# Slate Component

## `Slate(props: SlateProps): React.JSX.Element`

The `Slate` component must include somewhere in its `children` the `Editable` component.

### Props

```typescript
type SlateProps = {
  editor: ReactEditor
  value: Descendant[]
  children: React.ReactNode
  onChange?: (value: Descendant[]) => void
  onSelectionChange?: (selection: Selection) => void
  onValueChange?: (value: Descendant[]) => void
}
```

#### `props.editor: ReactEditor`

An instance of `ReactEditor`

#### `props.value: Descendant[]`

The initial value of the Editor.

This prop is deceptively named.

Slate once was a controlled component (i.e. it's contents were strictly controlled by the `value` prop) but due to features like its edit history which would be corrupted by direct editing of the `value` it is no longer a controlled component.

#### `props.children: React.ReactNode`

The `children` which must contain an `Editable` component.

#### `props.onChange: (value: Descendant[]) => void`

An optional callback function which you can use to be notified of changes in the editor's value.

#### `props.onValueChange?: (value: Descendant[]) => void`

`props.onChange` alias.

#### `props.onSelectionChange?: (selection: Selection) => void`

An optional callback function which you can use to be notified of changes of the editor's selection.


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