fix: allow selecting tables alongside other blocks - #3085
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prosemirror-tables' normalizeSelection clamped any TextSelection that left a table when $to.parentOffset === 0, and cell-drag handling refused to escape the table. That blocked mouse selection of a table plus neighbouring blocks and made native Ctrl/Cmd+A unreliable. Keep cell selection inside tables, but preserve TextSelections that span a table and other blocks. Add a Notion-style Mod-a keymap (first press selects the current block, second selects the document) that uses table-aware ranges so select-all works in documents that contain tables.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds table-aware selection helpers, a custom table editing plugin for cross-block selection, Mod-a progressive selection, and tests for mouse, keyboard, deletion, and shortcut behavior. ChangesCross-block selection
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant User
participant TablePlugin
participant SelectionHelper
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User->>TablePlugin: drag from table outside its boundary
TablePlugin->>SelectionHelper: calculate table content range
SelectionHelper-->>TablePlugin: return table endpoints
TablePlugin->>Editor: dispatch cross-block TextSelection
Editor-->>User: show selection across table and blocks
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In `@packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/selections/selection.ts`:
- Around line 211-214: The getWholeDocTextSelection flow must avoid
TextSelection.create when cellAround produces document-boundary endpoints
outside inline content. Detect table-only, leading-table, and trailing-table
boundary cases and return a boundary-capable AllSelection or equivalent while
preserving the existing text-selection behavior for valid inline endpoints; add
coverage for all three document layouts.
In `@packages/core/src/blocks/Table/tableEditingWithCrossBlockSelection.ts`:
- Around line 111-114: Update the mouse-cell resolution in the table selection
handler around cellAround so it first resolves mousePos.inside and falls back to
mousePos.pos when that lookup does not identify a cell, matching the
prosemirror-tables behavior and preventing textSelectionLeavingTable during
merged-cell drags. Add a regression test covering a drag across a merged cell
that remains within the same table.
- Around line 162-165: Update the upward-drag branch in the cross-block
selection logic to call TextSelection.create with tableRange.to as the anchor
and clampedOutside as the head, preserving the paragraph endpoint under the
pointer as the selection head. Add a reverse-drag test that asserts both
selection.anchor and selection.head.
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| const from = startCell ? startCell.start(-1) - 1 : atStart.from; | ||
| const to = endCell ? endCell.start(-1) + endCell.node(-1).nodeSize : atEnd.to; | ||
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The warning "TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content" is a diagnostic message introduced in prosemirror-state version 1.4.0 [1]. It occurs when a TextSelection is created with a position that points to a node that does not support inline content—most commonly the top-level 'doc' node (e.g., position 0) or a block-level container [2][1][3]. In ProseMirror, a TextSelection must be anchored within a node that allows inline content (text or marks) [2][4]. When code attempts to set a selection at an invalid position (like the root 'doc' node), the library issues this warning to alert developers that the selection may behave unexpectedly or be invalid for standard text editing operations [2][1][3]. Common causes and solutions include: 1. Setting selections at position 0: Developers often use TextSelection.create(doc, 0) to reset or clear a selection. Because position 0 often points to the 'doc' node, this triggers the warning [3][5]. Use Selection.atStart(doc) instead, which intelligently resolves to the first valid cursor position within the document [3][5]. 2. Using inappropriate selection methods: If you are programmatically setting selections, avoid forcing a TextSelection at arbitrary positions. Use methods like Selection.near(doc.resolve(pos)) or Selection.atStart(doc) to find a valid, nearby position automatically [6][4]. 3. Plugin or Command logic: Some older patterns in editor extensions (such as clearing selections on blur or bulk-setting content) use hardcoded positions that might not be valid in all schemas [1][7][3]. Reviewing and updating these patterns to use safe selection resolution methods generally resolves the issue [8][3][5]. This warning does not necessarily break editor functionality immediately, but it signals that the selection state is technically invalid according to ProseMirror's model constraints [2][3].
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Citations:
- 1: GitHub issue 2846 in ueberdosis/tiptap (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 2: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/prosemirror-state@1.4.4/src/selection.ts
- 3: GitHub issue 3564 in resend/react-email (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 4: https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/removing-selection-on-blur/475
- 5: resend/react-email@8605891
- 6: https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/how-to-select-all-the-content-of-a-node-not-the-node/9000
- 7: GitHub issue 2934 in ueberdosis/tiptap (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 8: GitHub pull request 1760 in remirror/remirror (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
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In the prosemirror-tables library, the expression $pos.start(-1) is a standard ProseMirror ResolvedPos method call used to determine the start position of the ancestor node located one level up from the current resolved position [1][2]. When applied within the context of table operations, it returns the document position where the table node begins [3][4]. The function cellAround(pos: ResolvedPos) is a utility provided by prosemirror-tables that identifies the table cell nearest to a given resolved position [4]. It does not take an argument like start(-1); rather, it expects a ResolvedPos object and traverses the document structure to locate the containing cell [4][5]. The usage of $pos.start(-1) frequently appears in library code (such as inside utility functions or when calculating table boundaries) to reference the beginning of the table relative to the document [3][1]. For example, in internal logic, code often checks if a position is within table boundaries by ensuring a position is between $pos.start(-1) and $pos.end(-1) [2]. If you are encountering code that looks like cellAround(something.start(-1)), this is likely incorrect usage or a misunderstanding of the API, as start(-1) returns a number (a document position), whereas cellAround requires a ResolvedPos object [4][2][5]. To resolve a document position into a ResolvedPos, you would typically use view.state.doc.resolve(pos) [6][2].
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Citations:
- 1: ProseMirror/prosemirror-tables@v1.3.0...v1.3.1
- 2: https://fossies.org/linux/notesnook/packages/editor/src/extensions/table/prosemirror-tables/util.ts
- 3: https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-tables
- 4: https://context7.com/prosemirror/prosemirror-tables/llms.txt
- 5: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@bitjourney/prosemirror-tables@1.2.5-0/index.d.ts
- 6: GitHub pull request 323 in ProseMirror/prosemirror-tables (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
Use a boundary-capable selection for boundary tables.
When cellAround finds a cell at the document start or end, getWholeDocTextSelection creates endpoints before or after the table. These positions resolve in a non-inline parent, so TextSelection.create in prosemirror-state@1.4.4 emits TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content. Mapping can replace such endpoints with Selection.near, which can change the selected range. Use AllSelection or another boundary-capable selection for these cases, and add coverage for table-only, leading-table, and trailing-table documents.
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In `@packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/selections/selection.ts` around lines
211 - 214, The getWholeDocTextSelection flow must avoid TextSelection.create
when cellAround produces document-boundary endpoints outside inline content.
Detect table-only, leading-table, and trailing-table boundary cases and return a
boundary-capable AllSelection or equivalent while preserving the existing
text-selection behavior for valid inline endpoints; add coverage for all three
document layouts.
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| const $mouse = view.state.doc.resolve( | ||
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| const $mouseCell = cellAround($mouse); |
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Preserve the pos fallback for merged cells.
prosemirror-tables 1.8.5 falls back to mousePos.pos when cellAround(resolve(mousePos.inside)) returns null. This handler does not. A merged-cell drag can therefore call textSelectionLeavingTable and dispatch a cross-block TextSelection while the pointer remains in the table.
- const $mouse = view.state.doc.resolve(
- mousePos.inside >= 0 ? mousePos.inside : mousePos.pos,
- );
- const $mouseCell = cellAround($mouse);
+ const $mouseCell =
+ (mousePos.inside >= 0 &&
+ cellAround(view.state.doc.resolve(mousePos.inside))) ||
+ cellAround(view.state.doc.resolve(mousePos.pos));Add a regression test for dragging across a merged cell without leaving its table.
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| const $mouse = view.state.doc.resolve( | |
| mousePos.inside >= 0 ? mousePos.inside : mousePos.pos, | |
| ); | |
| const $mouseCell = cellAround($mouse); | |
| const $mouseCell = | |
| (mousePos.inside >= 0 && | |
| cellAround(view.state.doc.resolve(mousePos.inside))) || | |
| cellAround(view.state.doc.resolve(mousePos.pos)); |
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In `@packages/core/src/blocks/Table/tableEditingWithCrossBlockSelection.ts` around
lines 111 - 114, Update the mouse-cell resolution in the table selection handler
around cellAround so it first resolves mousePos.inside and falls back to
mousePos.pos when that lookup does not identify a cell, matching the
prosemirror-tables behavior and preventing textSelectionLeavingTable during
merged-cell drags. Add a regression test covering a drag across a merged cell
that remains within the same table.
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| if (clampedOutside < tableStart) { | ||
| return TextSelection.create(doc, clampedOutside, tableRange.to); | ||
| } | ||
| return TextSelection.create(doc, tableRange.from, clampedOutside); |
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In ProseMirror's prosemirror-state package (version 1.4.4), the static method TextSelection.create is a convenience function used to construct a new TextSelection instance from unresolved document positions [1][2][3]. Method Signature: static create(doc: Node, anchor: number, head: number = anchor) -> TextSelection Parameters: 1. doc: The document (Node) where the selection will exist [1][2]. 2. anchor: The starting, immobile side of the selection (position index) [1][3]. 3. head: The ending, moving side of the selection (position index). If omitted, it defaults to the anchor position, resulting in a cursor selection (empty selection) [1][2][3]. Usage: The method resolves the provided numeric positions against the document using doc.resolve before constructing the TextSelection object [2][3]. It is commonly used when updating an editor state, such as within a transaction: // Example of creating a text selection from position 3 to 10 const newSelection = TextSelection.create(tr.doc, 3, 10); tr.setSelection(newSelection); This method is particularly useful because it abstracts away the need to manually resolve positions (creating ResolvedPos objects) before defining a selection [1][4][3].
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- 1: https://prosemirror.net/docs/ref/
- 2: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/prosemirror-state@1.4.4/src/selection.ts
- 3: https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-state/blob/master/src/selection.ts
- 4: https://github.com/prosemirror/prosemirror-state/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md
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Keep the upward drag endpoint as the selection head.
In prosemirror-state@1.4.4, TextSelection.create(doc, anchor, head) preserves the anchor and head roles. The upward branch currently assigns clampedOutside to the anchor and tableRange.to to the head. Keyboard extension can therefore continue from the table endpoint instead of the paragraph under the pointer.
Proposed fix
if (clampedOutside < tableStart) {
- return TextSelection.create(doc, clampedOutside, tableRange.to);
+ return TextSelection.create(doc, tableRange.to, clampedOutside);
}Add a reverse-drag test that asserts both selection.anchor and selection.head.
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| if (clampedOutside < tableStart) { | |
| return TextSelection.create(doc, clampedOutside, tableRange.to); | |
| } | |
| return TextSelection.create(doc, tableRange.from, clampedOutside); | |
| if (clampedOutside < tableStart) { | |
| return TextSelection.create(doc, tableRange.to, clampedOutside); | |
| } | |
| return TextSelection.create(doc, tableRange.from, clampedOutside); |
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In `@packages/core/src/blocks/Table/tableEditingWithCrossBlockSelection.ts` around
lines 162 - 165, Update the upward-drag branch in the cross-block selection
logic to call TextSelection.create with tableRange.to as the anchor and
clampedOutside as the head, preserving the paragraph endpoint under the pointer
as the selection head. Add a reverse-drag test that asserts both
selection.anchor and selection.head.
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Summary
Documents that contain a table could not be selected together with neighbouring blocks, and Ctrl/Cmd+A did not select the whole document.
Closes #3017
Rationale
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prosemirror-tablesbehaviours trapped the selection inside the table:normalizeSelectiontreated anyTextSelectionwith one endpoint in a cell and$to.parentOffset === 0as an accidental intra-table span, and clamped it back to a single cell. That is also the shape of a mouse selection that has just crossed from a table into the next paragraph, and of select-all when the document starts with a table and ends on an empty block.handleMouseDowncreates aCellSelectionand then refuses to update once the pointer leaves the table (inSameTable).BlockNote disables TipTap's core extensions, so there was no
Mod-akeymap and native select-all was unreliable (same class of bug as #2973).Changes
tableEditing()with a thin wrapper that:TextSelectionspanning the table and the pointerMod-akeymap aligned with fix: Mod+A not selecting all when first block is a check list item (BLO-1314) #2995 (first press = current block, second = whole document,TextSelectionnotAllSelectionas in fix(core): bind Mod-a to select all the document #2975). Table ranges use first/last cell text positions. Whole-doc endpoints that fall inside a table are expanded to the table node's boundaries so Backspace can delete the isolating table instead of only emptying its cells.getTableContentRange/getBlockContentRange/getWholeDocTextSelectionsosetSelectionand the keymap share the same table endpoints.Relationship to open PRs
Mod-a+TextSelectiondesign. This PR applies that approach and extends it so it works when the document contains tables.AllSelectionMod-a. Not used here —AllSelectionendpoints sit outside blocks and breakgetBlock.Testing
tableCrossBlockSelection.test.tsKeyboardShortcutsExtension.test.tsfor paragraph/checklist escalate-and-cleartableCrossBlockSelection.browser.test.tsfor mouse-dragpackages/coreunit suite: 778 passedSummary by CodeRabbit
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