCVClr = IntToHex(BBCodeView1.mBase.Color)
BBCodeView1.Text = getBBCVText 'although not visible this creates all the marks
' for each mark compute height of substring to mark
For Each mrkName As String In markerHeights.keys
BBCodeView1.Text = getBBCVText.SubString2(0, getBBCVText.IndexOf(mrkName))
Dim h As Int = BBCodeView1.Paragraph.Height / TextEngine1.mScale + BBCodeView1.Padding.Top + BBCodeView1.Padding.Bottom
markerHeights.Put(mrkName, h)
Next
BBCodeView1.Text = getBBCVText
indexWords(getBBCVText)
BBCodeView1.mBase.Visible = True 'finally make it visible
Log(DateTime.Now - markTime) '467 msec
showAction("Initial Scroll = Top")
Sleep(2000)
scrollToWord("Alice", 2) 'go to section with 2nd occurrence of Alice
showAction($"scrollToWord("Alice", 2)"$)
Sleep(3000)
scrollToMarker(5) 'scroll to mark 3 = paragraph 3 (as an example)
showAction("scrollToMarker(5)")
Sleep(2000)
scrollToTop
showAction("scrollToTop")
Sleep(2000)
scrollToLastMarker
showAction("scrollToLastMarker")
End Sub
Private Sub showAction(s As String)
actionLabel.Text = s
End Sub
Private Sub scrollToTop
If wordHighlighted Then
BBCodeView1.Text = getBBCVText
wordHighlighted = False
End If
BBCodeView1.sv.ScrollViewOffsetY = 0
End Sub
Private Sub scrollToWord(wrd As String, occurrence As Int)
Dim heights As List = wordPositions.Get(wrd.ToLowerCase)
Dim ar() As Object = heights.Get(occurrence - 1)
Dim h As Int = ar(0)
BBCodeView1.Text = getBBCVText.Replace(ar(1), $"[url=${ar(1)}][b]${ar(1)}[/b][/url]"$)
BBCodeView1.sv.ScrollViewOffsetY = h - ScrollToYOffset 'provide a little headroom
wordHighlighted = True
End Sub
Private Sub scrollToMarker(index As Int) 'ignore
If wordHighlighted Then
BBCodeView1.Text = getBBCVText
wordHighlighted = False
End If
Dim h As Int = markerHeights.Get($"~${index}~"$)
BBCodeView1.sv.ScrollViewOffsetY = h - ScrollToYOffset 'provide a little headroom
End Sub
Private Sub scrollToLastMarker
If wordHighlighted Then
BBCodeView1.Text = getBBCVText
wordHighlighted = False
End If
Dim h As Int = markerHeights.Values.Get(markerHeights.Size - 1)
BBCodeView1.sv.ScrollViewOffsetY = h - ScrollToYOffset 'provide a little headroom
End Sub
Private Sub mark(index As Int) As String
Dim name As String = $"~${index}~"$
If markerHeights.ContainsKey(name) = False Then 'make sure not do it again during height measurements
markerHeights.Put(name, -1)
End If
Return $"[Color=${BBCVClr}]~${index}~[/Color]"$ 'make mark invisible - set color to background
End Sub
Private Sub getBBCVText As String
Dim s As String = $"
~~~
[TextSize=22][b]Chapter I: Down the Rabbit-Hole[/b][/TextSize]
${mark(1)}
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?”
${mark(2)}
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
${mark(3)}
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!” (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.
${mark(4)}
In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.
${mark(5)}
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.
${mark(6)}
Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled “ORANGE MARMALADE”, but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.
${mark(7)}
“Well!” thought Alice to herself, “after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they’ll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn’t say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!” (Which was very likely true.)
${mark(8)}
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end? “I wonder how many miles I’ve fallen by this time?” she said aloud. “I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—” (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) “—yes, that’s about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?” (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)
${mark(9)}
Presently she began again. “I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—” (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) “—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma’am, is this New Zealand or Australia?” (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke—fancy curtseying as you’re falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) “And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking! No, it’ll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.”
~~~
"$
Return s.SubString2(s.IndexOf("~~~") + 4, s.LastIndexOf("~~~") - 1)
End Sub
Public Sub IntToHex(Color As Int) As String
Dim bcx As ByteConverter
Dim r As Int = Bit.And(0xff, Bit.UnsignedShiftRight(Color, 16))
Dim g As Int = Bit.And(0xff, Bit.UnsignedShiftRight(Color, 8))
Dim b As Int = Bit.And(0xff, Bit.UnsignedShiftRight(Color, 0))
Dim result As String = bcx.HexFromBytes(Array As Byte(r, g, b))
Return "#" & result.toLowerCase
End Sub
Public Sub indexWords(text As String)
Dim ignoreChars As String = $"~!@#$%^&*()_+-={}|[]\:";<>?,./“”'""$
Dim v() As String = Regex.Split(CRLF, text)
Dim currentMark As String
For Each s As String In v
If s.StartsWith($"[Color=${BBCVClr}]~"$) Then
currentMark = s.SubString2(s.IndexOf("~"), s.LastIndexOf("~") + 1)
Else
Dim w() As String = Regex.Split(" ", s)
For Each t As String In w
t = t.Trim
If t.Length < minWordLength Then Continue
Dim sb As StringBuilder: sb.Initialize
For k = 0 To t.Length - 1
Dim c As String = t.CharAt(k)
If ignoreChars.Contains(c) = False Then sb.Append(c)
Next
t = sb.toString
Dim tlower As String = t.toLowerCase
Dim h As Int = markerHeights.Get(currentMark)
If wordPositions.containsKey(tlower) Then
Dim heights As List = wordPositions.Get(tlower)
Else
Dim heights As List: heights.Initialize
wordPositions.Put(tlower, heights)
End If
heights.Add(Array(h, t))
Next
End If
Next
End Sub
Private Sub BBCodeView1_LinkClicked (URL As String)
Log(URL)
End Sub