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-/*
- * This file is a part of the LinkAhead Project.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2021-2024 IndiScale GmbH <info@indiscale.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2021 Timm Fitschen <t.fitschen@indiscale.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2023 Florian Spreckelsen <f.spreckelsen@indiscale.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2023 Daniel Hornung <d.hornung@indiscale.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2024 Joscha Schmiedt <joscha@schmiedt.dev>
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-"use strict";
-
-/**
- * Cosmetics module is a collection of small look-and-feel tweaks for the
- * LinkAhead webui.
- *
- * @author Timm Fitschen
- */
-var cosmetics = new function () {
-
- /**
- * Cut-off length of links. When linkify processes the links any href
- * longer than this will be cut off at the end and "[...]" will be
- * appended for the link text.
- */
- var _link_cut_off_length = 40;
-
- var _custom_datetime = function () {
- $('.caosdb-f-property-datetime-value').each(function (index) {
- if (!($(this).hasClass("caosdb-v-property-datetime-customized"))) {
- var result = this.innerText.replace(/T/, " ").replace(/\+.*/, "");
- result = `<span class="caosdb-v-property-datetime-customized-newvalue">${result}</span>`;
-
- // add class to highlight that this has been customized already
- $(this).addClass("caosdb-v-property-datetime-customized")
- $(this).hide();
- $(this).after(result);
- }
- });
- }
-
- /**
- * Remove all the custom datetime elements again, for example when entering the edit mode.
- */
- var _custom_datetime_clear = function () {
- $('.caosdb-v-property-datetime-customized-newvalue').each(function () {
- $(this).remove();
- }
- )
- }
-
- /**
- * Return a string with all occurences of a http(s) url in a given string replaced by <a> elements
- * @param {string} text - The text to be searched for URLs
- * @returns {string} text with <a> elements instead of raw links
- */
- function linkify_string(text) {
- // const match_url_regex = /https?:\/\/[^\s]*/g // original
- // https://regexr.com helps you design regex
- const match_url_regex = /https?:\/\/(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.?[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)/g
-
- return text.replace(match_url_regex, function (href) {
- var link_text = href;
- if (_link_cut_off_length > 4 && link_text.length > _link_cut_off_length) {
- link_text = link_text.substring(0, _link_cut_off_length - 5) + "[...]";
- }
-
- return `<a title="Open ${href} in a new tab." target="_blank" class="caosdb-v-property-href-value" href="${href}">${link_text} <i class="bi bi-box-arrow-up-right"></i></a>`;
- });
- }
-
- /**
- * Turn all URLs in .caosdb-f-property-text-value DOM elements into actual links
- */
- var _linkify_all_text_values = function () {
- $('.caosdb-f-property-text-value').each(function (index) {
- if (!($(this).hasClass("caosdb-v-property-linkified")) && (/https?:\/\//.test(this.innerText))) {
- var linkified_text_value = linkify_string(this.innerText);
- // add class to highlight that this has been linkified already
- // (see https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-webui/-/issues/199).
- $(this).addClass("caosdb-v-property-linkified")
- $(this).hide();
- $(this).after(linkified_text_value);
- }
- });
- }
-
- /**
- * Convert any substring of a text-value beginning with 'http(s)://' into a
- * link.
- *
- * A listener detects edit-mode changes and previews
- */
- var linkify = function () {
- _linkify_all_text_values();
-
- // edit-mode-listener
- document.body.addEventListener(edit_mode.end_edit.type, _linkify_all_text_values, true);
- // preview listener
- document.body.addEventListener(preview.previewReadyEvent.type, _linkify_all_text_values, true);
- }
-
- /**
- * Customize datetime formatting.
- *
- * A listener detects edit-mode changes and previews
- */
- var custom_datetime = function () {
- _custom_datetime();
-
- // edit-mode-listener to delete replacement
- document.body.addEventListener(edit_mode.start_edit.type, _custom_datetime_clear, true);
- // edit-mode-listener to recreate
- document.body.addEventListener(edit_mode.end_edit.type, _custom_datetime, true);
- // preview listener
- document.body.addEventListener(preview.previewReadyEvent.type, _custom_datetime, true);
- }
-
- this.init = function () {
- this.custom_datetime = custom_datetime;
- if ("${BUILD_MODULE_EXT_COSMETICS_CUSTOMDATETIME}" == "ENABLED") {
- custom_datetime();
- }
- this.linkify = linkify;
- if ("${BUILD_MODULE_EXT_COSMETICS_LINKIFY}" == "ENABLED") {
- linkify();
- }
- }
-}
-
-
-$(document).ready(function () {
- caosdb_modules.register(cosmetics);
-});