CharacterBoundsUpdateEvent

<canvas id="editor-canvas"></canvas>

const FONT_SIZE = 40;
const FONT = `${FONT_SIZE}px Arial`;

const canvas = document.getElementById("editor-canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = FONT;

const editContext = new EditContext();
canvas.editContext = editContext;

function computeCharacterBound(offset) {
  // Measure the width from the start of the text to the character.
  const widthBeforeChar = ctx.measureText(
    editContext.text.substring(0, offset),
  ).width;

  // Measure the character width.
  const charWidth = ctx.measureText(editContext.text[offset]).width;

  const charX = canvas.offsetLeft + widthBeforeChar;
  const charY = canvas.offsetTop;

  // Return a DOMRect representing the character bounds.
  return DOMRect.fromRect({
    x: charX,
    y: charY - FONT_SIZE,
    width: charWidth,
    height: FONT_SIZE,
  });
}

editContext.addEventListener("characterboundsupdate", (e) => {
  const charBounds = [];
  for (let offset = e.rangeStart; offset < e.rangeEnd; offset++) {
    charBounds.push(computeCharacterBound(offset));
  }

  // Update the character bounds in the EditContext instance.
  editContext.updateCharacterBounds(e.rangeStart, charBounds);

  console.log(
    "The required character bounds are",
    charBounds
      .map(
        (bound) =>
          `(x: ${bound.x}, y: ${bound.y}, width: ${bound.width}, height: ${bound.height})`,
      )
      .join(", "),
  );
});