Editor
All of the behaviors, content and state of a Slate editor is rolled up into a single, top-level
Editor object. It has an interface of:interface Editor {
// Current editor state
children: Node[]
selection: Range | null
operations: Operation[]
marks: Omit<Text, 'text'> | null
// Schema-specific node behaviors.
isInline: (element: Element) => boolean
isVoid: (element: Element) => boolean
markableVoid: (element: Element) => boolean
normalizeNode: (entry: NodeEntry) => void
onChange: (options?: { operation?: Operation }) => void
// Overrideable core actions.
addMark: (key: string, value: any) => void
apply: (operation: Operation) => void
deleteBackward: (unit: 'character' | 'word' | 'line' | 'block') => void
deleteForward: (unit: 'character' | 'word' | 'line' | 'block') => void
deleteFragment: () => void
insertBreak: () => void
insertSoftBreak: () => void
insertFragment: (fragment: Node[]) => void
insertNode: (node: Node) => void
insertText: (text: string) => void
removeMark: (key: string) => void
}
It is slightly more complex than the others, because it contains all of the top-level functions that define your custom, domain-specific behaviors.
The
children property contains the document tree of nodes that make up the editor's content.The
selection property contains the user's current selection, if any. Don't set it directly; use Transforms.selectThe
operations property contains all of the operations that have been applied since the last "change" was flushed. (Since Slate batches operations up into ticks of the event loop.)The
marks property stores formatting to be applied when the editor inserts text. If marks is null, the formatting will be taken from the current selection. Don't set it directly; use Editor.addMark and Editor.removeMark.In previous guides we've already hinted at this, but you can override any of the behaviors of an editor by overriding its function properties.
For example, if you want to define link elements that are inline nodes:
const { isInline } = editor
editor.isInline = element => {
return element.type === 'link' ? true : isInline(element)
}
Or maybe you want to override the
insertText behavior to "linkify" URLs:const { insertText } = editor
editor.insertText = text => {
if (isUrl(text)) {
// ...
return
}
insertText(text)
}
If you have void "mention" elements that can accept marks like bold or italic:
const { isVoid, markableVoid } = editor
editor.isVoid = element => {
return element.type === 'mention' ? true : isInline(element)
}
editor.markableVoid = element => {
return element.type === 'mention' || markableVoid(element)
}
Or you can even define custom "normalizations" that take place to ensure that links obey certain constraints:
const { normalizeNode } = editor
editor.normalizeNode = entry => {
const [node, path] = entry
if (Element.isElement(node) && node.type === 'link') {
// ...
return
}
normalizeNode(entry)
}
Whenever you override behaviors, be sure to call the existing functions as a fallback mechanism for the default behavior. Unless you really do want to completely remove the default behaviors (which is rarely a good idea).
The
Editor interface, like all Slate interfaces, exposes helper functions that are useful when implementing certain behaviors. There are many, many editor-related helpers. For example:// Get the start point of a specific node at path.
const point = Editor.start(editor, [0, 0])
// Get the fragment (a slice of the document) at a range.
const fragment = Editor.fragment(editor, range)
There are also many iterator-based helpers, for example:
// Iterate over every node in a range.
for (const [node, path] of Editor.nodes(editor, { at: range })) {
// ...
}
// Iterate over every point in every text node in the current selection.
for (const point of Editor.positions(editor)) {
// ...
}
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