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UITool class

UI APIs. Create elements and manage them.

Signature:

export declare class UITool extends BasicTool 

Extends: BasicTool

Constructors

Constructor	Modifiers	Description
(constructor)(base)		Constructs a new instance of the UITool class

Properties

Property	Modifiers	Type	Description
_basicOptions	protected	UIOptions	UITool options
basicOptions	readonly	UIOptions
elementCache	protected	WeakRef<Element>[]	Store elements created with this instance

Methods

Method	Modifiers	Description
appendElement(properties, container)		Append element(s) to a node.
createElement(doc, tagName, props)		Create DocumentFragment.
createElement(doc, tagName, props)		Create HTMLElement.
createElement(doc, tagName, props)		Create XUL.Element.
createElement(doc, tagName, props)		Create SVGElement
createElement(doc, tagName, props)		Create Element
createElement(doc, tagName, namespace, enableElementRecord)
insertElementBefore(properties, referenceNode)		Inserts a node before a reference node as a child of its parent node.
parseXHTMLToFragment(str, entities, defaultXUL)		Parse XHTML to XUL fragment. For Zotero 6. To load preferences from a Zotero 7's .xhtml, use this method to parse it.
replaceElement(properties, oldNode)		Replace oldNode with a new one.
unregisterAll()		Remove all elements created by createElement.