diff --git a/Documentation/CSSProperties.md b/Documentation/CSSProperties.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1c9a16718e07 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/CSSProperties.md @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +# Adding or Modifying a CSS Property + +There are several different places you need to make changes, in order to add a CSS property, or later modify it. +These are listed below in the order that Ladybird deals with them, starting at parsing and ending with them being used. + +## Data + +The first place you will need to go to is `CSS/Properties.json`. This file contains the definition for each +property, and is used to generate the `PropertyID` enum and a selection of functions. See +[CSSGeneratedFiles.md](CSSGeneratedFiles.md#propertiesjson) for details. + +## Parsing + +For many properties, there is no need to add custom parsing code. Properties that take a single value, or shorthands +that are a list of their longhand properties, will be parsed automatically using the data in `Properties.json`. +However, there are many CSS properties with more complicated grammar and so they require custom parsing. + +Property-parsing code goes in `CSS/Parser/PropertyParsing.cpp`, and `CSS/Parser/Parser.h`. First, +`Parser::parse_css_value()` is called, which has a switch for specific properties. Call your method from there. It +should return a `RefPtr` to a `CSSStyleValue` or one of its subclasses. + +For shorthands, you should normally use `ShorthandStyleValue`, which automatically expands its longhand values. You +might need to modify `ShorthandStyleValue::to_string` if your shorthand has special serialization rules. + +If your property's value can't be represented with an existing type, you might need to add a new style value class. +If you need to do this, pester @AtkinsSJ until he gets around to documenting it. ;^) + +## Computed style + +After parsing and style computation, longhand properties are stored as `CSSStyleValue` pointers in +`ComputedProperties`. Any shorthands have been expanded out, and so we do not need to store them directly. + +These longhands then need to be converted to a more usable form. To do this, add a getter to `ComputedProperties` with +the same name as the property. It should return a type that holds the value in a compact form. Be aware that anything +involving numbers or dimensions may be a calculation, so store it in one of the `FooOrCalculated` types. + +Then, `CSS/ComputedValues.h` contains three classes that are relevant: +- `ComputedValues` holds the computed value of each property, in a flat format. Depending on whether the property is + inherited or not, it needs adding to the `m_inherited` or `m_noninherited` structs, with a corresponding getter. +- `MutableComputedValues` also needs a setter for the value. +- `InitialValues` has a getter for the default value of the property. This isn't always needed if the default would be + an empty `Vector` or similar. + +Style is copied from `ComputedProperties` to `ComputedValues` in `NodeWithStyle::apply_style()`. Each property is +copied individually. + +Then, read the value of your property with that `ComputedValues` getter we added. + +## Resolved style + +Some properties have special rules for getting the computed value from JS. For these, you will need to add to +`ResolvedCSSStyleDeclaration::style_value_for_property()`. Shorthands that are constructed in an unusual way may also +need handling inside `CSSStyleDeclaration::get_property_internal()`.