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getSelectedText Method

Summary

Selected text of a page or all pages in the document as a simple string object.

Syntax

TypeScript

JavaScript

DocumentViewerText.prototype.getSelectedText = function( 
   pageNumber 
)

getSelectedText( 
   pageNumber: number 
): string;

Parameters

pageNumber

Page number to use. If this value is 0, then the text of all pages in the document will be used.

Return Value

The selected text of the page or the document as a simple string object, or an empty string if no selected text was found.

Remarks

If the text of the specified page(s) was not previously obtained, then the value of AutoGetText will be used to determine whether DocumentPage.GetText is called automatically. Therefore, this method might experience a delay while the text is parsed from the document in this mode.

Example

DocumentViewerText.ts

ViewerInitializer.ts

DocumentViewerText.js

ViewerInitializer.js

DocumentViewerText.html

examples.css

import { ViewerInitializer } from "../utilities/ViewerInitializer"; 
 
export class DocumentViewerTextTSExample { 
    public run = () => { 
        new ViewerInitializer(this.textExample); 
    } 
 
    textExample = (documentViewer: lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewer) => { 
        const pageNumber = 2; 
        documentViewer.gotoPage(pageNumber); 
 
        // Get the current document 
        const doc = documentViewer.document; 
        // Get the page and the current view item 
        const page = doc.pages.item(pageNumber - 1); 
 
        const selectText = () => { 
            // Create a rectangle that is the first half of the page 
            let bounds = lt.LeadRectD.create(0, 0, page.size.width, page.size.height / 2); 
            // SelectText requires the rectangle to be in control pixel coordinates, so convert. First to pixels... 
            bounds = doc.rectToPixels(bounds); 
            // And then using the image viewer in the view to control. The item is the one at page number - 1 
            const imageViewer = documentViewer.view.imageViewer; 
            bounds = imageViewer.convertRect(imageViewer.items.item(pageNumber - 1), lt.Controls.ImageViewerCoordinateType.image, lt.Controls.ImageViewerCoordinateType.control, bounds); 
            // Select it, all lines 
            documentViewer.text.selectText(bounds, lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerSelectTextMode.line); 
 
            // Now, check if we have any text selected 
            if (documentViewer.text.hasSelectedText(pageNumber)) { 
                // yes, show it 
                const value = documentViewer.text.getSelectedText(pageNumber); 
                alert(value); 
            } 
        } 
 
        if (documentViewer.text.hasDocumentPageText(pageNumber)) { 
            selectText(); 
        } 
        else { 
            documentViewer.operation.add((sender, e) => { 
                if (e.operation === lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerOperation.getText && e.isPostOperation) { 
                    selectText(); 
                } 
            }); 
            documentViewer.text.getDocumentPageText(pageNumber); 
        } 
    } 
}

export class ViewerInitializer { 
   private callback: (viewer: lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewer) => void = null; 
 
   constructor(callback?: (viewer: lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewer) => void) { 
      this.callback = callback; 
      this.init(); 
   } 
 
   public static showServiceError = (jqXHR, statusText, errorThrown) => { 
      alert('Error returned from service. See the console for details.') 
      const serviceError = lt.Document.ServiceError.parseError(jqXHR, statusText, errorThrown); 
      console.error(serviceError); 
   } 
 
   private init = () => { 
      this.initFactory(); 
      this.testConnection(); 
   } 
 
   private initFactory = () => { 
      lt.RasterSupport.setLicenseUri('https://demo.leadtools.com/licenses/js/LEADTOOLSEVAL.txt', 'EVAL', null); 
 
      // To communicate with the DocumentsService, it must be running! 
      // Change these parameters to match the path to the service. 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.serviceHost = 'http://localhost:40000'; 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.servicePath = ''; 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.serviceApiPath = 'api'; 
   } 
 
   private testConnection = () => { 
      const serviceStatus = document.getElementById('serviceStatus'); 
      serviceStatus.innerHTML = 'Connecting to service: ' + lt.Document.DocumentFactory.serviceUri; 
 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.verifyService() 
         .done((serviceData) => { 
            serviceStatus.innerHTML = 'Service connection verified!'; 
            this.createDocumentViewer(); 
         }) 
         .fail((jqXHR, statusText, errorThrown) => { 
            serviceStatus.innerHTML = 'Service connection unavailable.'; 
            ViewerInitializer.showServiceError(jqXHR, statusText, errorThrown); 
         }); 
   } 
 
   private createDocumentViewer = () => { 
      // Initialize the user interface 
      const interactiveSelect = document.getElementById('interactiveSelect'); 
 
      const panZoomOption = document.createElement('option'); 
      panZoomOption.innerHTML = 'Pan / Zoom'; 
      panZoomOption.value = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerCommands.interactivePanZoom; 
      interactiveSelect.appendChild(panZoomOption); 
 
      const textOption = document.createElement('option'); 
      textOption.value = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerCommands.interactiveSelectText; 
      textOption.innerHTML = 'Select Text'; 
      interactiveSelect.appendChild(textOption); 
 
      let documentViewer: lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewer = null; 
      interactiveSelect.onchange = (e) => documentViewer.commands.run((e.target as HTMLSelectElement).value, null); 
 
      const annotationsSelect = document.getElementById('annotationsSelect'); 
 
      const annSelectOption = document.createElement('option'); 
      annSelectOption.innerHTML = 'Select Annotation'; 
      annSelectOption.value = lt.Annotations.Engine.AnnObject.selectObjectId.toString(); 
      annotationsSelect.appendChild(annSelectOption); 
 
      const annLineOption = document.createElement('option'); 
      annLineOption.innerHTML = 'Line Object'; 
      annLineOption.value = lt.Annotations.Engine.AnnObject.lineObjectId.toString(); 
      annotationsSelect.appendChild(annLineOption); 
 
      const annRectOption = document.createElement('option'); 
      annRectOption.innerHTML = 'Rectangle Object'; 
      annRectOption.value = lt.Annotations.Engine.AnnObject.rectangleObjectId.toString(); 
      annotationsSelect.appendChild(annRectOption); 
      annotationsSelect.onchange = (e) => { 
         const value = +(e.currentTarget as HTMLSelectElement).value; 
         documentViewer.annotations.automationManager.currentObjectId = value; 
      } 
 
      // Init the document viewer, pass along the panels 
      const createOptions = new lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerCreateOptions(); 
      // We are not going to use elements mode in this example 
      createOptions.viewCreateOptions.useElements = false; 
      createOptions.thumbnailsCreateOptions.useElements = false; 
 
      // The middle panel for the view 
      createOptions.viewContainer = document.getElementById('viewer'); 
      // The left panel for the thumbnails 
      createOptions.thumbnailsContainer = document.getElementById('thumbnails'); 
      // The right panel is for bookmarks 
      createOptions.bookmarksContainer = document.getElementById('bookmarks'); 
      createOptions.useAnnotations = true; 
 
      // Create the document viewer 
      documentViewer = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerFactory.createDocumentViewer(createOptions); 
 
      // We prefer SVG viewing 
      documentViewer.view.preferredItemType = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerItemType.svg; 
 
      // Create html5 rendering engine 
      documentViewer.annotations.automationManager.renderingEngine = new lt.Annotations.Rendering.AnnHtml5RenderingEngine(); 
      // Initialize documentViewer annotations 
      documentViewer.annotations.initialize(); 
 
      documentViewer.annotations.automationManager.currentObjectIdChanged.add(function (sender, e) { 
         // When done drawing, the manager will return to the select object; so we need force the annotationsSelect element to return to the select object option 
         (annotationsSelect as HTMLSelectElement).value = sender.currentObjectId; 
      }); 
 
      this.loadDefaultDoc(documentViewer, interactiveSelect as HTMLSelectElement) 
   } 
 
   private loadDefaultDoc = (viewer: lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewer, interactiveSelect: HTMLSelectElement) => { 
      // Load a PDF document 
      const url = 'https://demo.leadtools.com/images/pdf/leadtools.pdf'; 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.loadFromUri(url, null) 
         .done((doc: lt.Document.LEADDocument) => { 
            const ready = () => { 
               viewer.setDocument(doc); 
               const panZoom = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerCommands.interactivePanZoom; 
               interactiveSelect.value = panZoom; 
               viewer.commands.run(panZoom, null); 
               if(this.callback) 
                  this.callback(viewer); 
            } 
 
            if (doc.isStructureSupported && !doc.structure.isParsed) 
               doc.structure.parse() 
                  .done(ready) 
                  .fail(ViewerInitializer.showServiceError); 
            else 
               ready(); 
         }) 
         .fail(ViewerInitializer.showServiceError); 
   } 
}

import { ViewerInitializer } from "../utilities/ViewerInitializer"; 
 
export class DocumentViewerTextJSExample { 
    run = () => { 
        new ViewerInitializer(this.textExample); 
    } 
 
    textExample = (documentViewer) => { 
        const pageNumber = 2; 
        documentViewer.gotoPage(pageNumber); 
 
        // Get the current document 
        const doc = documentViewer.document; 
        // Get the page and the current view item 
        const page = doc.pages.item(pageNumber - 1); 
 
        const selectText = () => { 
            // Create a rectangle that is the first half of the page 
            let bounds = lt.LeadRectD.create(0, 0, page.size.width, page.size.height / 2); 
            // SelectText requires the rectangle to be in control pixel coordinates, so convert. First to pixels... 
            bounds = doc.rectToPixels(bounds); 
            // And then using the image viewer in the view to control. The item is the one at page number - 1 
            const imageViewer = documentViewer.view.imageViewer; 
            bounds = imageViewer.convertRect(imageViewer.items.item(pageNumber - 1), lt.Controls.ImageViewerCoordinateType.image, lt.Controls.ImageViewerCoordinateType.control, bounds); 
            // Select it, all lines 
            documentViewer.text.selectText(bounds, lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerSelectTextMode.line); 
 
            // Now, check if we have any text selected 
            if (documentViewer.text.hasSelectedText(pageNumber)) { 
                // yes, show it 
                const value = documentViewer.text.getSelectedText(pageNumber); 
                alert(value); 
            } 
        } 
 
        if (documentViewer.text.hasDocumentPageText(pageNumber)) { 
            selectText(); 
        } 
        else { 
            documentViewer.operation.add((sender, e) => { 
                if (e.operation === lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerOperation.getText && e.isPostOperation) { 
                    selectText(); 
                } 
            }); 
            documentViewer.text.getDocumentPageText(pageNumber); 
        } 
    } 
}

export class ViewerInitializer { 
   constructor(callback) { 
      this.callback = callback; 
      this.init(); 
   } 
 
   static showServiceError = (jqXHR, statusText, errorThrown) => { 
      alert("Error returned from service. See the console for details.") 
      const serviceError = lt.Document.ServiceError.parseError(jqXHR, statusText, errorThrown); 
      console.error(serviceError); 
   } 
 
   init = () => { 
      this.initFactory(); 
      this.testConnection(); 
   } 
 
   initFactory = () => { 
      lt.RasterSupport.setLicenseUri("https://demo.leadtools.com/licenses/js/LEADTOOLSEVAL.txt", "EVAL", null); 
 
      // To communicate with the DocumentsService, it must be running! 
      // Change these parameters to match the path to the service. 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.serviceHost = "http://localhost:40000"; 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.servicePath = ""; 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.serviceApiPath = "api"; 
   } 
 
   testConnection = () => { 
      const serviceStatus = document.getElementById("serviceStatus"); 
      serviceStatus.innerHTML = "Connecting to service: " + lt.Document.DocumentFactory.serviceUri; 
 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.verifyService() 
         .done((serviceData) => { 
            serviceStatus.innerHTML = "Service connection verified!"; 
            this.createDocumentViewer(); 
         }) 
         .fail((jqXHR, statusText, errorThrown) => { 
            serviceStatus.innerHTML = "Service connection unavailable."; 
            ViewerInitializer.showServiceError(jqXHR, statusText, errorThrown); 
         }); 
   } 
 
   createDocumentViewer = () => { 
      // Initialize the user interface 
      const interactiveSelect = document.getElementById("interactiveSelect"); 
 
      const panZoomOption = document.createElement("option"); 
      panZoomOption.innerHTML = "Pan / Zoom"; 
      panZoomOption.value = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerCommands.interactivePanZoom; 
      interactiveSelect.appendChild(panZoomOption); 
 
      const textOption = document.createElement("option"); 
      textOption.value = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerCommands.interactiveSelectText; 
      textOption.innerHTML = "Select Text"; 
      interactiveSelect.appendChild(textOption); 
 
      let documentViewer = null; 
      interactiveSelect.onchange = (e) => documentViewer.commands.run(e.target.value, null); 
 
      const annotationsSelect = document.getElementById("annotationsSelect"); 
 
      const annSelectOption = document.createElement("option"); 
      annSelectOption.innerHTML = "Select Annotation"; 
      annSelectOption.value = lt.Annotations.Engine.AnnObject.selectObjectId.toString(); 
      annotationsSelect.appendChild(annSelectOption); 
 
      const annLineOption = document.createElement("option"); 
      annLineOption.innerHTML = "Line Object"; 
      annLineOption.value = lt.Annotations.Engine.AnnObject.lineObjectId.toString(); 
      annotationsSelect.appendChild(annLineOption); 
 
      const annRectOption = document.createElement("option"); 
      annRectOption.innerHTML = "Rectangle Object"; 
      annRectOption.value = lt.Annotations.Engine.AnnObject.rectangleObjectId.toString(); 
      annotationsSelect.appendChild(annRectOption); 
      annotationsSelect.onchange = (e) => { 
         const value = +e.currentTarget.value; 
         documentViewer.annotations.automationManager.currentObjectId = value; 
      } 
 
      // Init the document viewer, pass along the panels 
      const createOptions = new lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerCreateOptions(); 
      // We are not going to use elements mode in this example 
      createOptions.viewCreateOptions.useElements = false; 
      createOptions.thumbnailsCreateOptions.useElements = false; 
 
      // The middle panel for the view 
      createOptions.viewContainer = document.getElementById("viewer"); 
      // The left panel for the thumbnails 
      createOptions.thumbnailsContainer = document.getElementById("thumbnails"); 
      // The right panel is for bookmarks 
      createOptions.bookmarksContainer = document.getElementById("bookmarks"); 
      createOptions.useAnnotations = true; 
 
      // Create the document viewer 
      documentViewer = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerFactory.createDocumentViewer(createOptions); 
 
      // We prefer SVG viewing 
      documentViewer.view.preferredItemType = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerItemType.svg; 
 
      // Create html5 rendering engine 
      documentViewer.annotations.automationManager.renderingEngine = new lt.Annotations.Rendering.AnnHtml5RenderingEngine(); 
      // Initialize documentViewer annotations 
      documentViewer.annotations.initialize(); 
 
      documentViewer.annotations.automationManager.currentObjectIdChanged.add(function (sender, e) { 
         // When done drawing, the manager will return to the select object; so we need force the annotationsSelect element to return to the select object option 
         annotationsSelect.value = sender.currentObjectId; 
      }); 
 
      this.loadDefaultDoc(documentViewer, interactiveSelect) 
   } 
 
   loadDefaultDoc = (viewer, interactiveSelect) => { 
      // Load a PDF document 
      const url = "https://demo.leadtools.com/images/pdf/leadtools.pdf"; 
      lt.Document.DocumentFactory.loadFromUri(url, null) 
         .done((doc) => { 
            const ready = () => { 
               viewer.setDocument(doc); 
               const panZoom = lt.Document.Viewer.DocumentViewerCommands.interactivePanZoom; 
               interactiveSelect.value = panZoom; 
               viewer.commands.run(panZoom, null); 
               if(this.callback) 
                  this.callback(viewer); 
            } 
 
            if (doc.isStructureSupported && !doc.structure.isParsed) 
               doc.structure.parse() 
                  .done(ready) 
                  .fail(ViewerInitializer.showServiceError); 
            else 
               ready(); 
         }) 
         .fail(ViewerInitializer.showServiceError); 
   } 
}

<!doctype html> 
<html lang="en"> 
<title>DocViewer Example | DocumentViewer</title> 
 
<head> 
   <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.4.min.js" 
      integrity="sha256-BbhdlvQf/xTY9gja0Dq3HiwQF8LaCRTXxZKRutelT44=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> 
 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.Controls.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.Annotations.Engine.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.Annotations.Designers.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.Annotations.Rendering.Javascript.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.Annotations.Automation.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Main.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Color.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Core.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.ImageProcessing.Effects.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.Document.js"></script> 
   <script src="../LT/Leadtools.Document.Viewer.js"></script> 
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/examples.css"> 
 
   <!-- All demo files are bundled and appended to the window --> 
   <script src="../bundle.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 
</head> 
 
 
<body> 
   <div class="container"> 
      <div class="toolbar"> 
         <div class="vcenter push-right"> 
            <button type="button" id="exampleButton">Run Example</button> 
         </div> 
         <div class="vcenter push-right"> 
            <label for="interactiveSelect">Interactive mode:</label> 
            <select id="interactiveSelect"></select> 
         </div> 
         <div class="vcenter push-right"> 
            <label for="annotationsSelect">Annotations objects:</label> 
            <select id="annotationsSelect"></select> 
         </div> 
         <div id="output" class="vcenter push-right"></div> 
         <div id="serviceStatus" class="vcenter push-right"></div> 
      </div> 
      <div class="docContainer"> 
         <div class="sidepanel" id="thumbnails"></div> 
         <div class="centerpanel" id="viewer"></div> 
         <div class="sidepanel" id="bookmarks"></div> 
      </div> 
   </div> 
</body> 
<script> 
   window.onload = () => { 
      const button = document.getElementById('exampleButton'); 
      button.onclick = () => { 
         const example = new window.examples.DocumentviewerTextExample(); 
         example.run(); 
      } 
   }; 
</script> 
 
</html>

 /* 
   Remove default body styling. 
   Set the body to flex as a column; 
*/ 
body { 
   margin: 0; 
   display: flex; 
   flex-direction: column; 
} 
 
.container { 
   margin: 10px; 
   width: calc(100% - 20px); 
   height: calc(100vh - 20px); 
} 
 
.toolbar { 
   height: 5%; 
   width: 100%; 
   border-bottom: 2px solid #333; 
   flex-direction: row; 
   display: flex; 
} 
#bookmarks{ 
   overflow: hidden; 
} 
 
.vcenter { 
   margin-top: auto; 
   margin-bottom: auto; 
} 
 
.hcenter{ 
   margin-left: auto; 
   margin-right: auto; 
} 
 
.push-right{ 
   margin-left: 10px; 
} 
 
.docContainer{ 
   height: 95%; 
   width: 100%; 
   display: flex; 
   flex-direction: row; 
} 
 
.sidepanel{ 
   width: 15%; 
   height: 100%; 
} 
 
.centerpanel{ 
   width:100%; 
   height:100%; 
} 
 
 /* Styles for Elements Mode. */ 
 .lt-item, .lt-image-border { 
   /* Box Shadow (view, item, image border) */ 
   box-shadow: #333 2px 2px 5px 1px; 
 } 
 .lt-view,.lt-thumb-item { 
   /* View */ 
   margin: 5px; 
   padding: 5px; 
 } 
 .lt-item { 
   /* Item */ 
   border: 2px solid #6ecaab; 
   background-color: #b2decf; 
   padding: 10px; 
 } 
 .lt-image-border { 
   /* Image Border */ 
   border: 3px solid #444; 
   background-color: white; 
 } 
 .lt-thumb-item { 
   /* Thumbnail Item */ 
   border: 2px solid #6ecaab; 
   background-color: #b2decf; 
 } 
 .lt-thumb-item.lt-thumb-item-selected { 
   /* Selected Thumbnail Item */ 
   border: 2px solid #59b2ba; 
   background-color: #8ce1e1; 
 } 
 .lt-thumb-item-hovered { 
   /* Hovered Thumbnail Item */ 
   border: 2px solid #52b996; 
   background-color: #87c7b1; 
 } 
 .small-modal { 
   max-width: 200px; 
   width: 200px; 
 }

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