gecko/layout/generic/nsAbsoluteContainingBlock.h

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/*
 * code for managing absolutely positioned children of a rendering
 * object that is a containing block for them
 */

#ifndef nsAbsoluteContainingBlock_h___
#define nsAbsoluteContainingBlock_h___

#include "nsFrameList.h"
#include "nsIFrame.h"

class nsContainerFrame;
class nsHTMLReflowState;
class nsPresContext;

/**
 * This class contains the logic for being an absolute containing block.  This
 * class is used within viewport frames (for frames representing content with
 * fixed position) and blocks (for frames representing absolutely positioned
 * content), since each set of frames is absolutely positioned with respect to
 * its parent.
 *
 * There is no principal child list, just a named child list which contains
 * the absolutely positioned frames (kAbsoluteList or kFixedList).
 *
 * All functions include as the first argument the frame that is delegating
 * the request.
 */
class nsAbsoluteContainingBlock
{
public:
  typedef nsIFrame::ChildListID ChildListID;

  nsAbsoluteContainingBlock(ChildListID aChildListID)
#ifdef DEBUG
    : mChildListID(aChildListID)
#endif
  {
    MOZ_ASSERT(mChildListID == nsIFrame::kAbsoluteList ||
               mChildListID == nsIFrame::kFixedList,
               "should either represent position:fixed or absolute content");
  }

  const nsFrameList& GetChildList() const { return mAbsoluteFrames; }
  void AppendChildList(nsTArray<nsIFrame::ChildList>* aLists,
                       ChildListID aListID) const
  {
    NS_ASSERTION(aListID == mChildListID, "wrong list ID");
    GetChildList().AppendIfNonempty(aLists, aListID);
  }

  nsresult SetInitialChildList(nsIFrame*       aDelegatingFrame,
                               ChildListID     aListID,
                               nsFrameList&    aChildList);
  nsresult AppendFrames(nsIFrame*      aDelegatingFrame,
                        ChildListID    aListID,
                        nsFrameList&   aFrameList);
  nsresult InsertFrames(nsIFrame*      aDelegatingFrame,
                        ChildListID    aListID,
                        nsIFrame*      aPrevFrame,
                        nsFrameList&   aFrameList);
  void RemoveFrame(nsIFrame*      aDelegatingFrame,
                   ChildListID    aListID,
                   nsIFrame*      aOldFrame);

  /**
   * Called by the delegating frame after it has done its reflow first. This
   * function will reflow any absolutely positioned child frames that need to
   * be reflowed, e.g., because the absolutely positioned child frame has
   * 'auto' for an offset, or a percentage based width or height.
   *
   * @param aOverflowAreas, if non-null, is unioned with (in the local
   * coordinate space) the overflow areas of the absolutely positioned
   * children.
   *
   * @param aReflowStatus is assumed to be already-initialized, e.g. with the
   * status of the delegating frame's main reflow. This function merges in the
   * statuses of the absolutely positioned children's reflows.
   */
  void Reflow(nsContainerFrame*        aDelegatingFrame,
              nsPresContext*           aPresContext,
              const nsHTMLReflowState& aReflowState,
              nsReflowStatus&          aReflowStatus,
              const nsRect&            aContainingBlock,
              bool                     aConstrainHeight,
              bool                     aCBWidthChanged,
              bool                     aCBHeightChanged,
              nsOverflowAreas*         aOverflowAreas);

  void DestroyFrames(nsIFrame* aDelegatingFrame,
                     nsIFrame* aDestructRoot);

  bool HasAbsoluteFrames() const { return mAbsoluteFrames.NotEmpty(); }

  /**
   * Mark our size-dependent absolute frames with NS_FRAME_HAS_DIRTY_CHILDREN
   * so that we'll make sure to reflow them.
   */
  void MarkSizeDependentFramesDirty();

  /**
   * Mark all our absolute frames with NS_FRAME_IS_DIRTY.
   */
  void MarkAllFramesDirty();

protected:
  /**
   * Returns true if the position of aFrame depends on the position of
   * its placeholder or if the position or size of aFrame depends on a
   * containing block dimension that changed.
   */
  bool FrameDependsOnContainer(nsIFrame* aFrame, bool aCBWidthChanged,
                               bool aCBHeightChanged);

  void ReflowAbsoluteFrame(nsIFrame*                aDelegatingFrame,
                           nsPresContext*           aPresContext,
                           const nsHTMLReflowState& aReflowState,
                           const nsRect&            aContainingBlockRect,
                           bool                     aConstrainHeight,
                           nsIFrame*                aKidFrame,
                           nsReflowStatus&          aStatus,
                           nsOverflowAreas*         aOverflowAreas);

  /**
   * Mark our absolute frames dirty.
   * @param aMarkAllDirty if true, all will be marked with NS_FRAME_IS_DIRTY.
   * Otherwise, the size-dependant ones will be marked with
   * NS_FRAME_HAS_DIRTY_CHILDREN.
   */
  void DoMarkFramesDirty(bool aMarkAllDirty);

protected:
  nsFrameList mAbsoluteFrames;  // additional named child list

#ifdef DEBUG
  ChildListID const mChildListID; // kFixedList or kAbsoluteList
#endif
};

#endif /* nsnsAbsoluteContainingBlock_h___ */