# 1. Modules / API The noVNC client is a composed of several modular components that handle rendering, input, networking, etc. Each of the modules is designed to be cross-browser and be useful as a standalone library in other projects (see LICENSE.txt). ## 1.1 Module List * **Mouse** (core/input/devices.js): Mouse input event handler with limited touch support. * **Keyboard** (core/input/devices.js): Keyboard input event handler with non-US keyboard support. Translates keyDown and keyUp events to X11 keysym values. * **Display** (core/display.js): Efficient 2D rendering abstraction layered on the HTML5 canvas element. * **Websock** (core/websock.js): Websock client from websockify with transparent binary data support. [Websock API](https://github.com/kanaka/websockify/wiki/websock.js) wiki page. * **RFB** (core/rfb.js): Main class that implements the RFB protocol and stitches the other classes together. ## 1.2 Configuration Attributes The Mouse, Keyboard, Display and RFB classes have a similar API for configuration options. Each configuration option has a default value, which can be overridden by a a configuration object passed to the constructor. Configuration options can then be read and modified after initialization with "get_*" and "set_*" methods respectively. For example, the following initializes an RFB object with the 'encrypt' configuration option enabled, then confirms it was set, then disables it. var rfb = new RFB({'encrypt': true}); if (rfb.get_encrypt()) { alert("Encryption is set"); } rfb.set_encrypt(false); Some attributes are read-only and cannot be changed. For example, the Display 'render_mode' option will throw an exception if an attempt is made to set it. The attribute mode is one of the following: RO - read only RW - read write WO - write once ## 1.3 Methods In addition to the getter and setter methods to modify configuration attributes, each of the modules has other methods that are available in the object instance. For example, the Display module has method named 'blitImage' which takes an array of pixel data and draws it to the 2D canvas. ## 1.4 Callbacks Each of the modules has certain events that can be hooked with callback functions. For the Mouse, Keyboard, Display and RFB classes the callback functions are assigned to configuration attributes. The WebSock module has a method named 'on' that takes two parameters: the callback event name, and the callback function. ## 2. Modules ## 2.1 Mouse Module
Configuration Attributes
name type mode default description
target DOM WO document DOM element that captures mouse input
focused bool RW true Capture and send mouse clicks/movement
touchButton int RW 1 Button mask (1, 2, 4) for which click to send on touch devices. 0 means ignore clicks.
 
Methods
nameparametersdescription
grab () Begin capturing mouse events
ungrab () Stop capturing mouse events
 
Callbacks
nameparametersdescription
onMouseButton (x, y, down, bmask) Handler for mouse button click/release
onMouseMove (x, y) Handler for mouse movement
## 2.2 Keyboard Module
Configuration Attributes
name type mode default description
target DOM WO document DOM element that captures keyboard input
focused bool RW document Capture and send mouse key events
 
Methods
nameparametersdescription
grab () Begin capturing keyboard events
ungrab () Stop capturing keyboard events
 
Callbacks
nameparametersdescription
onKeyPress (keysym, code, down) Handler for key press/release
## 2.3 Display Module
Configuration Attributes
name type mode default description
target DOM WO Canvas element for rendering
context raw RO Canvas 2D context for rendering
logo raw RW Logo to display when cleared: {"width": width, "height": height, "type": mime-type, "data": data}
scale float RW 1.0 Display area scale factor 0.0 - 1.0
viewport bool RW false Use viewport clipping
width int RO Display area width
height int RO Display area height
render_mode str RO '' Canvas rendering mode
prefer_js str RW Prefer JavaScript over canvas methods
cursor_uri raw RW Can we render cursor using data URI
 
Methods
nameparametersdescription
viewportChangePos (deltaX, deltaY) Move the viewport relative to the current location
viewportChangeSize (width, height) Change size of the viewport
absX (x) Return X relative to the remote display
absY (y) Return Y relative to the remote display
resize (width, height) Set width and height
flip (from_queue) Update the visible canvas with the contents of the rendering canvas
clear () Clear the display (show logo if set)
pending () Check if there are waiting items in the render queue
flush () Resume processing the render queue unless it's empty
fillRect (x, y, width, height, color, from_queue) Draw a filled in rectangle
copyImage (old_x, old_y, new_x, new_y, width, height, from_queue) Copy a rectangular area
imageRect (x, y, mime, arr) Draw a rectangle with an image
startTile (x, y, width, height, color) Begin updating a tile
subTile (tile, x, y, w, h, color) Update a sub-rectangle within the given tile
finishTile () Draw the current tile to the display
blitImage (x, y, width, height, arr, offset, from_queue) Blit pixels (of R,G,B,A) to the display
blitRgbImage (x, y, width, height, arr, offset, from_queue) Blit RGB encoded image to display
blitRgbxImage (x, y, width, height, arr, offset, from_queue) Blit RGBX encoded image to display
drawImage (img, x, y) Draw image and track damage
changeCursor (pixels, mask, hotx, hoty, w, h) Change cursor appearance
defaultCursor () Restore default cursor appearance
disableLocalCursor () Disable local (client-side) cursor
clippingDisplay () Check if the remote display is larger than the client display
autoscale (containerWidth, containerHeight, downscaleOnly) Scale the display
 
Callbacks
nameparametersdescription
onFlush () A display flush has been requested and we are now ready to resume FBU processing
## 2.4 RFB Module
Configuration Attributes
name type mode default description
target DOM WO null Canvas element for rendering (passed to Display and Mouse)
focusContainer DOM WO document DOM element that captures keyboard input (passed to Keyboard)
encrypt bool RW false Use TLS/SSL encryption
local_cursor bool RW false Request locally rendered cursor
shared bool RW true Request shared VNC mode
view_only bool RW false Disable client mouse/keyboard
xvp_password_sep str RW '@' Separator for XVP password fields
disconnectTimeout int RW 3 Time (in seconds) to wait for disconnection
wsProtocols arr RW ['binary'] Protocols to use in the WebSocket connection
repeaterID str RW '' UltraVNC RepeaterID to connect to
viewportDrag bool RW false Move the viewport on mouse drags
 
Methods
nameparametersdescription
connect (host, port, password, path) Connect to the given host:port/path. Optional password and path.
disconnect () Disconnect
sendPassword (passwd) Send password after onPasswordRequired callback
sendCtrlAltDel () Send Ctrl-Alt-Del key sequence
xvpOp (ver, op) Send a XVP operation (2=shutdown, 3=reboot, 4=reset)
xvpShutdown () Send XVP shutdown.
xvpReboot () Send XVP reboot.
xvpReset () Send XVP reset.
sendKey (keysym, down) Send a key press event. If down not specified, send a down and up event.
clipboardPasteFrom (text) Send a clipboard paste event
requestDesktopSize (width, height) Send a request to change the remote desktop size.
 
Callbacks
nameparametersdescription
onUpdateState (rfb, state, oldstate) Connection state change (see details below)
onNotification (rfb, msg, level, options) Notification for the UI (optional options)
onDisconnected (rfb, reason) Disconnection finished with an optional reason. No reason specified means normal disconnect.
onPasswordRequired (rfb, msg) VNC password is required (use sendPassword), optionally comes with a message.
onClipboard (rfb, text) RFB clipboard contents received
onBell (rfb) RFB Bell message received
onFBUReceive (rfb, fbu) RFB FBU received but not yet processed (see details below)
onFBUComplete (rfb, fbu) RFB FBU received and processed (see details below)
onFBResize (rfb, width, height) Frame buffer (remote desktop) size changed
onDesktopName (rfb, name) VNC desktop name recieved
onXvpInit (version) XVP extensions active for this connection.
__RFB onUpdateState callback details__ The RFB module has an 'onUpdateState' callback that is invoked after the noVNC connection state changes. Here is a list of the states that are reported.
Connection States
state description
connecting starting to connect
connected connected normally
disconnecting starting to disconnect
disconnected disconnected - permanent end-state for this RFB object
__RFB onFBUReceive and on FBUComplete callback details__ The onFBUReceive callback is invoked when a frame buffer update message has been received from the server but before the RFB class has done any additional handling. The onFBUComplete callback is invoked with the same information but after the RFB class has handled the message. The 'fbu' parameter is an object with the following structure: { x: FBU_x_position, y: FBU_y_position, width: FBU_width, height: FBU_height, encoding: FBU_encoding_number, encodingName: FBU_encoding_string }