gecko/dom/public/idl/core/nsIDOMNSElement.idl

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#include "domstubs.idl"

interface nsIDOMNodeList;

[scriptable, uuid(cea6f919-7fe6-4bdd-9db6-158d9283f8d3)]
interface nsIDOMNSElement : nsISupports
{
  /*
   * Retrieve elements matching all classes listed in a
   * space-separated string.
   *
   * See <http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/>
   */
  nsIDOMNodeList getElementsByClassName(in DOMString classes);

  /*
   * Retrieve a list of rectangles, one for each CSS border-box associated with
   * the element. The coordinates are in CSS pixels, and relative to
   * the top-left of the document's viewport, unless the document
   * has an SVG foreignobject ancestor, in which case the coordinates are
   * relative to the top-left of the content box of the nearest SVG foreignobject
   * ancestor. The coordinates are calculated as if every scrollable element
   * is scrolled to its default position.
   *
   * Note: the boxes of overflowing children do not affect these rectangles.
   * Note: some elements have empty CSS boxes. Those return empty rectangles,
   * but the coordinates may still be meaningful.
   * Note: some elements have no CSS boxes (including display:none elements,
   * HTML AREA elements, and SVG elements that do not render). Those return
   * an empty list.
   */
  nsIDOMClientRectList getClientRects();
  /**
   * Returns the union of all rectangles in the getClientRects() list. Empty
   * rectangles are ignored, except that if all rectangles are empty,
   * we return an empty rectangle positioned at the top-left of the first
   * rectangle in getClientRects().
   */
  nsIDOMClientRect getBoundingClientRect();
};