The Location interface is a union of the ways to refer to a specific location in a Slate document: paths, points or ranges. Methods will often accept a Location instead of requiring only a Path, Point or Range.

type Location = Path | Point | Range

Static methods

Location.isLocation(value: any): value is Location

Check if a value implements the Location interface.

Path

Path arrays are a list of indexes that describe a node's exact position in a Slate node tree. Although they are usually relative to the root Editor object, they can be relative to any Node object.

type Path = number[]

Point

Point objects refer to a specific location in a text node in a Slate document. Its path refers to the location of the node in the tree, and its offset refers to distance into the node's string of text. Points may only refer to Text nodes.

interface Point {
    path: Path
    offset: number  
    [key: string]: unknown
}

Static methods

Point.compare(point: Point, another: Point): -1 | 0 | 1

Compare a point to another, returning an integer indicating whether the point was before, at or after the other.

Point.isAfter(point: Point, another: Point): boolean

Check if a point is after another.

Point.isBefore(point: Point, another: Point): boolean

Check if a point is before another.

Point.equals(point: Point, another: Point): boolean

Check if a point is exactly equal to another.

Point.isPoint(value: any): value is Point

Check if a value implements the Point interface.

Point.transform(point: Point, op: Operation, options?): Point | null

Transform a point by an op.

Options: {affinity?: 'forward' | 'backward' | null}

Range

Range objects are a set of points that refer to a specific span of a Slate document. They can define a span inside a single node or they can span across multiple nodes. The editor's selection is stored as a range.

interface Range {
    anchor: Point
    focus: Point
    [key: string]: unknown
}

Range.edges(range: Range, options?): [Point, Point]

Get the start and end points of a range, in the order in which they appear in the document.

Options: {reverse?: boolean}

Range.end(range: Range): Point

Get the end point of a range.

Range.equals(range: Range, another: Range): boolean

Check if a range is exactly equal to another.

Range.includes(range: Range, target: Path | Point | Range): boolean

Check if a range includes a path, a point, or part of another range.

Range.intersection(range: Range, another: Range): Range | null

Get the intersection of one range with another.

Range.isBackward(range: Range): boolean

Check if a range is backward, meaning that its anchor point appears after its focus point in the document.

Range.isCollapsed(range: Range): boolean

Check if a range is collapsed, meaning that both its anchor and focus points refer to the exact same position in the document.

Range.isExpanded(range: Range): boolean

Check if a range is expanded. This is the opposite of Range.isCollapsed and is provided for legibility.

Range.isForward(range: Range): boolean

Check if a range is forward. This is the opposite of Range.isBackward and is provided for legibility.

Range.isRange(value: any): value is Range

Check if a value implements the Range interface.

Range.points(range: Range): Generator<PointEntry>

Iterate through all the point entries in a range.

Range.start(range: Range): Point

Get the start point of a range

Range.transform(range: Range, op: Operation, options): Range | null

Transform a range by an op.

Options: {affinity: 'forward' | 'backward' | 'outward' | 'inward' | null}