Class Ornament

Ornament implements ornaments as modifiers that can be attached to notes. The complete list of ornaments is available in tables.ts under Vex.Flow.ornamentCodes.

See tests/ornament_tests.ts for usage examples.

Hierarchy

Constructors

  • Create a new ornament of type type, which is an entry in Vex.Flow.ornamentCodes in tables.ts.

    Parameters

    • type: string

    Returns Ornament

Properties

render_options: {
    accidentalLowerPadding: number;
    accidentalUpperPadding: number;
    font_scale: number;
}

Type declaration

  • accidentalLowerPadding: number
  • accidentalUpperPadding: number
  • font_scale: number
DEBUG: boolean = false

To enable logging for this class. Set Vex.Flow.Ornament.DEBUG to true.

TEXT_FONT: Required<FontInfo> = ...

Default font for text. This is not related to music engraving. Instead, see Flow.setMusicFont(...fontNames) to customize the font for musical symbols placed on the score.

Accessors

  • get font(): string
  • Returns the CSS compatible font string for the text font.

    Returns string

  • set font(f): void
  • Provide a CSS compatible font string (e.g., 'bold 16px Arial') that will be applied to text (not glyphs).

    Parameters

    • f: string

    Returns void

  • get fontInfo(): Required<FontInfo>
  • Return a copy of the current FontInfo object.

    Returns Required<FontInfo>

  • set fontInfo(fontInfo): void
  • Parameters

    Returns void

  • get fontSize(): string
  • Returns string

    a CSS font-size string (e.g., '18pt', '12px', '1em').

  • set fontSize(size): void
  • The size is 1) a string of the form '10pt' or '16px', compatible with the CSS font-size property. or 2) a number, which is interpreted as a point size (i.e. 12 == '12pt').

    Parameters

    • size: string | number

    Returns void

  • get fontSizeInPixels(): number
  • Returns number

    the font size in px.

  • get fontSizeInPoints(): number
  • Returns number

    the font size in pt.

  • get fontStyle(): string
  • Returns string

    a CSS font-style string (e.g., 'italic').

  • set fontStyle(style): void
  • Parameters

    • style: string

    Returns void

  • get fontWeight(): string
  • Returns string

    a CSS font-weight string (e.g., 'bold'). As in CSS, font-weight is always returned as a string, even if it was set as a number.

  • set fontWeight(weight): void
  • Parameters

    • weight: string | number

    Returns void

  • get CATEGORY(): string
  • Ornaments category string.

    Returns string

  • get Position(): typeof ModifierPosition
  • Modifiers can be positioned almost anywhere, relative to a note.

    Returns typeof ModifierPosition

  • get PositionString(): Record<string, number>
  • Returns Record<string, number>

  • get minPadding(): number
  • Returns number

  • get ornamentAlignWithNoteHead(): string[]
  • The ornament is aligned based on the note head, but without regard to whether the stem goes up or down.

    Returns string[]

  • get ornamentArticulation(): string[]
  • ornamentArticulation goes above/below the note based on space availablity

    Returns string[]

  • get ornamentAttack(): string[]
  • ornamentAttack indicates something that happens in the attach, placed before the note and any accidentals

    Returns string[]

  • get ornamentNoteTransition(): string[]
  • ornamentNoteTransition means the jazz ornament represents an effect from one note to another, these are generally on the top of the staff.

    Returns string[]

  • get ornamentRelease(): string[]
  • An ornament that happens on the release of the note, generally placed after the note and overlapping the next beat/measure..

    Returns string[]

Methods

  • Adds a child Element to the Element, which lets it inherit the same style as the parent when setGroupStyle() is called.

    Examples of children are noteheads and stems. Modifiers such as Accidentals are generally not set as children.

    Note that StaveNote calls setGroupStyle() when setStyle() is called.

    Parameters

    Returns Ornament

  • Add a class label (An element can have multiple class labels).

    Parameters

    • className: string

    Returns Ornament

  • Used in draw() to check and get the attached note (StaveNote, TabNote, etc.). Also verifies that the index is valid.

    Returns Note

  • Check and get note index, which is a specific note in a chord.

    Returns number

  • Render ornament in position next to note.

    Returns void

  • Draw the element and all its sub-elements (ie.: Modifiers in a Stave) with the element's style (see getStyle() and setStyle())

    Returns void

  • Return an attribute, such as 'id', 'type' or 'class'.

    Parameters

    • name: string

    Returns any

  • Get the css string describing this Element's text font. e.g., 'bold 10pt Arial'.

    Returns string

  • Returns string

    a CSS font-size string (e.g., '18pt', '12px', '1em'). See Element.fontSizeInPixels or Element.fontSizeInPoints if you need to get a number for calculation purposes.

  • Get note index, which is a specific note in a chord.

    Returns undefined | number

  • Legacy ornaments have hard-coded metrics. If additional ornament types are added, get their metrics here.

    Returns OrnamentMetrics

  • Return associated SVGElement.

    Parameters

    • suffix: string = ''

    Returns undefined | SVGElement

  • Get modifier widths.

    Returns number

  • Get shift modifier x

    Returns number

  • Check if it has a class label (An element can have multiple class labels).

    Parameters

    • className: string

    Returns boolean

  • Return the rendered status.

    Returns boolean

  • Remove a class label (An element can have multiple class labels).

    Parameters

    • className: string

    Returns Ornament

  • Reset the text font to the style indicated by the static TEXT_FONT property. Subclasses can call this to initialize textFont for the first time.

    Returns void

  • Set an attribute such as 'id', 'class', or 'type'.

    Parameters

    • name: string
    • value: undefined | string

    Returns Ornament

  • Set whether the ornament is to be delayed.

    Parameters

    • delayed: boolean

    Returns Ornament

  • Set the element's text font family, size, weight, style (e.g., Arial, 10pt, bold, italic).

    This attribute does not determine the font used for musical Glyphs like treble clefs.

    Parameters

    • Optional font: string | FontInfo

      is 1) a FontInfo object or 2) a string formatted as CSS font shorthand (e.g., 'bold 10pt Arial') or 3) a string representing the font family (at least one of size, weight, or style must also be provided).

    • Optional size: string | number

      a string specifying the font size and unit (e.g., '16pt'), or a number (the unit is assumed to be 'pt').

    • Optional weight: string | number

      is a string (e.g., 'bold', 'normal') or a number (100, 200, ... 900).

    • Optional style: string

      is a string (e.g., 'italic', 'normal'). If no arguments are provided, then the font is set to the default font. Each Element subclass may specify its own default by overriding the static TEXT_FONT property.

    Returns Ornament

  • Change the font size, while keeping everything else the same.

    Parameters

    • Optional size: string | number

    Returns Ornament

  • Set the lower accidental for the ornament.

    Parameters

    • accid: string

    Returns Ornament

  • Set the element style used to render.

    Example:

    element.setStyle({ fillStyle: 'red', strokeStyle: 'red' });
    element.draw();

    Note: If the element draws additional sub-elements (ie.: Modifiers in a Stave), the style can be applied to all of them by means of the context:

    element.setStyle({ fillStyle: 'red', strokeStyle: 'red' });
    element.getContext().setFillStyle('red');
    element.getContext().setStrokeStyle('red');
    element.draw();

    or using drawWithStyle:

    element.setStyle({ fillStyle: 'red', strokeStyle: 'red' });
    element.drawWithStyle();

    Parameters

    Returns Ornament

  • Set the upper accidental for the ornament.

    Parameters

    • accid: string

    Returns Ornament

  • Shift modifier x pixels in the direction of the modifier. Negative values shift reverse.

    Parameters

    • x: number

    Returns Ornament

  • Arrange ornaments inside ModifierContext

    Parameters

    Returns boolean