Select between offsets

media/editor/dataDisplayContext.tsx

@@ -218,6 +218,15 @@ export class DisplayContext {
 			this.setSelectionRanges([Range.single(msg.offset)]);
 		});
 
+		registerHandler(MessageType.SetFocusedByteRange, msg => {
+			if (!document.hasFocus()) {
+				window.focus();
+			}
+
+			this.focusedElement = new FocusedElement(false, msg.startingOffset);
+			this.setSelectionRanges([Range.inclusive(msg.startingOffset, msg.endingOffset)]);
+		});
+
 		this.selectionChangeEmitter.addListener(() => this.publishSelections());
 	}
 

package.json

@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
       {
         "command": "hexEditor.goToOffset",
         "title": "Hex Editor: Go To Offset"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "hexEditor.selectBetweenOffsets",
+        "title": "Hex Editor: Select Between Offsets"
       }
     ],
     "viewsContainers": {

shared/protocol.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const enum MessageType {
 	StashDisplayedOffset,
 	GoToOffset,
 	SetFocusedByte,
+	SetFocusedByteRange,
 	SetSelectedCount,
 	PopDisplayedOffset,
 	//#endregion
@@ -126,6 +127,13 @@ export interface SetFocusedByteMessage {
 	offset: number;
 }
 
+/** Focuses a byte range in the editor. */
+export interface SetFocusedByteRangeMessage {
+	type: MessageType.SetFocusedByteRange;
+	startingOffset: number;
+	endingOffset: number;
+}
+
 /** sets the count of selected bytes. */
 export interface SetSelectedCountMessage {
 	type: MessageType.SetSelectedCount;
@@ -152,6 +160,7 @@ export type ToWebviewMessage =
 	| GoToOffsetMessage
 	| SetEditsMessage
 	| SetFocusedByteMessage
+	| SetFocusedByteRangeMessage
 	| PopDisplayedOffsetMessage
 	| StashDisplayedOffsetMessage;
 

src/extension.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { DataInspectorView } from "./dataInspectorView";
 import { showGoToOffset } from "./goToOffset";
 import { HexEditorProvider } from "./hexEditorProvider";
 import { HexEditorRegistry } from "./hexEditorRegistry";
+import { showSelectBetweenOffsets } from "./selectBetweenOffsets";
 import StatusSelectionCount from "./statusSelectionCount";
 
 function readConfigFromPackageJson(extension: vscode.Extension<any>): { extId: string; version: string; aiKey: string } {
@@ -45,8 +46,15 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
 			showGoToOffset(first.value);
 		}
 	});
+	const selectBetweenOffsetsCommand = vscode.commands.registerCommand("hexEditor.selectBetweenOffsets", () => {
+		const first = registry.activeMessaging[Symbol.iterator]().next();
+		if (first.value) {
+			showSelectBetweenOffsets(first.value, registry);
+		}
+	});
 	context.subscriptions.push(new StatusSelectionCount(registry));
 	context.subscriptions.push(goToOffsetCommand);
+	context.subscriptions.push(selectBetweenOffsetsCommand);
 	context.subscriptions.push(openWithCommand);
 	context.subscriptions.push(telemetryReporter);
 	context.subscriptions.push(HexEditorProvider.register(context, telemetryReporter, dataInspectorProvider, registry));

src/hexDocument.ts

@@ -302,4 +302,4 @@ export class HexDocument extends Disposable implements vscode.CustomDocument {
 		str = str.toLowerCase();
 		return str.startsWith("0x") ? parseInt(str.substring(2), 16) : parseInt(str, 10);
 	}
-}
+}

src/selectBetweenOffsets.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import * as vscode from "vscode";
+import { ExtensionHostMessageHandler, MessageType } from "../shared/protocol";
+import { ISelectionState } from "./hexDocument";
+import { HexEditorRegistry } from "./hexEditorRegistry";
+
+const addressRe = /^0x[a-f0-9]+$/i;
+const decimalRe = /^[0-9]+$/i;
+
+export const showSelectBetweenOffsets = async (messaging: ExtensionHostMessageHandler, registry: HexEditorRegistry): Promise<void> => {
+    messaging.sendEvent({ type: MessageType.StashDisplayedOffset });
+
+    let focusedOffset: string | undefined = undefined;
+
+    // acquire selection state from active HexDocument
+    const selectionState: ISelectionState | undefined = registry.activeDocument?.selectionState;
+
+    // if there is a selection, use the focused offset as the starting offset
+    if (selectionState !== undefined && selectionState.selected > 0 && selectionState.focused !== undefined) {
+        // converting to hex to increase readability
+        focusedOffset = `0x${selectionState.focused.toString(16)}`;
+    }
+
+    const offset1 = await getOffset("Enter offset to select from", focusedOffset);
+    if (offset1 !== undefined) {
+        const offset2 = await getOffset("Enter offset to select until");
+        if (offset2 !== undefined) {
+            messaging.sendEvent({ type: MessageType.SetFocusedByteRange, startingOffset: offset1, endingOffset: offset2 });
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function getOffset(inputBoxTitle: string, value?: string): Promise<number | undefined> {
+        const disposables: vscode.Disposable[] = [];
+        try {
+            return await new Promise<number | undefined>((resolve, _reject) => {
+                const input = vscode.window.createInputBox();
+                input.title = inputBoxTitle;
+                input.value = value || "";
+                input.prompt = inputBoxTitle;
+                input.ignoreFocusOut = true;
+                input.placeholder = inputBoxTitle;
+                disposables.push(
+                    input.onDidAccept(() => {
+                        const value = input.value;
+                        input.enabled = false;
+                        input.busy = true;
+                        const offset = validate(value);
+                        if (offset !== undefined) {
+                            resolve(offset);
+                        }
+                        input.enabled = true;
+                        input.busy = false;
+                    }),
+                    input.onDidChangeValue(text => {
+                        const offset = validate(text);
+
+                        if (offset === undefined) {
+                            input.validationMessage = "Offset must be provided as a decimal (12345) or hex (0x12345) address";
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            input.validationMessage = "";
+                            messaging.sendEvent({ type: MessageType.GoToOffset, offset: offset });
+                        }
+                    }),
+                    input.onDidHide(() => {
+                        messaging.sendEvent({ type: MessageType.PopDisplayedOffset });
+                        resolve(undefined);
+                    }),
+                    input
+                );
+                input.show();
+            });
+        } finally {
+            disposables.forEach(d => d.dispose());
+        }
+
+        function validate(text: string): number | undefined {
+            let validatedOffset: number | undefined = undefined;
+            if (!text) {
+                validatedOffset = undefined;
+            } else if (addressRe.test(text)) {
+                validatedOffset = parseInt(text.slice(2), 16);
+            } else if (decimalRe.test(text)) {
+                validatedOffset = parseInt(text, 10);
+            }
+
+            return validatedOffset;
+        }
+    }
+};