# Value

```javascript
import { Value } from 'slate'
```

A `Value` is the top-level representation of data in Slate, containing both a [`Document`](/v0.47/slate-core/document.md) and a [`Selection`](/v0.47/slate-core/selection.md). It's what you need to pass into the Slate [`<Editor>`](/v0.47/slate-react/editor.md) to render something onto the page.

## Properties

```javascript
Value({
  document: Document,
  selection: Selection,
  data: Data,
  decorations: List<Decoration>,
})
```

### `data`

`Data`

An object containing arbitrary data for the value.

### `decorations`

`List<Decoration>`

A list of ranges in the document with marks that aren't part of the content itself—like matches for the current search string.

### `document`

`Document`

The current document of the value.

### `object`

`String`

A string with a value of `'value'`.

### `selection`

`Selection`

The current selection of the value.

## Computed Properties

These properties aren't supplied when creating a `Value`, but are instead computed based on the current `document` and `selection`.

### `{edge}Text`

`Text`

Get the leaf [`Text`](/v0.47/slate-core/text.md) node at `{edge}`. Where `{edge}` is one of: `anchor`, `focus`, `start` or `end`.

### `{edge}Block`

`Block`

Get the leaf [`Block`](/v0.47/slate-core/block.md) node at `{edge}`. Where `{edge}` is one of: `anchor`, `focus`, `start` or `end`.

### `marks`

`Set`

Get a set of the [`Marks`](/v0.47/slate-core/mark.md) in the current selection.

### `activeMarks`

`Set`

Get a subset of the [`Marks`](/v0.47/slate-core/mark.md) that are present in *all* the characters in the current selection. It can be used to determine the active/inactive state of toolbar buttons corresponding to marks, based on the usual rich text editing conventions.

### `blocks`

`List`

Get a list of the lowest-depth [`Block`](/v0.47/slate-core/block.md) nodes in the current selection.

### `fragment`

`Document`

Get a [`Document`](/v0.47/slate-core/document.md) fragment of the current selection.

### `inlines`

`List`

Get a list of the lowest-depth [`Inline`](/v0.47/slate-core/inline.md) nodes in the current selection.

### `texts`

`List`

Get a list of the [`Text`](/v0.47/slate-core/text.md) nodes in the current selection.

## Static Methods

### `Value.create`

`Value.create(properties: Object) => Value`

Create a new `Value` instance with `properties`.

### `Value.fromJSON`

`Value.fromJSON(object: Object) => Value`

Create a value from a JSON `object`.

### `Value.isValue`

`Value.isValue(any: Any) => Boolean`

Returns a boolean if the passed in argument is a `Value`.

## Instance Methods

### `toJSON`

`toJSON() => Object`

Returns a JSON representation of the value.


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