diff --git a/doc/api/hooks_client-side.md b/doc/api/hooks_client-side.md index 6652f757..b991d62d 100644 --- a/doc/api/hooks_client-side.md +++ b/doc/api/hooks_client-side.md @@ -158,4 +158,15 @@ Things in context: 4. style - the style applied to the node (probably CSS) 5. cls - the HTML class string of the node -This hook is called after the content of a node is collected by the usual methods. The cc object can be used to do a bunch of things that modify the content of the pad. See, for example, the heading1 plugin for etherpad original. \ No newline at end of file +This hook is called after the content of a node is collected by the usual methods. The cc object can be used to do a bunch of things that modify the content of the pad. See, for example, the heading1 plugin for etherpad original. + +### handleClientMessage_`name` +Called from: `src/static/js/collab_client.js` + +Things in context: + +1. payload - the data that got sent with the message (use it for custom message content) + +This hook gets called every time the client receives a message of type `name`. This can most notably be used with the new HTTP API call, "sendClientsMessage", which sends a custom message type to all clients connected to a pad. You can also use this to handle existing types. + +`collab_client.js` has a pretty extensive list of message types, if you want to take a look.