added flashSpriteScriptOutlineAt() and unflashSpriteScriptsOutline() …

…API methods

HISTORY.md

@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 * **New Features:**
     * new "Lirin" costume series, thanks, Meghan and Brian!
     * new showScriptBalloonAt() and closePopUps() API methods
+    * new flashSpriteScriptOutlineAt() and unflashSpriteScriptsOutline() API methods
 
 2024-02-20
 * new dev version for v9.2.7
 * added new Lirin costumes, thanks, Brian and Meghan!
 * api: added showScriptBalloonAt() and closePopUps() API methods
+* api: added flashSpriteScriptOutlineAt() and unflashSpriteScriptsOutline() API methods 
 
 ## 9.2.6:
 * **Notable Changes:**

pyret/inline.html

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
                             null, // optional sprite name
                             null // '200,100,130' // optional rgb(a) color csv
                         );
+
                         /*
                         // alternatively: highlight the block at the
                         // selection start idx
@@ -88,6 +89,30 @@
                             null // '200,100,130' // optional rgb(a) color csv
                         );
                         */
+
+                        /*
+                        // highlight the outline of block at the
+                        // selection start idx
+                        ide.flashSpriteScriptOutlineAt(
+                            this.selectionStart,
+                            null, // optional sprite name
+                            '200,100,130', // optional rgb(a) color csv
+                            3 // border
+                        );
+                        */
+
+                        /*
+                        // apop-up a balloon at the block at the
+                        // selection start idx
+                        ide.showScriptBalloonAt(
+                            'selection:\n' +
+                                this.selectionStart +
+                                ' - ' +
+                                this.selectionEnd,
+                            this.selectionStart,
+                            null, // optional sprite name
+                        );
+                        */
                     }
                 };
                 requestAnimationFrame(loop);

src/api.js

@@ -311,6 +311,31 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.unflashSpriteScripts = function (name) {
     this.spriteNamed(name).scripts.unflash();
 };
 
+IDE_Morph.prototype.flashSpriteScriptOutlineAt = function (
+    charIdx,
+    name,
+    clr,
+    border
+) {
+    // highlight the outline of the innermost block of the scripts of the sprite
+    // indicated by name or the current sprite or stage if none that corresponds
+    // to the index of the text given the current codification mapping.
+    // Optionally a string of comma-separated "r,g,b[,a]" values can be passed
+    // in to specify a specific highlight color, where each color component is
+    // a number between 0 and 255 and alpha is a fraction between 0 and 1.
+    // If none is supplied the default flash color is used.
+    // Also optionally a border width of pixels can be specified
+    var scripts = this.spriteNamed(name).scripts;
+    // scripts.unflash();
+    scripts.flashOutlineCodeIdx(charIdx, clr, border);
+};
+
+IDE_Morph.prototype.unflashSpriteScriptsOutline = function (name) {
+    // un-highlight the script outlines of the sprite indicated by name or the
+    // current sprite or stage if none
+    this.spriteNamed(name).scripts.unflashOutline();
+};
+
 IDE_Morph.prototype.showScriptBalloonAt = function (contents, charIdx, name) {
     // popup a balloon at the innermost block of the scripts of the sprite
     // indicated by name or the current sprite or stage if none that corresponds

src/blocks.js

@@ -5398,6 +5398,12 @@ BlockMorph.prototype.getHighlight = function () {
     return null;
 };
 
+BlockMorph.prototype.flashOutline = function (color, border) {
+    this.removeHighlight();
+    this.addBack(this.outline(color, border));
+    this.fullChanged();
+};
+
 BlockMorph.prototype.outline = function (color, border) {
     var highlight = new BlockHighlightMorph(),
         fb = this.fullBounds(),
@@ -9283,6 +9289,31 @@ ScriptsMorph.prototype.unflash = function () {
         if (each instanceof SyntaxElementMorph && each.unflash) {
             each.unflash();
         }
+        if (each instanceof BlockMorph) {
+            each.removeHighlight();
+        }
+    });
+
+};
+
+ScriptsMorph.prototype.flashOutlineCodeIdx = function (
+    idx,
+    color = null,
+border = 3) {
+    // highlight the innermost block located in the textual code indicated
+    // by the given character index. Optional color string, form "r,g,b[,a]".
+    var block = this.blockAtIdx(idx);
+    this.unflashOutline();
+    if (block) {
+        block.flashOutline(color ? Color.fromString(color) : null, border);
+    }
+};
+
+ScriptsMorph.prototype.unflashOutline = function () {
+    this.forAllChildren(each => {
+        if (each instanceof BlockMorph) {
+            each.removeHighlight();
+        }
     });
 
 };