"""Collection providing access to comments added to this document.""" from __future__ import annotations import datetime as dt from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterator from docx.blkcntnr import BlockItemContainer if TYPE_CHECKING: from docx.oxml.comments import CT_Comment, CT_Comments from docx.parts.comments import CommentsPart from docx.styles.style import ParagraphStyle from docx.text.paragraph import Paragraph class Comments: """Collection containing the comments added to this document.""" def __init__(self, comments_elm: CT_Comments, comments_part: CommentsPart): self._comments_elm = comments_elm self._comments_part = comments_part def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Comment]: """Iterator over the comments in this collection.""" return ( Comment(comment_elm, self._comments_part) for comment_elm in self._comments_elm.comment_lst ) def __len__(self) -> int: """The number of comments in this collection.""" return len(self._comments_elm.comment_lst) def add_comment(self, text: str = "", author: str = "", initials: str | None = "") -> Comment: """Add a new comment to the document and return it. The comment is added to the end of the comments collection and is assigned a unique comment-id. If `text` is provided, it is added to the comment. This option provides for the common case where a comment contains a modest passage of plain text. Multiple paragraphs can be added using the `text` argument by separating their text with newlines (`"\\\\n"`). Between newlines, text is interpreted as it is in `Document.add_paragraph(text=...)`. The default is to place a single empty paragraph in the comment, which is the same behavior as the Word UI when you add a comment. New runs can be added to the first paragraph in the empty comment with `comments.paragraphs[0].add_run()` to adding more complex text with emphasis or images. Additional paragraphs can be added using `.add_paragraph()`. `author` is a required attribute, set to the empty string by default. `initials` is an optional attribute, set to the empty string by default. Passing |None| for the `initials` parameter causes that attribute to be omitted from the XML. """ comment_elm = self._comments_elm.add_comment() comment_elm.author = author comment_elm.initials = initials comment_elm.date = dt.datetime.now(dt.timezone.utc) comment = Comment(comment_elm, self._comments_part) if text == "": return comment para_text_iter = iter(text.split("\n")) first_para_text = next(para_text_iter) first_para = comment.paragraphs[0] first_para.add_run(first_para_text) for s in para_text_iter: comment.add_paragraph(text=s) return comment def get(self, comment_id: int) -> Comment | None: """Return the comment identified by `comment_id`, or |None| if not found.""" comment_elm = self._comments_elm.get_comment_by_id(comment_id) return Comment(comment_elm, self._comments_part) if comment_elm is not None else None class Comment(BlockItemContainer): """Proxy for a single comment in the document. Provides methods to access comment metadata such as author, initials, and date. A comment is also a block-item container, similar to a table cell, so it can contain both paragraphs and tables and its paragraphs can contain rich text, hyperlinks and images, although the common case is that a comment contains a single paragraph of plain text like a sentence or phrase. Note that certain content like tables may not be displayed in the Word comment sidebar due to space limitations. Such "over-sized" content can still be viewed in the review pane. """ def __init__(self, comment_elm: CT_Comment, comments_part: CommentsPart): super().__init__(comment_elm, comments_part) self._comment_elm = comment_elm def add_paragraph(self, text: str = "", style: str | ParagraphStyle | None = None) -> Paragraph: """Return paragraph newly added to the end of the content in this container. The paragraph has `text` in a single run if present, and is given paragraph style `style`. When `style` is |None| or ommitted, the "CommentText" paragraph style is applied, which is the default style for comments. """ paragraph = super().add_paragraph(text, style) # -- have to assign style directly to element because `paragraph.style` raises when # -- a style is not present in the styles part if style is None: paragraph._p.style = "CommentText" # pyright: ignore[reportPrivateUsage] return paragraph @property def author(self) -> str: """Read/write. The recorded author of this comment. This field is required but can be set to the empty string. """ return self._comment_elm.author @author.setter def author(self, value: str): self._comment_elm.author = value @property def comment_id(self) -> int: """The unique identifier of this comment.""" return self._comment_elm.id @property def initials(self) -> str | None: """Read/write. The recorded initials of the comment author. This attribute is optional in the XML, returns |None| if not set. Assigning |None| removes any existing initials from the XML. """ return self._comment_elm.initials @initials.setter def initials(self, value: str | None): self._comment_elm.initials = value @property def text(self) -> str: """The text content of this comment as a string. Only content in paragraphs is included and of course all emphasis and styling is stripped. Paragraph boundaries are indicated with a newline (`"\\\\n"`) """ return "\n".join(p.text for p in self.paragraphs) @property def timestamp(self) -> dt.datetime | None: """The date and time this comment was authored. This attribute is optional in the XML, returns |None| if not set. """ return self._comment_elm.date