Example of using getCaretAtPoint()/getSelectionRects()

[Utopiah]

I noticed https://protectwise.github.io/troika/troika-three-text/#carets-and-selection-ranges and as I'm tinkering with the idea of a minimalist Vim in WebXR thought it could help. Are these functions accessible somehow from the component?

[lojjic]

Hmm, those utility functions don't end up in the aframe-troika-text bundle.

I suppose you could copy the selectionUtils.js file directly and pass textComponent.troikaTextMesh.textRenderInfo to those functions.

I'd also accept a PR that exposes them as methods on the aframe component; I'd kept them off the Text class for tree shaking but it's not too much extra to add to the aframe-troika-text bundle.

[Utopiah]

Thanks, maybe I missed something though so just to be sure I don't dig where I shouldn't... right now from the AFrame component is there a way to have a cursor, going from glyph to glyph by knowing its relative or absolute position to e.g display behind it a plane or just an _ under?

[lojjic]

Not built in, no. Those selectionUtils functions give you all the data you need to implement such a thing, though. Some other folks have built similar things but I don't know if any are for aframe specifically. An example: https://twitter.com/__jberesford__/status/1609766045891571713