README.md

The MathLive Vue wrapper provides a Vue component that implements a <mathlive-mathfield> HTML tag.

The component can be used to edit formulas using the MathLive library. The editor provides a rich, accessible, editing UI, including virtual keyboards for mobile, and can provide the output as LaTeX, MathML or spoken text.

Getting Started

The MathLive library must be loaded separately. This gives the option to pick a specific version of the library to be used by the wrapper.

Next, the wrapper should be imported, then the two connected using Vue.use()

Note: this repository only contains the sample. The Vue wrapper is packaged with the main MathLive library.

Caution: If you are getting runtime errors when instantiating a mathfield component and a warning in the console from Vue about "You are using the runtime-only build of Vue..." make sure to add runtimeCompiler: true to your Vue configuration.

<script type="module">
  import * as MathLive from "https://unpkg.com/mathlive/dist/mathlive.min.mjs";
  import VueMathfield from "https://unpkg.com/mathlive/dist/vue-mathlive.mjs";

  Vue.use(VueMathfield, MathLive);
</script>

The default tag for mathfields is <mathlive-mathfield> A custom tag can be defined using:

Vue.component("custom-tag", Mathfield);

The component supports the v-model attribute.

The textual content of the element is used as the initial value of the editor.

The mathfield can be configured using the :options attribute, for example to specify the location of the fonts directory. Read more about the available options.

<mathlive-mathfield
  :options="{smartFence:false}"
  @focus="ping"
  :on-keystroke="displayKeystroke"
  v-model="formula"
>
  f(x)=
</mathlive-mathfield>

Props

Name	Type	Description
value	string	The content of the mathfield, represented as a LaTeX string.
options	object	Configuration options for the mathfield.
onKeystroke	(keystroke:string, ev:Event) => boolean	A callback invoked when a key is pressed. keystroke is a string describing the keystroke, ev is the native keyboard event. Return false to stop handling of the event
onMoveOutOf	(string) => boolean	A callback invoked when keyboard navigation would cause the insertion point to leave the mathfield. The argument indicates the direction of the navigation, either "forward" or "backward". Return false to prevent the move, true to wrap around to the start of the field. By default, the insertion point will wrap around.
onTabOutOf	(string) => boolean	A callback invoked when pressing tab (or shift-tab) would cause the insertion point to leave the mathfield. The argument indicates the direction of the navigation, either "forward" or "backward". Return false to prevent the move, true to wrap around to the start of the field. By default, the insertion point will wrap around.

Events

Name	Description
focus	The editor instance gained the input focus.
blur	The editor instance lost the input focus.
input	The content of the mathfield has changed. The parameter of the event is the new value as a string
selection-will-change	The selection of the mathfield is about to change
undo-state-will-change	The undo state is about to change
undo-state-did-change	The undo state has changed
virtual-keyboard-toggle	The visibility of the virtual keyboard has changed. The first argument is a boolean indicating if the keyboard is now visible. The second argument is a DOM element containing the virtual keyboard.
read-aloud-status	The status of the read aloud operation has changed. The first argument is a string indicating the new status.

Methods

Name	Description
perform(selector:string)	Perform an action, as indicated by the selector.
hasFocus(): boolean	True if the mathfield is focused
focus()	Set the focus to the mathfield
blur()	Remove the focus from the mathfield
text(format:string): string	Return the content of the mathfield as a string in the specified format: "latex", "latex-expanded" (all the LaTeX macros are expanded to their definition), "spoken", "mathML"
selectedText(format:string): string	Like text(), but only for the current selection.
insert(content:string, options:object)	options.insertionMode = 'replaceSelection' (default), 'replaceAll', 'insertBefore', 'insertAfter' options.selectionMode - Describes where the selection will be after the insertion: 'placeholder': the selection will be the first available placeholder in the item that has been inserted) (default), 'after': the selection will be an insertion point after the item that has been inserted, 'before': the selection will be an insertion point before the item that has been inserted) or 'item' (the item that was inserted will be selected). options.placeholder - The placeholder string, if necessary options.format - The format of the string s: 'auto': the string is interpreted as a latex fragment or command) (default), 'latex': the string is interpreted strictly as a latex fragment options.smartFence - If true, promote plain fences, e.g. (, as \left...\right or \mleft...\mright options.suppressChangeNotifications - If true, the handlers for the contentDidChange and selectionDidChange notifications will not be invoked. Default false.
keystroke(keys:string, evt:Event)	Simulate a user pressing a key combination
typedText(text:string)	Simulate a user typing some text.
selectionIsCollapsed():boolean	True if the selection is collapsed, i.e. single insertion point
selectionDepth():number	Return the depth of the selection group. If the selection is at the root level, returns 0. If the selection is a portion of the numerator of a fraction which is at the root level, return 1. Note that in that case, the numerator would be the "selection group"
selectionAtStart():boolean	Return true if the selection starts at the beginning of the selection group
selectionAtEnd():boolean	Return true if the selection extends to the end of the selection group
select()	Select the content of the mathfield

Selectors

Selectors can be passed to [Mathfield.executeCommand()]{@link Mathfield#executeCommand} to execute various commands. They can also be associated with keys in virtual keyboard.

See {@tutorial SELECTORS} for a list of all the selectors.