support read mode via QWebView

src/resources/markdown-it.js

@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ mdit.use(window.markdownitContainer, 'alert', {
     },
 
     render: function (tokens, idx) {
-        let type = tokens[idx].info.trim().match(/^(alert-\S+)$/);
+        var type = tokens[idx].info.trim().match(/^(alert-\S+)$/);
         if (tokens[idx].nesting === 1) {
             // opening tag
-            let alertClass = type[1];
+            var alertClass = type[1];
             return '<div class="alert ' + alertClass + '" role="alert">';
         } else {
             // closing tag

src/resources/markdown_template.html

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="COMMON_CSS_PLACE_HOLDER">
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="CSS_PLACE_HOLDER">
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="HIGHLIGHTJS_CSS_PLACE_HOLDER">
-    <script src="qrc:/resources/qwebchannel.js"></script>
+    <script src="qrc:///qtwebchannel/qwebchannel.js"></script>
     <script src="qrc:/utils/highlightjs/highlight.pack.js"></script>
     <script src="qrc:/utils/clipboard.js/clipboard.min.js"></script>
     <!-- EXTRA_PLACE_HOLDER -->

src/resources/markdown_template.js

@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ if (typeof handleMathjaxReady == 'undefined') {
     var handleMathjaxReady = function() {};
 }
 
+if (typeof VWebChannelPort == 'undefined') {
+    var VWebChannelPort = '12345';
+}
+
 // Whether highlight special blocks like puml, flowchart.
 var highlightSpecialBlocks = false;
 
@@ -176,54 +180,61 @@ var mute = function(muted) {
     g_muteScroll = muted;
 };
 
-new QWebChannel(qt.webChannelTransport,
+window.addEventListener('load', function() {
-    function(channel) {
+    var baseUrl = 'ws://localhost:' + VWebChannelPort;
-        content = channel.objects.content;
+    var socket = new WebSocket(baseUrl);
+    socket.onopen = function() {
+        console.log('WebSocket connected to ' + baseUrl);
+        new QWebChannel(socket,
+            function(channel) {
+                content = channel.objects.content;
 
-        content.requestScrollToAnchor.connect(scrollToAnchor);
+                content.requestScrollToAnchor.connect(scrollToAnchor);
 
-        content.requestMuted.connect(mute);
+                content.requestMuted.connect(mute);
 
-        if (typeof highlightText == "function") {
+                if (typeof highlightText == "function") {
-            content.requestHighlightText.connect(highlightText);
+                    content.requestHighlightText.connect(highlightText);
-            content.noticeReadyToHighlightText();
+                    content.noticeReadyToHighlightText();
-        }
+                }
 
-        if (typeof htmlToText == "function") {
+                if (typeof htmlToText == "function") {
-            content.requestHtmlToText.connect(htmlToText);
+                    content.requestHtmlToText.connect(htmlToText);
-        }
+                }
 
-        if (typeof textToHtml == "function") {
+                if (typeof textToHtml == "function") {
-            content.requestTextToHtml.connect(textToHtml);
+                    content.requestTextToHtml.connect(textToHtml);
-            content.noticeReadyToTextToHtml();
+                    content.noticeReadyToTextToHtml();
-        }
+                }
 
-        if (typeof htmlContent == "function") {
+                if (typeof htmlContent == "function") {
-            content.requestHtmlContent.connect(htmlContent);
+                    content.requestHtmlContent.connect(htmlContent);
-        }
+                }
 
-        content.plantUMLResultReady.connect(handlePlantUMLResult);
+                content.plantUMLResultReady.connect(handlePlantUMLResult);
-        content.graphvizResultReady.connect(handleGraphvizResult);
+                content.graphvizResultReady.connect(handleGraphvizResult);
 
-        content.requestPreviewEnabled.connect(setPreviewEnabled);
+                content.requestPreviewEnabled.connect(setPreviewEnabled);
 
-        content.requestPreviewCodeBlock.connect(previewCodeBlock);
+                content.requestPreviewCodeBlock.connect(previewCodeBlock);
 
-        content.requestSetPreviewContent.connect(setPreviewContent);
+                content.requestSetPreviewContent.connect(setPreviewContent);
-        content.requestPerformSmartLivePreview.connect(performSmartLivePreview);
+                content.requestPerformSmartLivePreview.connect(performSmartLivePreview);
 
-        if (typeof updateHtml == "function") {
+                if (typeof updateHtml == "function") {
-            updateHtml(content.html);
+                    updateHtml(content.html);
-            content.htmlChanged.connect(updateHtml);
+                    content.htmlChanged.connect(updateHtml);
-        }
+                }
 
-        if (typeof updateText == "function") {
+                if (typeof updateText == "function") {
-            content.textChanged.connect(updateText);
+                    content.textChanged.connect(updateText);
-            content.updateText();
+                    content.updateText();
-        }
+                }
 
-        channelInitialized = true;
+                channelInitialized = true;
-    });
+            });
+    }
+});
 
 var VHighlightedAnchorClass = 'highlighted-anchor';
 
@@ -818,7 +829,7 @@ var renderPlantUMLOneOnline = function(code) {
     ++asyncJobsCount;
     code.classList.add(plantUMLCodeClass + plantUMLIdx);
 
-    let data = { index: plantUMLIdx,
+    var data = { index: plantUMLIdx,
                  setupView: !VPreviewMode
     };
     renderPlantUMLOnline(VPlantUMLServer,
@@ -1510,7 +1521,7 @@ var handleGraphvizResult = function(id, timeStamp, format, result) {
         if (format == 'svg') {
             obj = document.createElement('p');
             obj.innerHTML = result;
-            setupSVGToView(obj.children[0]);
+            setupSVGToView(obj.children[0], false);
         } else {
             obj = document.createElement('img');
             obj.src = "data:image/" + format + ";base64, " + result;

src/resources/qwebchannel.js

@@ -1,430 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
-** Copyright (C) 2014 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
-** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
-**
-** This file is part of the QtWebChannel module of the Qt Toolkit.
-**
-** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:BSD$
-** Commercial License Usage
-** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
-** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
-** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
-** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
-** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
-** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
-**
-** BSD License Usage
-** Alternatively, you may use this file under the terms of the BSD license
-** as follows:
-**
-** "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-** modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
-** met:
-**   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-**   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
-**     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-**     distribution.
-**   * Neither the name of The Qt Company Ltd nor the names of its
-**     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-**     from this software without specific prior written permission.
-**
-**
-** THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-** "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-** LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-** OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-** SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-** LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-** DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-** THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-** (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-** OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE."
-**
-** $QT_END_LICENSE$
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-"use strict";
-
-var QWebChannelMessageTypes = {
-    signal: 1,
-    propertyUpdate: 2,
-    init: 3,
-    idle: 4,
-    debug: 5,
-    invokeMethod: 6,
-    connectToSignal: 7,
-    disconnectFromSignal: 8,
-    setProperty: 9,
-    response: 10,
-};
-
-var QWebChannel = function(transport, initCallback)
-{
-    if (typeof transport !== "object" || typeof transport.send !== "function") {
-        console.error("The QWebChannel expects a transport object with a send function and onmessage callback property." +
-                      " Given is: transport: " + typeof(transport) + ", transport.send: " + typeof(transport.send));
-        return;
-    }
-
-    var channel = this;
-    this.transport = transport;
-
-    this.send = function(data)
-    {
-        if (typeof(data) !== "string") {
-            data = JSON.stringify(data);
-        }
-        channel.transport.send(data);
-    }
-
-    this.transport.onmessage = function(message)
-    {
-        var data = message.data;
-        if (typeof data === "string") {
-            data = JSON.parse(data);
-        }
-        switch (data.type) {
-            case QWebChannelMessageTypes.signal:
-                channel.handleSignal(data);
-                break;
-            case QWebChannelMessageTypes.response:
-                channel.handleResponse(data);
-                break;
-            case QWebChannelMessageTypes.propertyUpdate:
-                channel.handlePropertyUpdate(data);
-                break;
-            default:
-                console.error("invalid message received:", message.data);
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    this.execCallbacks = {};
-    this.execId = 0;
-    this.exec = function(data, callback)
-    {
-        if (!callback) {
-            // if no callback is given, send directly
-            channel.send(data);
-            return;
-        }
-        if (channel.execId === Number.MAX_VALUE) {
-            // wrap
-            channel.execId = Number.MIN_VALUE;
-        }
-        if (data.hasOwnProperty("id")) {
-            console.error("Cannot exec message with property id: " + JSON.stringify(data));
-            return;
-        }
-        data.id = channel.execId++;
-        channel.execCallbacks[data.id] = callback;
-        channel.send(data);
-    };
-
-    this.objects = {};
-
-    this.handleSignal = function(message)
-    {
-        var object = channel.objects[message.object];
-        if (object) {
-            object.signalEmitted(message.signal, message.args);
-        } else {
-            console.warn("Unhandled signal: " + message.object + "::" + message.signal);
-        }
-    }
-
-    this.handleResponse = function(message)
-    {
-        if (!message.hasOwnProperty("id")) {
-            console.error("Invalid response message received: ", JSON.stringify(message));
-            return;
-        }
-        channel.execCallbacks[message.id](message.data);
-        delete channel.execCallbacks[message.id];
-    }
-
-    this.handlePropertyUpdate = function(message)
-    {
-        for (var i in message.data) {
-            var data = message.data[i];
-            var object = channel.objects[data.object];
-            if (object) {
-                object.propertyUpdate(data.signals, data.properties);
-            } else {
-                console.warn("Unhandled property update: " + data.object + "::" + data.signal);
-            }
-        }
-        channel.exec({type: QWebChannelMessageTypes.idle});
-    }
-
-    this.debug = function(message)
-    {
-        channel.send({type: QWebChannelMessageTypes.debug, data: message});
-    };
-
-    channel.exec({type: QWebChannelMessageTypes.init}, function(data) {
-        for (var objectName in data) {
-            var object = new QObject(objectName, data[objectName], channel);
-        }
-        // now unwrap properties, which might reference other registered objects
-        for (var objectName in channel.objects) {
-            channel.objects[objectName].unwrapProperties();
-        }
-        if (initCallback) {
-            initCallback(channel);
-        }
-        channel.exec({type: QWebChannelMessageTypes.idle});
-    });
-};
-
-function QObject(name, data, webChannel)
-{
-    this.__id__ = name;
-    webChannel.objects[name] = this;
-
-    // List of callbacks that get invoked upon signal emission
-    this.__objectSignals__ = {};
-
-    // Cache of all properties, updated when a notify signal is emitted
-    this.__propertyCache__ = {};
-
-    var object = this;
-
-    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    this.unwrapQObject = function(response)
-    {
-        if (response instanceof Array) {
-            // support list of objects
-            var ret = new Array(response.length);
-            for (var i = 0; i < response.length; ++i) {
-                ret[i] = object.unwrapQObject(response[i]);
-            }
-            return ret;
-        }
-        if (!response
-            || !response["__QObject*__"]
-            || response.id === undefined) {
-            return response;
-        }
-
-        var objectId = response.id;
-        if (webChannel.objects[objectId])
-            return webChannel.objects[objectId];
-
-        if (!response.data) {
-            console.error("Cannot unwrap unknown QObject " + objectId + " without data.");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        var qObject = new QObject( objectId, response.data, webChannel );
-        qObject.destroyed.connect(function() {
-            if (webChannel.objects[objectId] === qObject) {
-                delete webChannel.objects[objectId];
-                // reset the now deleted QObject to an empty {} object
-                // just assigning {} though would not have the desired effect, but the
-                // below also ensures all external references will see the empty map
-                // NOTE: this detour is necessary to workaround QTBUG-40021
-                var propertyNames = [];
-                for (var propertyName in qObject) {
-                    propertyNames.push(propertyName);
-                }
-                for (var idx in propertyNames) {
-                    delete qObject[propertyNames[idx]];
-                }
-            }
-        });
-        // here we are already initialized, and thus must directly unwrap the properties
-        qObject.unwrapProperties();
-        return qObject;
-    }
-
-    this.unwrapProperties = function()
-    {
-        for (var propertyIdx in object.__propertyCache__) {
-            object.__propertyCache__[propertyIdx] = object.unwrapQObject(object.__propertyCache__[propertyIdx]);
-        }
-    }
-
-    function addSignal(signalData, isPropertyNotifySignal)
-    {
-        var signalName = signalData[0];
-        var signalIndex = signalData[1];
-        object[signalName] = {
-            connect: function(callback) {
-                if (typeof(callback) !== "function") {
-                    console.error("Bad callback given to connect to signal " + signalName);
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                object.__objectSignals__[signalIndex] = object.__objectSignals__[signalIndex] || [];
-                object.__objectSignals__[signalIndex].push(callback);
-
-                if (!isPropertyNotifySignal && signalName !== "destroyed") {
-                    // only required for "pure" signals, handled separately for properties in propertyUpdate
-                    // also note that we always get notified about the destroyed signal
-                    webChannel.exec({
-                        type: QWebChannelMessageTypes.connectToSignal,
-                        object: object.__id__,
-                        signal: signalIndex
-                    });
-                }
-            },
-            disconnect: function(callback) {
-                if (typeof(callback) !== "function") {
-                    console.error("Bad callback given to disconnect from signal " + signalName);
-                    return;
-                }
-                object.__objectSignals__[signalIndex] = object.__objectSignals__[signalIndex] || [];
-                var idx = object.__objectSignals__[signalIndex].indexOf(callback);
-                if (idx === -1) {
-                    console.error("Cannot find connection of signal " + signalName + " to " + callback.name);
-                    return;
-                }
-                object.__objectSignals__[signalIndex].splice(idx, 1);
-                if (!isPropertyNotifySignal && object.__objectSignals__[signalIndex].length === 0) {
-                    // only required for "pure" signals, handled separately for properties in propertyUpdate
-                    webChannel.exec({
-                        type: QWebChannelMessageTypes.disconnectFromSignal,
-                        object: object.__id__,
-                        signal: signalIndex
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-        };
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Invokes all callbacks for the given signalname. Also works for property notify callbacks.
-     */
-    function invokeSignalCallbacks(signalName, signalArgs)
-    {
-        var connections = object.__objectSignals__[signalName];
-        if (connections) {
-            connections.forEach(function(callback) {
-                callback.apply(callback, signalArgs);
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    this.propertyUpdate = function(signals, propertyMap)
-    {
-        // update property cache
-        for (var propertyIndex in propertyMap) {
-            var propertyValue = propertyMap[propertyIndex];
-            object.__propertyCache__[propertyIndex] = propertyValue;
-        }
-
-        for (var signalName in signals) {
-            // Invoke all callbacks, as signalEmitted() does not. This ensures the
-            // property cache is updated before the callbacks are invoked.
-            invokeSignalCallbacks(signalName, signals[signalName]);
-        }
-    }
-
-    this.signalEmitted = function(signalName, signalArgs)
-    {
-        invokeSignalCallbacks(signalName, signalArgs);
-    }
-
-    function addMethod(methodData)
-    {
-        var methodName = methodData[0];
-        var methodIdx = methodData[1];
-        object[methodName] = function() {
-            var args = [];
-            var callback;
-            for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; ++i) {
-                if (typeof arguments[i] === "function")
-                    callback = arguments[i];
-                else
-                    args.push(arguments[i]);
-            }
-
-            webChannel.exec({
-                "type": QWebChannelMessageTypes.invokeMethod,
-                "object": object.__id__,
-                "method": methodIdx,
-                "args": args
-            }, function(response) {
-                if (response !== undefined) {
-                    var result = object.unwrapQObject(response);
-                    if (callback) {
-                        (callback)(result);
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-        };
-    }
-
-    function bindGetterSetter(propertyInfo)
-    {
-        var propertyIndex = propertyInfo[0];
-        var propertyName = propertyInfo[1];
-        var notifySignalData = propertyInfo[2];
-        // initialize property cache with current value
-        // NOTE: if this is an object, it is not directly unwrapped as it might
-        // reference other QObject that we do not know yet
-        object.__propertyCache__[propertyIndex] = propertyInfo[3];
-
-        if (notifySignalData) {
-            if (notifySignalData[0] === 1) {
-                // signal name is optimized away, reconstruct the actual name
-                notifySignalData[0] = propertyName + "Changed";
-            }
-            addSignal(notifySignalData, true);
-        }
-
-        Object.defineProperty(object, propertyName, {
-            configurable: true,
-            get: function () {
-                var propertyValue = object.__propertyCache__[propertyIndex];
-                if (propertyValue === undefined) {
-                    // This shouldn't happen
-                    console.warn("Undefined value in property cache for property \"" + propertyName + "\" in object " + object.__id__);
-                }
-
-                return propertyValue;
-            },
-            set: function(value) {
-                if (value === undefined) {
-                    console.warn("Property setter for " + propertyName + " called with undefined value!");
-                    return;
-                }
-                object.__propertyCache__[propertyIndex] = value;
-                webChannel.exec({
-                    "type": QWebChannelMessageTypes.setProperty,
-                    "object": object.__id__,
-                    "property": propertyIndex,
-                    "value": value
-                });
-            }
-        });
-
-    }
-
-    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-    data.methods.forEach(addMethod);
-
-    data.properties.forEach(bindGetterSetter);
-
-    data.signals.forEach(function(signal) { addSignal(signal, false); });
-
-    for (var name in data.enums) {
-        object[name] = data.enums[name];
-    }
-}
-
-//required for use with nodejs
-if (typeof module === 'object') {
-    module.exports = {
-        QWebChannel: QWebChannel
-    };
-}

src/resources/view_image.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var imageViewDiv = document.getElementById('image-view-div');
 
-var viewImage = function(imgSrc, background = 'transparent') {
+var viewImage = function(imgSrc, background) {
     viewBoxImageMouseDown = false;
 
     imageViewDiv.style.display = 'block';
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ var viewImage = function(imgSrc, background = 'transparent') {
 };
 
 var viewIMG = function(imgNode) {
-    viewImage(imgNode.src);
+    viewImage(imgNode.src, 'transparent');
 };
 
-var viewSVG = function(svgNode, background = 'transparent') {
+var viewSVG = function(svgNode, background) {
     var svg = svgNode.outerHTML.replace(/#/g, '%23').replace(/[\r\n]/g, '');
     var src = 'data:image/svg+xml;utf8,' + svg;
 
@@ -173,14 +173,14 @@ var onSVGDoubleClick = function(forceBackground, e) {
                 viewSVG(this, style.backgroundColor);
             }
         } else {
-            viewSVG(this);
+            viewSVG(this, 'transparent');
         }
 
         e.preventDefault();
     }
 };
 
-var setupSVGToView = function(node, forceBackground = false) {
+var setupSVGToView = function(node, forceBackground) {
     if (!node || node.nodeName.toLowerCase() != 'svg') {
         return;
     }

src/src.pro

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------
 
-QT       += core gui network svg printsupport webkitwidgets
+QT       += core gui network svg printsupport webkitwidgets webchannel websockets
 
 greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
 
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ SOURCES += main.cpp\
     vtablehelper.cpp \
     vtable.cpp \
     dialog/vinserttabledialog.cpp \
-    vpreviewpage.cpp
+    vpreviewpage.cpp \
+    vwebview.cpp \
+    websocketclientwrapper.cpp \
+    websockettransport.cpp
 
 HEADERS  += vmainwindow.h \
     vdirectorytree.h \
@@ -297,7 +300,10 @@ HEADERS  += vmainwindow.h \
     vtablehelper.h \
     vtable.h \
     dialog/vinserttabledialog.h \
-    vpreviewpage.h
+    vpreviewpage.h \
+    vwebview.h \
+    websocketclientwrapper.h \
+    websockettransport.h
 
 RESOURCES += \
     vnote.qrc \

src/utils/vutils.cpp

@@ -655,9 +655,9 @@ QString VUtils::generateSimpleHtmlTemplate(const QString &p_body)
     return html.replace(HtmlHolder::c_bodyHolder, p_body);
 }
 
-QString VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(MarkdownConverterType p_conType)
+QString VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(MarkdownConverterType p_conType, quint16 p_port)
 {
-    return generateHtmlTemplate(VNote::s_markdownTemplate, p_conType);
+    return generateHtmlTemplate(VNote::s_markdownTemplate, p_conType, p_port);
 }
 
 QString VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(MarkdownConverterType p_conType,
@@ -675,11 +675,12 @@ QString VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(MarkdownConverterType p_conType,
                                                 g_config->getCodeBlockCssStyleUrl(p_renderCodeBlockStyle),
                                                 p_isPDF);
 
-    return generateHtmlTemplate(templ, p_conType, p_isPDF, p_wkhtmltopdf, p_addToc);
+    return generateHtmlTemplate(templ, p_conType, 0, p_isPDF, p_wkhtmltopdf, p_addToc);
 }
 
 QString VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(const QString &p_template,
                                      MarkdownConverterType p_conType,
+                                     quint16 p_port,
                                      bool p_isPDF,
                                      bool p_wkhtmltopdf,
                                      bool p_addToc)
@@ -882,6 +883,8 @@ QString VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(const QString &p_template,
     extraFile += "<script>var VOS = 'linux';</script>\n";
 #endif
 
+    extraFile += "<script>var VWebChannelPort = '" + QString::number(p_port) + "';</script>\n";
+
     QString htmlTemplate(p_template);
     htmlTemplate.replace(HtmlHolder::c_JSHolder, jsFile);
     if (!extraFile.isEmpty()) {

src/utils/vutils.h

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public:
     static DocType docTypeFromName(const QString &p_name);
 
     // Generate HTML template.
-    static QString generateHtmlTemplate(MarkdownConverterType p_conType);
+    static QString generateHtmlTemplate(MarkdownConverterType p_conType, quint16 p_port);
 
     // @p_renderBg is the background name.
     // @p_wkhtmltopdf: whether this template is used for wkhtmltopdf.
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ private:
 
     static QString generateHtmlTemplate(const QString &p_template,
                                         MarkdownConverterType p_conType,
+                                        quint16 p_port,
                                         bool p_isPDF = false,
                                         bool p_wkhtmltopdf = false,
                                         bool p_addToc = false);

src/veditarea.cpp

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ int VEditArea::openFileInWindow(int windowIndex, VFile *p_file, OpenFileMode p_m
 {
     Q_ASSERT(windowIndex < splitter->count());
     VEditWindow *win = getWindow(windowIndex);
-    return win->openFile(p_file, OpenFileMode::Edit);
+    return win->openFile(p_file, p_mode);
 }
 
 void VEditArea::setCurrentTab(int windowIndex, int tabIndex, bool setFocus)

src/veditwindow.cpp

@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ int VEditWindow::insertEditTab(int p_index, VFile *p_file, QWidget *p_page)
 
 int VEditWindow::openFile(VFile *p_file, OpenFileMode p_mode)
 {
-    qDebug() << "open" << p_file->getName();
     // Find if it has been opened already
     int idx = findTabByFile(p_file);
     if (idx > -1) {

src/vfile.cpp

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ QUrl VFile::getBaseUrl() const
     // Need to judge the path: Url, local file, resource file.
     QUrl baseUrl;
     // Use file path to make in page anchor work.
-    QString filePath = fetchPath();
+    QString filePath = fetchBasePath();
     QFileInfo pathInfo(filePath);
     if (pathInfo.exists()) {
         if (pathInfo.isNativePath()) {

src/vfilelist.cpp

@@ -561,18 +561,31 @@ void VFileList::contextMenuRequested(QPoint pos)
         VNoteFile *file = getVFile(item);
         if (file) {
             if (file->getDocType() == DocType::Markdown) {
-                QAction *openAct = new QAction(VIconUtils::menuIcon(":/resources/icons/editing.svg"),
+                QAction *openInReadAct = new QAction(VIconUtils::menuIcon(":/resources/icons/reading.svg"),
-                                                     tr("Open"),
+                                                     tr("&Open In Read Mode"),
                                                      &menu);
-                openAct->setToolTip(tr("Open and edit current note"));
+                openInReadAct->setToolTip(tr("Open current note in read mode"));
-                connect(openAct, &QAction::triggered,
+                connect(openInReadAct, &QAction::triggered,
+                        this, [this]() {
+                            QListWidgetItem *item = fileList->currentItem();
+                            if (item) {
+                                emit fileClicked(getVFile(item), OpenFileMode::Read, true);
+                            }
+                        });
+                menu.addAction(openInReadAct);
+
+                QAction *openInEditAct = new QAction(VIconUtils::menuIcon(":/resources/icons/editing.svg"),
+                                                     tr("Open In &Edit Mode"),
+                                                     &menu);
+                openInEditAct->setToolTip(tr("Open current note in edit mode"));
+                connect(openInEditAct, &QAction::triggered,
                         this, [this]() {
                             QListWidgetItem *item = fileList->currentItem();
                             if (item) {
                                 emit fileClicked(getVFile(item), OpenFileMode::Edit, true);
                             }
                         });
-                menu.addAction(openAct);
+                menu.addAction(openInEditAct);
             }
 
             menu.addMenu(getOpenWithMenu());
@@ -811,8 +824,7 @@ void VFileList::activateItem(QListWidgetItem *p_item, bool p_restoreFocus)
 
     // Qt seems not to update the QListWidget correctly. Manually force it to repaint.
     fileList->update();
-    // emit fileClicked(getVFile(p_item), g_config->getNoteOpenMode());
+    emit fileClicked(getVFile(p_item), g_config->getNoteOpenMode());
-    emit fileClicked(getVFile(p_item), OpenFileMode::Edit);
 
     if (p_restoreFocus) {
         fileList->setFocus();

src/vmainwindow.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <QPrinter>
 #include <QPrintDialog>
 #include <QPainter>
+#include <QWebPage>
 
 #include "vmainwindow.h"
 #include "vdirectorytree.h"
@@ -17,11 +18,11 @@
 #include "dialog/vsettingsdialog.h"
 #include "vcaptain.h"
 #include "vedittab.h"
+#include "vwebview.h"
 #include "vmdtab.h"
 #include "vvimindicator.h"
 #include "vvimcmdlineedit.h"
 #include "vtabindicator.h"
-// #include "dialog/vupdater.h"
 #include "vorphanfile.h"
 #include "dialog/vorphanfileinfodialog.h"
 #include "vsingleinstanceguard.h"
@@ -751,16 +752,22 @@ QToolBar *VMainWindow::initFileToolBar(QSize p_iconSize)
     connect(deleteNoteAct, &QAction::triggered,
             this, &VMainWindow::deleteCurNote);
 
-    m_discardAct = new QAction(VIconUtils::menuIcon(":/resources/icons/discard_exit.svg"),
+    m_editReadAct = new QAction(this);
-                                   tr("Discard Changes"),
+    connect(m_editReadAct, &QAction::triggered,
+            this, &VMainWindow::toggleEditReadMode);
+
+    m_discardExitAct = new QAction(VIconUtils::menuIcon(":/resources/icons/discard_exit.svg"),
+                                   tr("Discard Changes And Read"),
                                    this);
-    VUtils::fixTextWithCaptainShortcut(m_discardAct, "DiscardAndRead");
+    VUtils::fixTextWithCaptainShortcut(m_discardExitAct, "DiscardAndRead");
-    m_discardAct->setStatusTip(tr("Discard changes"));
+    m_discardExitAct->setStatusTip(tr("Discard changes and exit edit mode"));
-    connect(m_discardAct, &QAction::triggered,
+    connect(m_discardExitAct, &QAction::triggered,
             this, [this]() {
                 m_editArea->readFile(true);
             });
 
+    updateEditReadAct(nullptr);
+
     saveNoteAct = new QAction(VIconUtils::toolButtonIcon(":/resources/icons/save_note.svg"),
                               tr("Save"), this);
     saveNoteAct->setStatusTip(tr("Save changes to current note"));
@@ -778,7 +785,8 @@ QToolBar *VMainWindow::initFileToolBar(QSize p_iconSize)
     newNoteAct->setEnabled(false);
     noteInfoAct->setEnabled(false);
     deleteNoteAct->setEnabled(false);
-    m_discardAct->setEnabled(false);
+    m_editReadAct->setEnabled(false);
+    m_discardExitAct->setEnabled(false);
     saveNoteAct->setEnabled(false);
 
     m_fileToolBar->addWidget(m_avatarBtn);
@@ -786,7 +794,8 @@ QToolBar *VMainWindow::initFileToolBar(QSize p_iconSize)
     m_fileToolBar->addAction(newNoteAct);
     m_fileToolBar->addAction(deleteNoteAct);
     m_fileToolBar->addAction(noteInfoAct);
-    m_fileToolBar->addAction(m_discardAct);
+    m_fileToolBar->addAction(m_editReadAct);
+    m_fileToolBar->addAction(m_discardExitAct);
     m_fileToolBar->addAction(saveNoteAct);
 
     return m_fileToolBar;
@@ -1042,7 +1051,6 @@ void VMainWindow::initFileMenu()
 
     fileMenu->addSeparator();
 
-    // Export as PDF.
     /*
     m_exportAct = new QAction(tr("E&xport"), this);
     m_exportAct->setToolTip(tr("Export notes"));
@@ -2076,8 +2084,7 @@ void VMainWindow::updateActionsStateFromTab(const VEditTab *p_tab)
                       && file->getType() == FileType::Orphan
                       && dynamic_cast<const VOrphanFile *>(file)->isSystemFile();
 
-
+    updateEditReadAct(p_tab);
-    m_discardAct->setEnabled(file && editMode && p_tab->isModified());
 
     saveNoteAct->setEnabled(file && editMode && file->isModifiable());
     deleteNoteAct->setEnabled(file && file->getType() == FileType::Note);
@@ -2885,7 +2892,7 @@ bool VMainWindow::discardAndReadByCaptain(void *p_target, void *p_data)
     Q_UNUSED(p_data);
     VMainWindow *obj = static_cast<VMainWindow *>(p_target);
     if (obj->m_curTab) {
-        obj->m_discardAct->trigger();
+        obj->m_discardExitAct->trigger();
         obj->m_curTab->setFocus();
 
         return false;
@@ -3265,6 +3272,47 @@ void VMainWindow::toggleEditReadMode()
     }
 }
 
+void VMainWindow::updateEditReadAct(const VEditTab *p_tab)
+{
+    static QIcon editIcon = VIconUtils::toolButtonIcon(":/resources/icons/edit_note.svg");
+    static QString editText;
+    static QIcon readIcon = VIconUtils::toolButtonIcon(":/resources/icons/save_exit.svg");
+    static QString readText;
+
+    if (editText.isEmpty()) {
+        QString keySeq = g_config->getShortcutKeySequence("EditReadNote");
+        QKeySequence seq(keySeq);
+        if (!seq.isEmpty()) {
+            QString shortcutText = VUtils::getShortcutText(keySeq);
+            editText = tr("Edit\t%1").arg(shortcutText);
+            readText = tr("Save Changes And Read\t%1").arg(shortcutText);
+
+            m_editReadAct->setShortcut(seq);
+        } else {
+            editText = tr("Edit");
+            readText = tr("Save Changes And Read");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!p_tab || !p_tab->isEditMode()) {
+        // Edit.
+        m_editReadAct->setIcon(editIcon);
+        m_editReadAct->setText(editText);
+        m_editReadAct->setStatusTip(tr("Edit current note"));
+
+        m_discardExitAct->setEnabled(false);
+    } else {
+        // Read.
+        m_editReadAct->setIcon(readIcon);
+        m_editReadAct->setText(readText);
+        m_editReadAct->setStatusTip(tr("Save changes and exit edit mode"));
+
+        m_discardExitAct->setEnabled(true);
+    }
+
+    m_editReadAct->setEnabled(p_tab);
+}
+
 void VMainWindow::handleExportAct()
 {
 }

src/vmainwindow.h

@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ private:
 
     void initThemeMenu(QMenu *p_emnu);
 
+    void updateEditReadAct(const VEditTab *p_tab);
+
     void initUniversalEntry();
 
     void setMenuBarVisible(bool p_visible);
@@ -419,14 +421,21 @@ private:
 
     QAction *deleteNoteAct;
 
+    // Toggle read and edit note.
+    QAction *m_editReadAct;
+
     QAction *saveNoteAct;
 
-    QAction *m_discardAct;
+    QAction *m_discardExitAct;
 
     QAction *expandViewAct;
 
     QAction *m_importNoteAct;
 
+    QAction *m_printAct;
+
+    QAction *m_exportAct;
+
     QAction *m_findReplaceAct;
 
     QAction *m_findNextAct;

src/vmdtab.cpp

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #include <QtWidgets>
-// #include <QWebChannel>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 // #include <QWebEngineProfile>
+
 #include "vmdtab.h"
 #include "vdocument.h"
 #include "vnote.h"
 #include "utils/vutils.h"
-// #include "vpreviewpage.h"
+#include "vpreviewpage.h"
 #include "pegmarkdownhighlighter.h"
 #include "vconfigmanager.h"
 #include "vmarkdownconverter.h"
@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@ extern VMainWindow *g_mainWin;
 
 extern VConfigManager *g_config;
 
+const quint16 VMdTab::c_basePort = 10999;
+QSet<quint16> VMdTab::s_usedPorts;
 
 VMdTab::VMdTab(VFile *p_file, VEditArea *p_editArea,
                OpenFileMode p_mode, QWidget *p_parent)
     : VEditTab(p_file, p_editArea, p_parent),
       m_editor(NULL),
-      // m_webViewer(NULL),
+      m_webViewer(NULL),
+      m_port(getNextPort()),
       m_document(NULL),
       m_mdConType(g_config->getMdConverterType()),
       m_enableHeadingSequence(false),
@@ -79,8 +82,6 @@ VMdTab::VMdTab(VFile *p_file, VEditArea *p_editArea,
     m_livePreviewTimer->setInterval(500);
     connect(m_livePreviewTimer, &QTimer::timeout,
             this, [this]() {
-                Q_ASSERT(false);
-                /*
                 QString text = m_webViewer->selectedText().trimmed();
                 if (text.isEmpty()) {
                     return;
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ VMdTab::VMdTab(VFile *p_file, VEditArea *p_editArea,
                                               info.m_startPos,
                                               info.m_endPos);
                 }
-                */
             });
 
     QTimer::singleShot(50, this, [this, p_mode]() {
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ VMdTab::VMdTab(VFile *p_file, VEditArea *p_editArea,
             });
 }
 
+VMdTab::~VMdTab()
+{
+    releasePort(m_port);
+}
+
 void VMdTab::setupUI()
 {
     m_splitter = new QSplitter(this);
@@ -124,7 +129,6 @@ void VMdTab::setupUI()
 
 void VMdTab::showFileReadMode()
 {
-    Q_ASSERT(false);
     m_isEditMode = false;
 
     // Will recover the header when web side is ready.
@@ -292,11 +296,13 @@ bool VMdTab::closeFile(bool p_forced)
         Q_ASSERT(m_editor);
         m_editor->reloadFile();
         m_editor->endEdit();
+
+        showFileReadMode();
+    } else {
+        readFile();
     }
 
-    readFile();
+    return !m_isEditMode;
-
-    return !isModified();
 }
 
 void VMdTab::editFile()
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@ void VMdTab::readFile(bool p_discard)
         m_editor->endEdit();
     }
 
-    showFileEditMode();
+    showFileReadMode();
 }
 
 bool VMdTab::saveFile()
@@ -436,8 +442,8 @@ void VMdTab::discardAndRead()
 
 void VMdTab::setupMarkdownViewer()
 {
-    /*
     m_webViewer = new VWebView(m_file, this);
+
     connect(m_webViewer, &VWebView::editNote,
             this, &VMdTab::editFile);
     connect(m_webViewer, &VWebView::requestSavePage,
@@ -450,22 +456,24 @@ void VMdTab::setupMarkdownViewer()
     VPreviewPage *page = new VPreviewPage(m_webViewer);
     m_webViewer->setPage(page);
     m_webViewer->setZoomFactor(g_config->getWebZoomFactor());
+    /*
     connect(page->profile(), &QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested,
             this, &VMdTab::handleDownloadRequested);
     connect(page, &QWebEnginePage::linkHovered,
             this, &VMdTab::statusMessage);
+    */
 
     // Avoid white flash before loading content.
     // Setting Qt::transparent will force GrayScale antialias rendering.
     page->setBackgroundColor(g_config->getBaseBackground());
-    */
 
-    m_document = new VDocument(m_file, this);
+    page->settings()->setAttribute(QWebSettings::DeveloperExtrasEnabled, true);
+
+    m_document = new VDocument(m_file, m_webViewer);
     m_documentID = m_document->registerIdentifier();
 
-    /*
+    m_webViewer->bindToChannel(m_port, QStringLiteral("content"), m_document);
-    QWebChannel *channel = new QWebChannel(m_webViewer);
+
-    channel->registerObject(QStringLiteral("content"), m_document);
     connect(m_document, &VDocument::tocChanged,
             this, &VMdTab::updateOutlineFromHtml);
     connect(m_document, SIGNAL(headerChanged(const QString &)),
@@ -514,13 +522,10 @@ void VMdTab::setupMarkdownViewer()
                 emit statusUpdated(info);
             });
 
-    page->setWebChannel(channel);
+    m_webViewer->setHtml(VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(m_mdConType, m_port),
-
-    m_webViewer->setHtml(VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(m_mdConType),
                          m_file->getBaseUrl());
 
     m_splitter->addWidget(m_webViewer);
-    */
 }
 
 void VMdTab::setupMarkdownEditor()
@@ -772,20 +777,18 @@ void VMdTab::nextMatch(const QString &p_text, uint p_options, bool p_forward)
 void VMdTab::findTextInWebView(const QString &p_text, uint p_options,
                                bool /* p_peek */, bool p_forward)
 {
-    V_ASSERT(false);
+    V_ASSERT(m_webViewer);
 
-    /*
+    QWebPage::FindFlags flags;
-    QWebEnginePage::FindFlags flags;
     if (p_options & FindOption::CaseSensitive) {
-        flags |= QWebEnginePage::FindCaseSensitively;
+        flags |= QWebPage::FindCaseSensitively;
     }
 
     if (!p_forward) {
-        flags |= QWebEnginePage::FindBackward;
+        flags |= QWebPage::FindBackward;
     }
 
     m_webViewer->findText(p_text, flags);
-    */
 }
 
 QString VMdTab::getSelectedText() const
@@ -795,19 +798,15 @@ QString VMdTab::getSelectedText() const
         QTextCursor cursor = m_editor->textCursor();
         return cursor.selectedText();
     } else {
-        Q_ASSERT(false);
+        return m_webViewer->selectedText();
-        // return m_webViewer->selectedText();
-        return QString();
     }
 }
 
 void VMdTab::clearSearchedWordHighlight()
 {
-    /*
     if (m_webViewer) {
         m_webViewer->findText("");
     }
-    */
 
     if (m_editor) {
         m_editor->clearSearchedWordHighlight();
@@ -816,7 +815,7 @@ void VMdTab::clearSearchedWordHighlight()
 
 void VMdTab::handleWebKeyPressed(int p_key, bool p_ctrl, bool p_shift, bool p_meta)
 {
-    Q_ASSERT(false);
+    Q_ASSERT(m_webViewer);
 #if defined(Q_OS_MACOS) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
     bool macCtrl = p_meta;
 #else
@@ -852,7 +851,7 @@ void VMdTab::handleWebKeyPressed(int p_key, bool p_ctrl, bool p_shift, bool p_me
     case 48:
         if (p_ctrl || macCtrl) {
             // Recover zoom.
-            // m_webViewer->setZoomFactor(1);
+            m_webViewer->setZoomFactor(1);
         }
 
         break;
@@ -910,7 +909,6 @@ void VMdTab::zoom(bool p_zoomIn, qreal p_step)
 void VMdTab::zoomWebPage(bool p_zoomIn, qreal p_step)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(false);
-    /*
     V_ASSERT(m_webViewer);
 
     qreal curFactor = m_webViewer->zoomFactor();
@@ -922,7 +920,11 @@ void VMdTab::zoomWebPage(bool p_zoomIn, qreal p_step)
     }
 
     m_webViewer->setZoomFactor(newFactor);
-    */
+}
+
+VWebView *VMdTab::getWebViewer() const
+{
+    return m_webViewer;
 }
 
 MarkdownConverterType VMdTab::getMarkdownConverterType() const
@@ -934,8 +936,7 @@ void VMdTab::focusChild()
 {
     switch (m_mode) {
     case Mode::Read:
-        Q_ASSERT(false);
+        m_webViewer->setFocus();
-        // m_webViewer->setFocus();
         break;
 
     case Mode::Edit:
@@ -943,11 +944,10 @@ void VMdTab::focusChild()
         break;
 
     case Mode::EditPreview:
-        Q_ASSERT(false);
         if (m_editor->isVisible()) {
             m_editor->setFocus();
         } else {
-            // m_webViewer->setFocus();
+            m_webViewer->setFocus();
         }
 
         break;
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ void VMdTab::reload()
 
     // Reload web viewer.
     m_ready &= ~TabReady::ReadMode;
-    // m_webViewer->reload();
+    m_webViewer->reload();
 
     if (!m_isEditMode) {
         VUtils::sleepWait(500);
@@ -1298,10 +1298,8 @@ void VMdTab::handleFileOrDirectoryChange(bool p_isFile, UpdateAction p_act)
 {
     // Reload the web view with new base URL.
     m_headerFromEditMode = m_currentHeader;
-    /*
+    m_webViewer->setHtml(VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(m_mdConType, m_port),
-    m_webViewer->setHtml(VUtils::generateHtmlTemplate(m_mdConType),
                          m_file->getBaseUrl());
-    */
 
     if (m_editor) {
         m_editor->updateInitAndInsertedImages(p_isFile, p_act);
@@ -1449,8 +1447,7 @@ bool VMdTab::executeVimCommandInWebView(const QString &p_cmd)
         msg = tr("Quit");
     } else if (p_cmd == "nohlsearch" || p_cmd == "noh") {
         // :nohlsearch, clear highlight search.
-        Q_ASSERT(false);
+        m_webViewer->findText("");
-        // m_webViewer->findText("");
     } else {
         validCommand = false;
     }
@@ -1485,9 +1482,11 @@ void VMdTab::handleDownloadRequested(QWebEngineDownloadItem *p_item)
                 }
             });
 }
+*/
 
 void VMdTab::handleSavePageRequested()
 {
+    /*
     Q_ASSERT(false);
     static QString lastPath = g_config->getDocumentPathOrHomePath();
 
@@ -1517,8 +1516,8 @@ void VMdTab::handleSavePageRequested()
     emit statusMessage(tr("Saving page to %1").arg(fileName));
 
     // m_webViewer->page()->save(fileName, format);
+    */
 }
-*/
 
 VWordCountInfo VMdTab::fetchWordCountInfo(bool p_editMode) const
 {
@@ -1544,8 +1543,7 @@ void VMdTab::setCurrentMode(Mode p_mode)
         return;
     }
 
-    // qreal factor = m_webViewer->zoomFactor();
+    qreal factor = m_webViewer->zoomFactor();
-    qreal factor = 1.0;
     if (m_mode == Mode::Read) {
         m_readWebViewState->m_zoomFactor = factor;
     } else if (m_mode == Mode::EditPreview) {
@@ -1557,13 +1555,12 @@ void VMdTab::setCurrentMode(Mode p_mode)
 
     switch (p_mode) {
     case Mode::Read:
-        Q_ASSERT(false);
         if (m_editor) {
             m_editor->hide();
         }
 
-        // m_webViewer->setInPreview(false);
+        m_webViewer->setInPreview(false);
-        // m_webViewer->show();
+        m_webViewer->show();
 
         // Fix the bug introduced by 051088be31dbffa3c04e2d382af15beec40d5fdb
         // which replace QStackedLayout with QSplitter.
@@ -1573,7 +1570,7 @@ void VMdTab::setCurrentMode(Mode p_mode)
             m_readWebViewState.reset(new WebViewState());
             m_readWebViewState->m_zoomFactor = factor;
         } else if (factor != m_readWebViewState->m_zoomFactor) {
-            // m_webViewer->setZoomFactor(m_readWebViewState->m_zoomFactor);
+            m_webViewer->setZoomFactor(m_readWebViewState->m_zoomFactor);
         }
 
         m_document->setPreviewEnabled(false);
@@ -1581,7 +1578,7 @@ void VMdTab::setCurrentMode(Mode p_mode)
 
     case Mode::Edit:
         m_document->muteWebView(true);
-        // m_webViewer->hide();
+        m_webViewer->hide();
         m_editor->show();
 
         QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents();
@@ -1590,10 +1587,9 @@ void VMdTab::setCurrentMode(Mode p_mode)
 
     case Mode::EditPreview:
         Q_ASSERT(m_editor);
-        Q_ASSERT(false);
         m_document->muteWebView(true);
-        // m_webViewer->setInPreview(true);
+        m_webViewer->setInPreview(true);
-        // m_webViewer->show();
+        m_webViewer->show();
         m_editor->show();
 
         QCoreApplication::sendPostedEvents();
@@ -1617,7 +1613,7 @@ void VMdTab::setCurrentMode(Mode p_mode)
             newSizes.append(b);
             m_splitter->setSizes(newSizes);
         } else if (factor != m_previewWebViewState->m_zoomFactor) {
-            // m_webViewer->setZoomFactor(m_previewWebViewState->m_zoomFactor);
+            m_webViewer->setZoomFactor(m_previewWebViewState->m_zoomFactor);
         }
 
         m_document->setPreviewEnabled(true);
@@ -1670,10 +1666,9 @@ bool VMdTab::expandRestorePreviewArea()
         return false;
     }
 
-    Q_ASSERT(false);
     if (m_editor->isVisible()) {
         m_editor->hide();
-        // m_webViewer->setFocus();
+        m_webViewer->setFocus();
     } else {
         m_editor->show();
         m_editor->setFocus();
@@ -1686,3 +1681,19 @@ bool VMdTab::previewExpanded() const
 {
     return (m_mode == Mode::EditPreview) && !m_editor->isVisible();
 }
+
+quint16 VMdTab::getNextPort()
+{
+    auto port = c_basePort;
+    while (s_usedPorts.find(port) != s_usedPorts.end()) {
+        ++port;
+    }
+
+    s_usedPorts.insert(port);
+    return port;
+}
+
+void VMdTab::releasePort(quint16 p_port)
+{
+    s_usedPorts.remove(p_port);
+}

src/vmdtab.h

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QPointer>
 #include <QSharedPointer>
+#include <QSet>
+
 #include "vedittab.h"
 #include "vconstants.h"
 #include "vmarkdownconverter.h"
 #include "vconfigmanager.h"
 
-// class VWebView;
+class VWebView;
 class VDocument;
 class VMdEditor;
 class VInsertSelector;
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ class VMdTab : public VEditTab
 public:
     VMdTab(VFile *p_file, VEditArea *p_editArea, OpenFileMode p_mode, QWidget *p_parent = 0);
 
+    ~VMdTab();
+
     // Close current tab.
     // @p_forced: if true, discard the changes.
     bool closeFile(bool p_forced) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ public:
 
     void clearSearchedWordHighlight() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
 
-    // VWebView *getWebViewer() const;
+    VWebView *getWebViewer() const;
 
     VMdEditor *getEditor() const;
 
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ private slots:
     // void handleDownloadRequested(QWebEngineDownloadItem *p_item);
 
     // Handle save page request.
-    // void handleSavePageRequested();
+    void handleSavePageRequested();
 
     // Selection changed in web.
     void handleWebSelectionChanged();
@@ -246,8 +250,12 @@ private:
 
     bool previewExpanded() const;
 
+    static quint16 getNextPort();
+    static void releasePort(quint16 p_port);
+
     VMdEditor *m_editor;
-    // VWebView *m_webViewer;
+    VWebView *m_webViewer;
+    quint16 m_port;
     VDocument *m_document;
     MarkdownConverterType m_mdConType;
 
@@ -277,6 +285,10 @@ private:
     VMathJaxInplacePreviewHelper *m_mathjaxPreviewHelper;
 
     int m_documentID;
+
+    static const quint16 c_basePort;
+
+    static QSet<quint16> s_usedPorts;
 };
 
 inline VMdEditor *VMdTab::getEditor()

src/vnote.qrc

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/">
-        <file>resources/qwebchannel.js</file>
         <file>utils/marked/marked.min.js</file>
         <file>utils/highlightjs/highlight.pack.js</file>
         <file>resources/vnote.ini</file>

src/vpreviewpage.cpp

@@ -18,24 +18,19 @@ bool VPreviewPage::acceptNavigationRequest(QWebFrame *p_frame,
                                            const QNetworkRequest &p_request,
                                            QWebPage::NavigationType p_type)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(p_frame);
+    if (p_type == QWebPage::NavigationTypeLinkClicked) {
-    Q_UNUSED(p_type);
+        auto url = p_request.url();
-
+        if (url.isLocalFile()) {
-    auto url = p_request.url();
+            QString filePath = url.toLocalFile();
-    if (url.isLocalFile()) {
+            if (g_mainWin->tryOpenInternalFile(filePath)) {
-        QString filePath = url.toLocalFile();
+                return false;
-        if (g_mainWin->tryOpenInternalFile(filePath)) {
+            }
-            return false;
         }
-    } else if (p_frame) {
+
-        return true;
+        QDesktopServices::openUrl(url);
-    } else if (url.scheme() == "data") {
-        // Qt 5.12 will trigger this when calling QWebEngineView.setHtml().
-        return true;
     }
 
-    QDesktopServices::openUrl(url);
+    return QWebPage::acceptNavigationRequest(p_frame, p_request, p_type);
-    return false;
 }
 
 void VPreviewPage::setBackgroundColor(const QColor &p_background)

src/vwebview.cpp

@@ -3,20 +3,25 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QPoint>
 #include <QContextMenuEvent>
-#include <QWebEnginePage>
+#include <QWebPage>
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QClipboard>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QImage>
+#include <QWebChannel>
 #include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QWebSocketServer>
+
 #include "vfile.h"
 #include "utils/vclipboardutils.h"
 #include "utils/viconutils.h"
 #include "vconfigmanager.h"
 #include "utils/vwebutils.h"
 #include "utils/vutils.h"
+#include "websocketclientwrapper.h"
+#include "websockettransport.h"
 
 extern VConfigManager *g_config;
 
@@ -31,7 +36,8 @@ VWebView::VWebView(VFile *p_file, QWidget *p_parent)
       m_file(p_file),
       m_copyImageUrlActionHooked(false),
       m_afterCopyImage(false),
-      m_inPreview(false)
+      m_inPreview(false),
+      m_channel(nullptr)
 {
     setAcceptDrops(false);
 
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ void VWebView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *p_event)
         // and the URL as URLs. If the URL contains Chinese, OneNote or Word could not
         // recognize it.
         // We need to change it to only-space-encoded text.
-        QAction *copyImageUrlAct = pageAction(QWebEnginePage::CopyImageUrlToClipboard);
+        QAction *copyImageUrlAct = pageAction(QWebPage::CopyImageUrlToClipboard);
         if (actions.contains(copyImageUrlAct)) {
             connect(copyImageUrlAct, &QAction::triggered,
                     this, &VWebView::handleCopyImageUrlAction);
@@ -94,7 +100,7 @@ void VWebView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *p_event)
                 }
             }
 
-            QAction *savePageAct = new QAction(QWebEnginePage::tr("Save &Page"), menu);
+            QAction *savePageAct = new QAction(QWebPage::tr("Save &Page"), menu);
             connect(savePageAct, &QAction::triggered,
                     this, &VWebView::requestSavePage);
             menu->addAction(savePageAct);
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ void VWebView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *p_event)
 
     // Add Copy As menu.
     {
-        QAction *copyAct = pageAction(QWebEnginePage::Copy);
+        QAction *copyAct = pageAction(QWebPage::Copy);
         if (actions.contains(copyAct) && !m_inPreview) {
             initCopyAsMenu(copyAct, menu);
         }
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ void VWebView::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *p_event)
     // - the default one use the fully-encoded URL to fetch the image while
     // Windows seems to not recognize it.
     // - We need to remove the html to let it be recognized by some web pages.
-    QAction *defaultCopyImageAct = pageAction(QWebEnginePage::CopyImageToClipboard);
+    QAction *defaultCopyImageAct = pageAction(QWebPage::CopyImageToClipboard);
     if (actions.contains(defaultCopyImageAct)) {
         QAction *copyImageAct = new QAction(defaultCopyImageAct->text(), menu);
         copyImageAct->setToolTip(defaultCopyImageAct->toolTip());
@@ -156,9 +162,9 @@ void VWebView::copyImage()
 {
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
     Q_ASSERT(m_copyImageUrlActionHooked);
-    // triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage::CopyImageUrlToClipboard) will not really
+    // triggerPageAction(QWebPage::CopyImageUrlToClipboard) will not really
     // trigger the corresponding action. It just do the stuff directly.
-    QAction *copyImageUrlAct = pageAction(QWebEnginePage::CopyImageUrlToClipboard);
+    QAction *copyImageUrlAct = pageAction(QWebPage::CopyImageUrlToClipboard);
     copyImageUrlAct->trigger();
 
     QCoreApplication::processEvents();
@@ -189,7 +195,7 @@ void VWebView::copyImage()
     m_afterCopyImage = true;
 
     // Fall back.
-    triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage::CopyImageToClipboard);
+    triggerPageAction(QWebPage::CopyImageToClipboard);
 }
 
 void VWebView::handleCopyImageUrlAction()
@@ -230,9 +236,9 @@ void VWebView::hideUnusedActions(QMenu *p_menu)
     // QWebEnginePage uses different actions of Back/Forward/Reload.
     // [Woboq](https://code.woboq.org/qt5/qtwebengine/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginepage.cpp.html#1652)
     // We tell these three actions by name.
-   const QStringList actionNames({QWebEnginePage::tr("&Back"),
+   const QStringList actionNames({QWebPage::tr("&Back"),
-                                  QWebEnginePage::tr("&Forward"),
+                                  QWebPage::tr("&Forward"),
-                                  QWebEnginePage::tr("&Reload")});
+                                  QWebPage::tr("&Reload")});
 
     const QList<QAction *> actions = p_menu->actions();
     for (auto it : actions) {
@@ -242,15 +248,15 @@ void VWebView::hideUnusedActions(QMenu *p_menu)
     }
 
     // ViewSource.
-    QAction *act = pageAction(QWebEnginePage::ViewSource);
+    // QAction *act = pageAction(QWebPage::ViewSource);
-    unusedActions.append(act);
+    // unusedActions.append(act);
 
     // DownloadImageToDisk.
-    act = pageAction(QWebEnginePage::DownloadImageToDisk);
+    auto act = pageAction(QWebPage::DownloadImageToDisk);
     unusedActions.append(act);
 
     // DownloadLinkToDisk.
-    act = pageAction(QWebEnginePage::DownloadLinkToDisk);
+    act = pageAction(QWebPage::DownloadLinkToDisk);
     unusedActions.append(act);
 
     for (auto it : unusedActions) {
@@ -394,7 +400,7 @@ void VWebView::handleCopyAsAction(QAction *p_act)
 
     m_copyTarget = p_act->data().toString();
 
-    triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage::Copy);
+    triggerPageAction(QWebPage::Copy);
 }
 
 void VWebView::initCopyAllAsMenu(QMenu *p_menu)
@@ -427,13 +433,13 @@ void VWebView::handleCopyAllAsAction(QAction *p_act)
         return;
     }
 
-    triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage::SelectAll);
+    triggerPageAction(QWebPage::SelectAll);
 
     m_copyTarget = p_act->data().toString();
 
-    triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage::Copy);
+    triggerPageAction(QWebPage::Copy);
 
-    triggerPageAction(QWebEnginePage::Unselect);
+    // triggerPageAction(QWebPage::Unselect);
 }
 
 void VWebView::initPreviewTunnelMenu(QAction *p_before, QMenu *p_menu)
@@ -470,7 +476,6 @@ void VWebView::initPreviewTunnelMenu(QAction *p_before, QMenu *p_menu)
     if (act->data().toInt() == config) {
         act->setChecked(true);
     }
-
     connect(ag, &QActionGroup::triggered,
             this, [](QAction *p_act) {
                 int data = p_act->data().toInt();
@@ -481,3 +486,23 @@ void VWebView::initPreviewTunnelMenu(QAction *p_before, QMenu *p_menu)
 
     p_menu->insertMenu(p_before, subMenu);
 }
+
+void VWebView::bindToChannel(quint16 p_port, const QString &p_name, QObject *p_object)
+{
+    Q_ASSERT(!m_channel);
+    auto server = new QWebSocketServer("Web View for VNote",
+                                       QWebSocketServer::NonSecureMode,
+                                       this);
+    quint16 port = p_port;
+    if (!server->listen(QHostAddress::LocalHost, port)) {
+        qWarning() << "fail to open web socket server on port" << port;
+        delete server;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto clientWrapper = new WebSocketClientWrapper(server, this);
+    m_channel = new QWebChannel(this);
+    connect(clientWrapper, &WebSocketClientWrapper::clientConnected,
+            m_channel, &QWebChannel::connectTo);
+    m_channel->registerObject(p_name, p_object);
+}

src/vwebview.h

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 class VFile;
 class QMenu;
+class QWebChannel;
 
 class VWebView : public QWebView
 {
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ public:
 
     void setInPreview(bool p_preview);
 
+    void bindToChannel(quint16 p_port, const QString &p_name, QObject *p_object);
+
 signals:
     void editNote();
 
@@ -73,6 +76,8 @@ private:
 
     // Whether in preview mode.
     bool m_inPreview;
+
+    QWebChannel *m_channel;
 };
 
 inline void VWebView::setInPreview(bool p_preview)

src/websocketclientwrapper.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2016 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of the QtWebChannel module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:BSD$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** BSD License Usage
+** Alternatively, you may use this file under the terms of the BSD license
+** as follows:
+**
+** "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+** modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+** met:
+**   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+**   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+**     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+**     distribution.
+**   * Neither the name of The Qt Company Ltd nor the names of its
+**     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+**     from this software without specific prior written permission.
+**
+**
+** THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+** "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+** LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+** OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+** SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+** LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+** DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+** THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+** (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+** OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE."
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#include "websocketclientwrapper.h"
+#include "websockettransport.h"
+#include <QWebSocketServer>
+/*!
+    \brief Wraps connected QWebSockets clients in WebSocketTransport objects.
+    This code is all that is required to connect incoming WebSockets to the WebChannel. Any kind
+    of remote JavaScript client that supports WebSockets can thus receive messages and access the
+    published objects.
+*/
+/*!
+    Construct the client wrapper with the given parent.
+    All clients connecting to the QWebSocketServer will be automatically wrapped
+    in WebSocketTransport objects.
+*/
+WebSocketClientWrapper::WebSocketClientWrapper(QWebSocketServer *server, QObject *parent)
+    : QObject(parent)
+    , m_server(server)
+{
+    connect(server, &QWebSocketServer::newConnection,
+            this, &WebSocketClientWrapper::handleNewConnection);
+}
+/*!
+    Wrap an incoming WebSocket connection in a WebSocketTransport object.
+*/
+void WebSocketClientWrapper::handleNewConnection()
+{
+    emit clientConnected(new WebSocketTransport(m_server->nextPendingConnection()));
+}

src/websocketclientwrapper.h

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2016 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of the QtWebChannel module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:BSD$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** BSD License Usage
+** Alternatively, you may use this file under the terms of the BSD license
+** as follows:
+**
+** "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+** modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+** met:
+**   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+**   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+**     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+**     distribution.
+**   * Neither the name of The Qt Company Ltd nor the names of its
+**     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+**     from this software without specific prior written permission.
+**
+**
+** THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+** "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+** LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+** OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+** SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+** LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+** DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+** THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+** (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+** OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE."
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef WEBSOCKETCLIENTWRAPPER_H
+#define WEBSOCKETCLIENTWRAPPER_H
+#include <QObject>
+class WebSocketTransport;
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+class QWebSocketServer;
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+class WebSocketClientWrapper : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    WebSocketClientWrapper(QWebSocketServer *server, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+signals:
+    void clientConnected(WebSocketTransport *client);
+private slots:
+    void handleNewConnection();
+private:
+    QWebSocketServer *m_server;
+};
+#endif // WEBSOCKETCLIENTWRAPPER_H

src/websockettransport.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2016 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of the QtWebChannel module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:BSD$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** BSD License Usage
+** Alternatively, you may use this file under the terms of the BSD license
+** as follows:
+**
+** "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+** modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+** met:
+**   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+**   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+**     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+**     distribution.
+**   * Neither the name of The Qt Company Ltd nor the names of its
+**     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+**     from this software without specific prior written permission.
+**
+**
+** THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+** "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+** LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+** OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+** SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+** LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+** DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+** THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+** (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+** OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE."
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#include "websockettransport.h"
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QWebSocket>
+/*!
+    \brief QWebChannelAbstractSocket implementation that uses a QWebSocket internally.
+    The transport delegates all messages received over the QWebSocket over its
+    textMessageReceived signal. Analogously, all calls to sendTextMessage will
+    be send over the QWebSocket to the remote client.
+*/
+/*!
+    Construct the transport object and wrap the given socket.
+    The socket is also set as the parent of the transport object.
+*/
+WebSocketTransport::WebSocketTransport(QWebSocket *socket)
+: QWebChannelAbstractTransport(socket)
+, m_socket(socket)
+{
+    connect(socket, &QWebSocket::textMessageReceived,
+            this, &WebSocketTransport::textMessageReceived);
+    connect(socket, &QWebSocket::disconnected,
+            this, &WebSocketTransport::deleteLater);
+}
+/*!
+    Destroys the WebSocketTransport.
+*/
+WebSocketTransport::~WebSocketTransport()
+{
+    m_socket->deleteLater();
+}
+/*!
+    Serialize the JSON message and send it as a text message via the WebSocket to the client.
+*/
+void WebSocketTransport::sendMessage(const QJsonObject &message)
+{
+    QJsonDocument doc(message);
+    m_socket->sendTextMessage(QString::fromUtf8(doc.toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact)));
+}
+/*!
+    Deserialize the stringified JSON messageData and emit messageReceived.
+*/
+void WebSocketTransport::textMessageReceived(const QString &messageData)
+{
+    QJsonParseError error;
+    QJsonDocument message = QJsonDocument::fromJson(messageData.toUtf8(), &error);
+    if (error.error) {
+        qWarning() << "Failed to parse text message as JSON object:" << messageData
+                   << "Error is:" << error.errorString();
+        return;
+    } else if (!message.isObject()) {
+        qWarning() << "Received JSON message that is not an object: " << messageData;
+        return;
+    }
+    emit messageReceived(message.object(), this);
+}

src/websockettransport.h

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2016 Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company, info@kdab.com, author Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
+** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/
+**
+** This file is part of the QtWebChannel module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:BSD$
+** Commercial License Usage
+** Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+** accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+** Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+** a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. For licensing terms
+** and conditions see https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions. For further
+** information use the contact form at https://www.qt.io/contact-us.
+**
+** BSD License Usage
+** Alternatively, you may use this file under the terms of the BSD license
+** as follows:
+**
+** "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+** modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+** met:
+**   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+**   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+**     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+**     the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+**     distribution.
+**   * Neither the name of The Qt Company Ltd nor the names of its
+**     contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+**     from this software without specific prior written permission.
+**
+**
+** THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+** "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+** LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+** A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+** OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+** SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+** LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+** DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+** THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+** (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+** OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE."
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef WEBSOCKETTRANSPORT_H
+#define WEBSOCKETTRANSPORT_H
+#include <QWebChannelAbstractTransport>
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+class QWebSocket;
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+class WebSocketTransport : public QWebChannelAbstractTransport
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    explicit WebSocketTransport(QWebSocket *socket);
+    virtual ~WebSocketTransport();
+    void sendMessage(const QJsonObject &message) override;
+private slots:
+    void textMessageReceived(const QString &message);
+private:
+    QWebSocket *m_socket;
+};
+#endif // WEBSOCKETTRANSPORT_H