From 1ebac830be3e61deee783eca431fc8cc8b849061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Margaret Leibovic <margaret.leibovic@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:56:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Bug 765057 - (Part 2) Reverse handles if the start handle
 goes past the end of the selection and vice versa. r=mbrubeck

---
 mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js | 68 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
index 549405cfcdc..f3c5cc0eb2d 100644
--- a/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
+++ b/mobile/android/chrome/content/browser.js
@@ -1500,25 +1500,48 @@ var SelectionHandler = {
       this._end.style.top = aY + this.cache.offset.y + "px";
     }
 
-    //XXX bug 765057: Reverse text selection handles if necessary
-
     // Send mouse events to the top-level window
     let cwu = contentWindow.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor).getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
 
-    if (aIsStartHandle) {
-      // If we're moving the start handle, we need to re-position the caret using a fake mouse click
-      let start = this._start.getBoundingClientRect();
-      cwu.sendMouseEventToWindow("mousedown", start.right - this.HANDLE_PADDING, start.top - this.HANDLE_VERTICAL_MARGIN, 0, 0, 0, true);
-      cwu.sendMouseEventToWindow("mouseup", start.right - this.HANDLE_PADDING, start.top - this.HANDLE_VERTICAL_MARGIN, 0, 0, 0, true);
-    }
+    // If we're moving the start handle, we need to re-position the carat
+    if (aIsStartHandle)
+      this._sendStartMouseEvents(cwu);
 
-    // Send a shift+click to select text between the carat at the start and an end point
+    // We always need to fire events for the end to move the selection
+    this._sendEndMouseEvents(cwu);
+
+    // Update the cached selection area after firing the mouse events
+    let selectionReversed = this.updateCacheForSelection(aIsStartHandle);
+
+    // Reverse the handles if necessary
+    if (selectionReversed) {
+      let oldStart = this._start;
+      let oldEnd = this._end;
+
+      oldStart.setAttribute("anonid", "selection-handle-end");
+      oldEnd.setAttribute("anonid", "selection-handle-start");
+
+      this._start = oldEnd;
+      this._end = oldStart;
+
+      // Re-send mouse events to update the selection corresponding to the new handles
+      this._sendStartMouseEvents(cwu);
+      this._sendEndMouseEvents(cwu);
+    }
+  },
+
+  // Positions the caret using a fake mouse click
+  _sendStartMouseEvents: function sh_sendStartMouseEvents(cwu) {
+    let start = this._start.getBoundingClientRect();
+    cwu.sendMouseEventToWindow("mousedown", start.right - this.HANDLE_PADDING, start.top - this.HANDLE_VERTICAL_MARGIN, 0, 0, 0, true);
+    cwu.sendMouseEventToWindow("mouseup", start.right - this.HANDLE_PADDING, start.top - this.HANDLE_VERTICAL_MARGIN, 0, 0, 0, true);
+  },
+
+  // Selects text between the carat at the start and an end point using a fake shift+click
+  _sendEndMouseEvents: function sh_sendEndMouseEvents(cwu) {
     let end = this._end.getBoundingClientRect();
     cwu.sendMouseEventToWindow("mousedown", end.left + this.HANDLE_PADDING, end.top - this.HANDLE_VERTICAL_MARGIN, 0, 1, Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.SHIFT_MASK, true);
     cwu.sendMouseEventToWindow("mouseup", end.left + this.HANDLE_PADDING, end.top - this.HANDLE_VERTICAL_MARGIN, 0, 1, Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.SHIFT_MASK, true);
-
-    // Update the cached selection area
-    this.updateCacheForSelection();
   },
 
   // aX/aY are in top-level window browser coordinates
@@ -1554,14 +1577,27 @@ var SelectionHandler = {
     this.cache = null;
   },
 
-  updateCacheForSelection: function sh_updateCacheForSelection() {
+  // Returns true if the selection has been reversed. Takes optional aIsStartHandle
+  // param to decide whether the selection has been reversed.
+  updateCacheForSelection: function sh_updateCacheForSelection(aIsStartHandle) {
     let range = this._view.getSelection().getRangeAt(0);
+    this.cache.rect = range.getBoundingClientRect();
 
     let rects = range.getClientRects();
-    this.cache.start = { x: rects[0].left, y: rects[0].bottom };
-    this.cache.end = { x: rects[rects.length - 1].right, y: rects[rects.length - 1].bottom };
+    let start = { x: rects[0].left, y: rects[0].bottom };
+    let end = { x: rects[rects.length - 1].right, y: rects[rects.length - 1].bottom };
 
-    this.cache.rect = range.getBoundingClientRect();
+    let selectionReversed = false;
+    if (this.cache.start) {
+      // If the end moved past the old end, but we're dragging the start handle, then that handle should become the end handle (and vice versa)
+      selectionReversed = (aIsStartHandle && (end.y > this.cache.end.y || (end.y == this.cache.end.y && end.x > this.cache.end.x))) ||
+                          (!aIsStartHandle && (start.y < this.cache.start.y || (start.y == this.cache.start.y && start.x < this.cache.start.x)));
+    }
+
+    this.cache.start = start;
+    this.cache.end = end;
+
+    return selectionReversed;
   },
 
   updateCacheOffset: function sh_updateCacheOffset() {