Namespace: Extensions

Blockly.Extensions

namespace   static

Methods

apply

static

apply(name, block, isMutator)

Applies an extension method to a block. This should only be called during block construction.

Parameter
name	string The name of the extension.
block	Blockly.Block The block to apply the named extension to. Value must not be null.
isMutator	boolean True if this extension defines a mutator.

Throws

Error if the extension is not found.

buildTooltipForDropdown

static

buildTooltipForDropdown(dropdownName, lookupTable) returns function()

Builds an extension function that will map a dropdown value to a tooltip string.

This method includes multiple checks to ensure tooltips, dropdown options, and message references are aligned. This aims to catch errors as early as possible, without requiring developers to manually test tooltips under each option. After the page is loaded, each tooltip text string will be checked for matching message keys in the internationalized string table. Deferring this until the page is loaded decouples loading dependencies. Later, upon loading the first block of any given type, the extension will validate every dropdown option has a matching tooltip in the lookupTable. Errors are reported as warnings in the console, and are never fatal.

Parameter
dropdownName	string The name of the field whose value is the key to the lookup table.
lookupTable	Object with string properties The table of field values to tooltip text. Value must not be null.

Returns

function() The extension function.

buildTooltipWithFieldText

static

buildTooltipWithFieldText(msgTemplate, fieldName) returns function()

Builds an extension function that will install a dynamic tooltip. The tooltip message should include the string '%1' and that string will be replaced with the text of the named field.

Parameter
msgTemplate	string The template form to of the message text, with %1 placeholder.
fieldName	string The field with the replacement text.

Returns

function() The extension function.

register

static

register(name, initFn)

Registers a new extension function. Extensions are functions that help initialize blocks, usually adding dynamic behavior such as onchange handlers and mutators. These are applied using Block.applyExtension(), or the JSON "extensions" array attribute.

Parameter
name	string The name of this extension.
initFn	function() The function to initialize an extended block.

Throws

Error if the extension name is empty, the extension is already registered, or extensionFn is not a function.

registerMixin

static

registerMixin(name, mixinObj)

Registers a new extension function that adds all key/value of mixinObj.

Parameter
name	string The name of this extension.
mixinObj	Object The values to mix in. Value must not be null.

Throws

Error if the extension name is empty or the extension is already registered.

registerMutator

static

registerMutator(name, mixinObj, opt_helperFn, opt_blockList)

Registers a new extension function that adds a mutator to the block. At register time this performs some basic sanity checks on the mutator. The wrapper may also add a mutator dialog to the block, if both compose and decompose are defined on the mixin.

Parameter
name	string The name of this mutator extension.
mixinObj	Object The values to mix in. Value must not be null.
opt_helperFn	Optional function() An optional function to apply after mixing in the object.
opt_blockList	Optional Array of string A list of blocks to appear in the flyout of the mutator dialog.

Throws

Error if the mutation is invalid or can't be applied to the block.