Is it possible to convert a Point to a total byte or character offset?

[jpsim]

I'm building an Atom package and need to calculate the equivalent byte offset from a given Point. How would you recommend I do this?

e.g.

1234
56

For Point(row: 1, column: 2) (point immediately after 6), the equivalent byte offset would be 7.

[lee-dohm]

It looks like TextBuffer.characterIndexForPosition does what you need. I assume that you'll need to supply it a Point in buffer coordinates though. If all you have is screen coordinates, you should be able to convert to buffer coordinates by using TextEditor.bufferPositionForScreenPosition.

[jpsim]

Thanks, that's exactly what I needed.

[lee-dohm]

You're welcome 😀