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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

Two prosemirror-tables behaviours trapped the selection inside the table:

  1. normalizeSelection treated any TextSelection with one endpoint in a cell and $to.parentOffset === 0 as 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.
  2. handleMouseDown creates a CellSelection and then refuses to update once the pointer leaves the table (inSameTable).

BlockNote disables TipTap's core extensions, so there was no Mod-a keymap and native select-all was unreliable (same class of bug as #2973).

Changes

  • Replace stock tableEditing() with a thin wrapper that:
    • keeps cell selection, copy/paste, and table fixing
    • only clamps TextSelections that stay inside the same table
    • converts a cell-drag that leaves the table into a TextSelection spanning the table and the pointer
  • Add a Notion-style Mod-a keymap 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, TextSelection not AllSelection as 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.
  • Extract getTableContentRange / getBlockContentRange / getWholeDocTextSelection so setSelection and the keymap share the same table endpoints.

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Testing

  • Fail-first then passing unit tests in tableCrossBlockSelection.test.ts
  • KeyboardShortcutsExtension.test.ts for paragraph/checklist escalate-and-clear
  • Browser test tableCrossBlockSelection.browser.test.ts for mouse-drag
  • packages/core unit suite: 778 passed

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Improved table selection so users can drag across tables and neighboring blocks.
    • Added Notion-style Select All behavior: the first press selects the current block, and the next expands selection to the entire document.
    • Whole-document selection now works consistently in documents containing tables.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed selection boundary issues when selecting table content.
    • Improved clearing table-containing documents with Backspace.
    • Updated keyboard shortcut handling for Select All.

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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The 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.

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Cross-block selection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Selection ranges and Mod-a behavior
packages/core/src/api/blockManipulation/selections/selection.ts, packages/core/src/extensions/tiptap-extensions/KeyboardShortcuts/KeyboardShortcutsExtension.ts, packages/core/src/extensions/tiptap-extensions/KeyboardShortcuts/KeyboardShortcutsExtension.test.ts, packages/math-block/src/block/createReactMathBlockSpec.test.tsx
New helpers calculate table, block, and whole-document ranges. Mod-a first selects the current block and then selects the whole document.
Table escape and cross-block normalization
packages/core/src/blocks/Table/tableEditingWithCrossBlockSelection.ts, packages/core/src/blocks/Table/TableExtension.ts, packages/core/src/blocks/Table/tableCrossBlockSelection.test.ts, packages/core/src/blocks/Table/tableCrossBlockSelection.browser.test.ts
The custom table plugin converts drags that leave a table into TextSelection, limits normalization to valid same-table cases, and registers the new behavior with browser and unit tests.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant TablePlugin
  participant SelectionHelper
  participant Editor
  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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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c96e9

Table selection can behave incorrectly at document boundaries and during merged-cell or upward drag interactions. These regressions affect the feature introduced by this change and should be corrected before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: enabling table selection together with neighboring blocks.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #3017 requires table selection with neighboring blocks by Ctrl/Cmd+A and mouse selection. The PR adds the Mod-a handler, table-aware ranges, and getWholeDocTextSelection. The custom table pl…
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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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Comment on lines +211 to +214
const from = startCell ? startCell.start(-1) - 1 : atStart.from;
const to = endCell ? endCell.start(-1) + endCell.node(-1).nodeSize : atEnd.to;

return TextSelection.create(doc, from, to);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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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 &#39;doc&#39; 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 &#39;doc&#39; 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 &#39;doc&#39; 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&#39;s model constraints [2][3].
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<title>TextSelection warning from prosemirror-state 1.4.0 · Issue `#2846` · ueberdosis/tiptap</title> GitHub issue 2846 in ueberdosis/tiptap (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # Issue: ueberdosis/tiptap `#2846` - Repository: ueberdosis/tiptap | The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans. | 35K stars | TypeScript ## TextSelection warning from prosemirror-state 1.4.0 - Author: [`@andy1li`](https://github.com/andy1li) - State: closed (completed) - Reactions: 👍 2 - Created: 2022-06-04T10:32:25Z - Updated: 2022-07-06T10:59:16Z - Closed: 2022-07-06T10:59:16Z - Closed by: [`@bdbch`](https://github.com/bdbch) ### What’s the bug you are facing? Tiptap (or more precisely, prosemirror-state 1.4.0) throws out a warning in my tests, when using tiptap&`#39`;s `editor.commands.setContent()`: `TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (doc)` [Image: warning | https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1450947/171995002-dc4a90a5-d3ca-4d6f-94fc-9dbc7c9c3f0c.png] ### Which browser was this experienced in? Are any special extensions installed? It&`#39`;s not in the browser, but in the `happy-dom` environment of `vitest`. ### How can we reproduce the bug on our side? I made this minimal repo: https://github.com/andy1li/text-selection-test-warning `npm run test` ### Can you provide a CodeSandbox? https://stackblitz.com/github/andy1li/text-selection-test-warning ### What did you expect to happen? No TextSelection warning should appear. Can we do something in tiptap to make it go away? ### Anything to add? (optional) The warning seems to be from `checkTextSelection()` in prosemirror-state 1.4.0 (released at the end of May): https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-state/blob/f1c2ff98a397aa05b9ccf5ee23642bb7e44f05a7/src/selection.ts#L221 It seems that prosemirror-state 1.3.4 from more than a year ago does not have the new `checkTextSelection()` function. ### Did you update your dependencies? - [X] Yes, I’ve updated my dependencies to use the latest version of all packages. ### Are you sponsoring us? - [ ] Yes, I’m a sponsor. 💖 --- ### Timeline **andy1li** added label `bug` · Jun 4, 2022 at 10:32am **`@andy1li`** commented · Jun 4, 2022 at 10:58am · Author · edited > Temporarily solved the problem, by using the [method](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/issues/2836#issuecomment-1142301142) from [NeoDobby](https://github.com/NeoDobby). **EvitanRelta** mentioned this in issue [`#58`: `TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (doc)` warning](https://github.com/EvitanRelta/markgh/issues/58) · Jun 20, 2022 at 2:47am **`@andy1li`** commented · Jun 21, 2022 at 12:29pm · Author · edited > Just saying: the https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/pull/2854 PR (chore: migrate to new versions of prosemirror packages) did not fix the problem described above. **`@bdbch`** commented · Jun 21, 2022 at 9:01pm > I&`#39`;ll investigate this issue when I find some time, thanks for bringing it up **`@bdbch`** commented · Jun 26, 2022 at 10:09am · edited > `@andy1li` > > Can you reproduce this issue in the browser? It&`#39`;s not a test but I tried to replicate that warning in this sandbox: > https://1pvl9b.csb.app/ > > I can&`#39`;t see any comparable warning message - no matter if the editor has initial content or not. As far as I understood this is a warning that was introduced in prosemirror-state 1.4.0. **andy1li** was mentioned · Jun 26, 2022 at 10:09am **`@andy1li`** commented · Jun 26, 2022 at 1:07pm · Author · edited > Sure, `@bdbch`. Thank you for your time~ > > I&`#39`;ve modified my minimal repo a bit. Now the warning should appear in the browser console. > > https://stackblitz.com/github/andy1li/text-selection-test-warning?file=src%2Fmain.ts > > --- > > Perhaps it&`#39`;s because my use case is not very typical: > > On my backend, tiptap is used in a normal fashion to do some custom markups. > > On my frontend, tiptap is used (without attaching `editor` into the dom) to only parse those custom markups into JSON, which is rendered with custom components. **bdbch** was mentioned · Jun 26, 2022 at 1:07pm **bdbch** mentioned th…[truncated] <title>Result 2</title> https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/prosemirror-state@1.4.4/src/selection.ts /// Find a valid cursor or leaf node selection starting at ... given /// position and searching back if `dir` is negative, and forward if /// positive. When `textOnly` is true, only consider cursor /// selections. Will return null when no valid selection position is /// found. static findFrom($pos: ResolvedPos, dir: number, textOnly: boolean = false): Selection | null { let inner = $pos.parent.inlineContent ? new TextSelection($pos) : findSelectionIn($pos.node(0), $pos.parent, $pos.pos, $pos.index(), dir, textOnly) if (inner) return inner for (let depth = $pos.depth - 1; depth >= 0; depth--) { let found = dir < 0 ? findSelectionIn($pos.node(0), $pos.node(depth), $pos.before(depth + 1), $pos.index(depth), dir, textOnly) : findSelectionIn($pos.node(0), $pos.node(depth), $pos.after(depth + 1), $pos.index(depth) + 1, dir, textOnly) if (found) return found } return null } ... let warnedAboutTextSelection = false function checkTextSelection($pos: ResolvedPos) { if (!warnedAboutTextSelection && !$pos.parent.inlineContent) { warnedAboutTextSelection = true console["warn"]("TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (" + $pos.parent.type.name + ")") } } ... /// A text selection represents a classical editor selection, with a /// head (the moving side) and anchor (immobile side), both of which /// point into textblock nodes. It can be empty (a regular cursor /// position). export class TextSelection extends Selection { /// Construct a text selection between the given points. constructor($anchor: ResolvedPos, $head = $anchor) { checkTextSelection($anchor) checkTextSelection($head) super($anchor, $head) } /// Returns a resolved position if this is a cursor selection (an /// empty text selection), and null otherwise. get $cursor() { return this.$anchor.pos == this.$head.pos ? this.$head : null } map(doc: Node, mapping: Mappable): Selection { let $head = doc.resolve(mapping.map(this.head)) if (!$head.parent.inlineContent) return Selection.near($head) let $anchor = doc.resolve(mapping.map(this.anchor)) return new TextSelection($anchor.parent.inlineContent ? $anchor : $head, $head) } replace(tr: Transaction, content = Slice.empty) { super.replace(tr, content) if (content == Slice.empty) { let marks = this.$from.marksAcross(this.$to) if (marks) tr.ensureMarks(marks) } } eq(other: Selection): boolean { return other instanceof TextSelection && other.anchor == this.anchor && other.head == this.head } getBookmark() { return new TextBookmark(this.anchor, this.head) } toJSON(): any { return {type: "text", anchor: this.anchor, head: this.head} } /// `@internal` static fromJSON(doc: Node, json: any) { if (typeof json.anchor != "number" || typeof json.head != "number") throw new RangeError("Invalid input for TextSelection.fromJSON") return new TextSelection(doc.resolve(json.anchor), doc.resolve(json.head)) } /// Create a text selection from non-resolved positions. static create(doc: Node, anchor: number, head = anchor) { let $anchor = doc.resolve(anchor) return new this($anchor, head == anchor ? $anchor : doc.resolve(head)) } /// Return a text selection that spans the given positions or, if /// they aren&`#39`;t text positions, find a text selection near them. /// `bias` determines whether the method searches forward (default) /// or backwards (negative number) first. Will fall back to calling /// [`Selection.near`](`#state.Selection`^near) when the document /// doesn&`#39`;t contain a valid text position. static between($anchor: ResolvedPos, $head: ResolvedPos, bias?: number): Selection { let dPos = $anchor.pos - $head.pos if (!bias || dPos) bias = dPos >= 0 ? 1 : -1 if (!$head.parent.inlineContent) { let found = Selection.findFrom($head, bias, true) || Selection.findFrom($head, -bias, true) if (found) $head = found.$head else return Selection.near($head, bias) } if (!$anchor.parent.inlineContent) { if (dPos == 0) { $anch…[truncated] <title>editor: invalid TextSelection on blur in focus-scopes — "TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (doc)"</title> GitHub issue 3564 in resend/react-email (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # editor: invalid TextSelection on blur in focus-scopes — "TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (doc)" - State: closed - Author: safa-daz - Created: 2026-06-12T16:51:35Z - Updated: 2026-07-02T16:56:39Z - Repository: resend/react-email - Number: `#3564` --- In `@react-email/editor` (observed on 1.5.4), `src/extensions/focus-scopes.ts` clears the selection on blur with: ```ts transaction.setSelection(TextSelection.create(transaction.doc, 0)); ``` Position `0` resolves to the `doc` node itself, which has no inline content, so ProseMirror logs ``` TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (doc) ``` on every editor blur (e.g. focusing any other form field on the page). **Repro:** mount ` ` next to any ` `, click into the editor, then click the input — the warning appears in the console (stack: `checkTextSelection → TextSelection.create → blur @ focus-scopes`). **Suggested fix (one line):** ```ts transaction.setSelection(Selection.atStart(transaction.doc)); ``` `Selection.atStart` resolves to the first *valid* cursor position instead of the doc node. Happy to open a PR if useful. ## Timeline - Referenced by PR `#3568`: fix(editor): use Selection.atStart when clearing selection on blur - felipefreitag closed <title>Removing selection on blur - discuss.ProseMirror</title> https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/removing-selection-on-blur/475 Removing selection on blur - discuss.ProseMirror # Removing selection on blur k1w1 November 3, 2016, 2:15am 1 I want to clear the selection on blur so that: - No selection is shown when the text is not editable - When the user focuses the field again it does not retain the previous selection I was trying to remove the selection on blur like this (this is coffeescript): ``` onBlur: (view) => noneSelection = new TextSelection(view.state.doc.resolve(0)) view.props.onAction(noneSelection.action()) ``` The problem is that in`selectionToDOM` the selection is not redrawn if the view doesn’t have focus. So the selection is not visibly removed. Is there a better way to clear the selection on blur? As an aside,`new TextSelection(view.state.doc.resolve(0))` is the best I could come up with the clear the selection. Is there a simpler way? It seems like utility methods for`selectNone()` and`selectAll()` would be commonly used. Help: Marquee Selection & Selecting Multiple Nodes for Dragging marijn November 3, 2016, 9:07am 2 Are you sure you want to reset ProseMirror’s selection, as opposed to just the DOM selection in the editor? As an aside, new TextSelection(view.state.doc.resolve(0)) is the best I could come up with the clear the selection Yeah, that’s ugly. I’m planning to supply at least a`TextSelection.create(doc, 0)` variant.`selectNone` isn’t really a thing, since an editor always has some selection, but maybe a`selectAll` variant would also be convenient. 1 Like johanneswilm July 1, 2017, 2:49pm 3 Hey, I am also interested in doing this. I am starting to understand the structure of the new PM, but I don’t quite understand why a transaction is being dispatched when the selection within the editor is changed but not when the editor itself blurs or focuses it. Is this still the recommended way of adding such a transaction? johanneswilm July 1, 2017, 9:21pm 4 Connected with this: It seems that certain transactions will reset the selection and it then ends up inside the first textblock node in the document. I would like to instead have the selection in these cases to be at position 0. I also set the position to 0 on blur and this way I can make sure that the decorators for the placeholders (plural) are set correctly. Is there a way to configure this? Or some other way to achieve the same thing? Edit: No longer needed. I gave the decoration in the currently selected element an extra class so that it can be hidden when there is focus on the editor. sumbad June 21, 2023, 11:18am 5 Hello, for now I’m using the logic suggested by@marijn. It works as expected: ``` editor.view.dispatch(editor.state.tr.setSelection(TextSelection.create(editor.state.doc, 0))); editor.commands.blur(); ``` ahwei January 15, 2024, 1:23pm 6 If I do this, I see this warning in console`TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (doc)`. I just want to undo my`NodeSelection` in my node view so that the CSS class`ProseMirror-selectednode` is removed: ``` this.view.dispatch( this.view.state.tr.setSelection( new NodeSelection(this.view.state.doc.resolve(getPos())), ), ); ``` Is there another way to remove a selection? marijn January 15, 2024, 3:37pm 7 As the error indicates, text selections can’t exist just anywhere, but only in inline positions. You could use Selection.near to create a valid selection near a given point. alexw April 3, 2025, 8:02pm 8 I came across this thread after noticing that a`NodeSelection` remained visible (the`ProseMirror-selectednode` class stayed applied) even after I clicked outside the`EditorView`. I was looking for a way to hide the`NodeSelection` when the editor is not focused. Some replies suggest setting an empty`TextSelection`, which would be invisible when the`EditorView` is not focused, since the browser automatically removes the blinking caret. But I also saw that the`ProseMirror-focused` class toggles on the`EditorView`’s DOM. This got me thinking—could I achieve my goal using CSS like this? …[truncated] <title>8605891 fix(editor): use Selection.atStart when clearing selection on blur</title> https://github.com/resend/react-email/commit/8605891dd81be9ce62e2a2ab6f8e96b6c8045f87 # 8605891 fix(editor): use Selection.atStart when clearing selection on blur - SHA: 8605891dd81be9ce62e2a2ab6f8e96b6c8045f87 - Repository: resend/react-email - Author: yashs33244 - Date: 2026-06-14T19:42:53Z - +43 -3 in 3 files --- fix(editor): use Selection.atStart when clearing selection on blur The focus-scopes extension cleared the selection on blur with TextSelection.create(doc, 0). Position 0 resolves to the doc node, which has no inline content, so ProseMirror logged "TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (doc)" on every editor blur (e.g. focusing another form field on the page). Switch to Selection.atStart(doc), which resolves to the first valid cursor position inside an inline-content node, removing the warning while keeping the same intent of moving the cursor to the start. Closes `#3564` ## Changed Files | File | Status | + | - | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | .changeset/blur-selection-atstart.md | added | 5 | 0 | | packages/editor/src/extensions/focus-scopes.spec.ts | modified | 36 | 1 | | packages/editor/src/extensions/focus-scopes.ts | modified | 2 | 2 |

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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 $pos.end(-1) [2]. If you are encountering code that looks like cellAround(something.start(-1)), this is likely incorrect usage or a misunderstanding of the API, as start(-1) returns a number (a document position), whereas cellAround requires a ResolvedPos object [4][2][5]. To resolve a document position into a ResolvedPos, you would typically use view.state.doc.resolve(pos) [6][2].
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<title>Comparing v1.3.0...v1.3.1 · ProseMirror/prosemirror-tables</title> https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-tables/compare/v1.3.0...v1.3.1 @@ -50,23 +50,27 @@ export class CellSelection extends Selection { // cells in the same table. They may be the same, to select a single // cell. constructor($anchorCell: ResolvedPos, $headCell: ResolvedPos = $anchorCell) { - const table = $anchorCell.node(-1), - map = TableMap.get(table), - start = $anchorCell.start(-1); + const table = $anchorCell.node(-1); + const map = TableMap.get(table); + const tableStart = $anchorCell.start(-1); const rect = map.rectBetween( - $anchorCell.pos - start, - $headCell.pos - start, + $anchorCell.pos - tableStart, + $headCell.pos - tableStart, ); + const doc = $anchorCell.node(0); const cells = map .cellsInRect(rect) - .filter((p) => p != $headCell.pos - start); + .filter((p) => p != $headCell.pos - tableStart); // Make the head cell the first range, so that it counts as the // primary part of the selection - cells.unshift($headCell.pos - start); + cells.unshift($headCell.pos - tableStart); const ranges = cells.map((pos) =&gt; { - const cell = table.nodeAt(pos), - from = pos + start + 1; + const cell = table.nodeAt(pos); + if (!cell) { + throw RangeError(`No cell with offset ${pos} found`); + } + const from = tableStart + pos + 1; return new SelectionRange( doc.resolve(from), doc.resolve(from + cell.content.size), ... cells = map ... Cell.pos - start, this ... headCell. ... - start), ... rectBetween( + this ... Cell.pos - tableStart, ... - tableStart, ... , + ... const map = Table ... .node(-1 ... - start ... const anchorRect ... ), - headRect = map ... ($headCell ... const table = ... node(-1 ... TableMap. ... const tableStart = ... Cell.start ... const anchorRect ... pos - tableStart); + ... const headRect = map. ... headCell. ... - tableStart); ... const doc = $anchorCell.node(0); ... .top <= headRect.top ... = doc.resolve(table ... map.map[ ... Rect.left ... height) ... = doc.resolve( ... + map.map ... map.width * (map.height - 1) + headRect.right - ... ], + tableStart + + map ... width * (map.height - 1) + headRect.right - ... ); ... headRect. ... .resolve(start + map.map[headRect. ... + $headCell = doc.resolve(tableStart + map.map[headRect ... left]); ... if (anchorRect.bottom < map.height) $ ... Cell = doc.resolve( - start + map.map[map.width * (map.height - 1) + anchorRect.right - 1], + tableStart + + map.map[map.width * (map.height - 1) + anchorRect.right - 1], ); } return new ... ($anchorCell, $headCell); ... @@ -346,9 +391,9 @@ export function drawCellSelection(state: EditorState): DecorationSource { function isCellBoundarySelection({ $from, $to }: TextSelection) { if ($from.pos == $to.pos || $from.pos < $from.pos - 6) return false; // Cheap elimination ... - let afterFrom = $from.pos, - beforeTo = $to.pos, - depth = $from.depth; + let afterFrom = $from.pos; + let beforeTo = $to.pos; + let depth = $from.depth; for (; depth >= 0; depth--, afterFrom++) if ($from.after(depth + 1) < $from.end(depth)) break; for (let d = $to.depth; d >= 0; d--, beforeTo--) ... @@ -3 ... +405,8 @@ function is ... from, $to }: TextSelection) { } ... from, $to }: TextSelection) { - let fromCellBoundaryNode; - let toCellBoundaryNode; + let fromCellBoundaryNode: Node | undefined; + let toCell ... Node: Node | undefined; for (let i = $from.depth; i > 0; i--) { const node = $from.node(i); ... -import { cellAround, pointsAtCell, _setAttr } from &`#39`;./util&`#39`;; +import { tableNodeTypes } from &`#39`;./schema&`#39`;; import { TableMap } from &`#39`;./tablemap&`#39`;; import { TableView, updateColumnsOnResize } from &`#39`;./tableview&`#39`;; ... import { cellAround ... CellAttrs, pointsAtCell } from ... * @ ... 84,21 ... 91,21 @@ ... map = TableMap.get(table), start = $cell.start(-1); ... - map.colCount($cell. ... nodeAfter. ... map.colCount($ ... row * map ... Index - map ... +import type { Direction } from &`#39`;./input&`#39`;; +import { tableNodeTypes, TableRole } from &`#39`;./schema&`#39`;; +import { Rect, TableMap } from &`#39`;./tablemap&`#39`;; import { addColSpan, cellAround, + CellAttrs…[truncated] <title>Notesnook: .../table/prosemirror-tables/util.ts | Fossies</title> https://fossies.org/linux/notesnook/packages/editor/src/extensions/table/prosemirror-tables/util.ts Notesnook project (https://notesnook.com/) 3 4 Copyright (C) ... 2023 Streetwriters (Private) Limited 5 6 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or 9 (at your option) ... 10 11 This program is distributed in ... hope that it will be useful, 12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ... 14 GNU General Public License for more details. 15 16 ... should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 18 */ 19 20 import { EditorState, NodeSelection, PluginKey } from "prosemirror-state"; 21 22 import { Attrs, Node, ResolvedPos } from "prosemirror-model"; 23 import { CellSelection } from "./cellselection.js"; 24 import { tableNodeTypes } from "./schema.js"; 25 import { Rect, TableMap } from "./tablemap.js"; 26 27 /** 28 * `@public` 29 */ 30 export type MutableAttrs = Record<string, unknown>; 31 32 /** 33 * `@public` 34 */ 35 export interface CellAttrs { 36 colspan: number; 37 rowspan: number; 38 colwidth: number[] | null; 39 } 40 41 /** 42 * `@public` 43 */ 44 export const tableEditingKey = new PluginKey<number>("selectingCells"); 45 46 /** 47 * `@public` 48 */ 49 export function cellAround($pos: ResolvedPos): ResolvedPos | null { 50 for (let d = $pos.depth - 1; d > 0; d--) 51 if ($pos.node(d).type.spec.tableRole == "row") 52 return $pos.node(0).resolve($pos.before(d + 1)); 53 return null; 54 } 55 56 export function cellWrapping($pos: ResolvedPos): null | Node { 57 for (let d = $pos.depth; d > 0; d--) { 58 // Sometimes the cell can be in the same depth. 59 const role = $pos.node(d).type.spec.tableRole; 60 if (role === "cell" || role === "header_cell") return $pos.node(d); 61 } 62 return null; 63 } 64 65 /** 66 * `@public` 67 */ 68 export function isInTable(state: EditorState): boolean { 69 const $head = state.selection.$head; 70 for (let d = $head.depth; d > 0; d--) 71 if ($head.node(d).type.spec.tableRole == "row") return true; 72 return false; 73 } 74 75 /** 76 * `@internal` 77 */ 78 export function selectionCell(state: EditorState): ResolvedPos { 79 const sel = state.selection as CellSelection | NodeSelection; 80 if ("$anchorCell" in sel && sel.$anchorCell) { 81 return sel.$anchorCell.pos > sel.$headCell.pos 82 ? sel.$anchorCell 83 : sel.$headCell; 84 } else if ( 85 "node" in sel && 86 sel.node && 87 sel.node.type.spec.tableRole == "cell" 88 ) { 89 return sel.$anchor; 90 } 91 const $cell = cellAround(sel.$head) || cellNear(sel.$head); 92 if ($cell) { 93 return $cell; 94 } 95 throw new RangeError(`No cell found around position ${sel.head}`); 96 } 97 98 /** 99 * `@public` 100 */ 101 export function cellNear($pos: ResolvedPos): ResolvedPos | undefined { 102 for ( 103 let after = $pos.nodeAfter, pos = $pos.pos; 104 after; 105 after = after.firstChild, pos++ 106 ) { 107 const role = after.type.spec.tableRole; 108 if (role == "cell" || role == "header_cell") return $pos.doc.resolve(pos); 109 } 110 for ( 111 let before = $pos.nodeBefore, pos = $pos.pos; 112 before; 113 before = before.lastChild, pos-- 114 ) { 115 const role = before.type.spec.tableRole; 116 if (role == "cell" || role == "header_cell") 117 return $pos.doc.resolve(pos - before.nodeSize); 118 } 119 } 120 121 /** 122 * `@public` 123 */ 124 export function pointsAtCell($pos: ResolvedPos): boolean { 125 return $pos.parent.type.spec.tableRole == "row" && !!$pos.nodeAfter; 126 } 127 128 /** 129 * `@public` 130 */ 131 export function moveCellForward($pos: ResolvedPos): ResolvedPos { 132 return $pos.node(0).resolve($pos.po…[truncated] <title>ProseMirror/prosemirror-tables</title> https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-tables findCellRange` ... `($pos ... , anchorHit ... , headHit: ? ... ) → ?[ResolvedPos, ResolvedPos]`\ Find the anchor and head ... same table by using the given position and optional hit positions, or fallback to the selection&`#39`;s anchor and head ... A table map describes the structore of a given table. To avoid recomputing them all the time, they are cached per table node. To be able to do that, positions saved in the map are relative to the start of the table, rather than the start of the document. * **`width`**`: number`\ The width of the table ... * **`height`**`: number`\ The ... * **`map`**`: [number]`\ A width * height array with the start position of the cell covering that part of the table in each slot ... * **`nextCell`**`(pos: number, axis: string, dir: number) → ?number`\ Find the next cell in the given direction, starting from the cell at `pos`, if any. ... , b: ... * **`positionAt`**`(row: number, col: number, table: Node) → number`\ Return the position at which the cell at the given row and column starts, or would start, if a cell started there. <title>Result 4</title> https://context7.com/prosemirror/prosemirror-tables/llms.txt ```typescript import { isInTable, findCell, cellAround, cellNear, nextCell, colCount, findTable, findCellPos, findCellRange, selectedRect } from &`#39`;prosemirror-tables&`#39`;; ... pos = view ... ($pos); console. ... columns&`#39`;, rect. ... , &`#39`;to&`#39`;, rect.right); ... // Find cell around a position const $cell = cellAround($pos); if ($cell) { console.log(&`#39`;Found cell at:&`#39`;, $cell.pos); } ... // Find table containing position const tableResult = findTable($pos); if (tableResult) { console.log(&`#39`;Table at:&`#39`;, tableResult.pos, &`#39`;depth:&`#39`;, tableResult.depth); } ... The TableMap class is used to describe the structure of a table. It caches these descriptions per table node for efficiency. Positions within the map are relative to the start of the table. ... A table map describes the structure of a given table. To avoid recomputing them all the time, they are cached per table node. To be able to do that, positions saved in the map are relative to the start of the table, rather than the start of the document. ... `map`** ... number]) - ... width * height array ... position of the cell covering ... each slot. ... `findCell ... **(pos: number) → Rect Find ... dimensions of the cell at the given position. ... * **`nextCell`**(pos: number, axis: string, dir: number) → ?number Find the next cell in the given ... , starting from the cell at `pos`, if any. ... * **`rectBetween`**(a: number, b: number) → Rect Get the rectangle spanning the two given cells. ... * **`cellsInRect`**(rect: Rect ... ] ... corner in the given ... * **`positionAt`**(row: number, col: number, table: Node) → number Return the position at which the cell at the given row and column starts, or would start, if a cell started there. ... - **get(tableNode)**: Returns a TableMap instance for the given table node. - **findCell(cellPos)**: Finds the rectangle (left, top, right, bottom) of the cell at the given position. - **colCount(cellPos)**: Returns the column index of the cell at the given position. - **nextCell(cellPos, direction, step)**: Finds the next cell in a given direction (horiz/vert) by a specified step. - **rectBetween(cellPos1, cellPos2)**: Gets the rectangle spanning two cells. - **cellsInRect(rect)**: Gets all cell positions within a given rectangle. - **positionAt(row, col, tableNode)**: Gets the position at a specific row and column within a table node. ... - **find ... ResolvedPos): ... - **cellAround**(pos: ResolvedPos): ResolvedPos | null - Finds the cell nearest to the given resolved position. ... **(pos: ... Finds the cell nearest to the ... in an adjacent cell ... the position is between cells. ... nextCell**(pos: ResolvedPos, direction: ... horiz&`#39`; | ... vert&`#39`;, step: ... - Finds the next ... a given direction (horizontal or vertical) by a specified step. ... - **findTable**(pos: ResolvedPos): { pos: number, depth: number } | null - Finds the nearest table node containing the given resolved position. ... - **findCellPos**(state: EditorState, pos: number): number | null - Finds the position of a cell at a given document position. ... Range**(state: EditorState, pos: number): { from: number, to: number } | null - Finds the range of a cell at a given document position. ... - **selectedRect**(state: EditorState): { left: number, right: number, top: number, bottom: number, tableStart: number } | null - Gets the bounding rectangle of the selected cells within a table. ... ```typescript import { isInTable, findCell, cellAround, cellNear, nextCell, colCount, findTable, findCellPos, findCellRange, selectedRect } from &`#39`;prosemirror-tables&`#39`;; ... // Find cell rectangle at a resolved position const $pos = view.state.selection.$head; const rect = findCell($pos); ... rect) { console.log(&`#39`; ... spans columns&`#39`;, rect.left, &`#39`;to&`#39`;, rect.right); } ... // Find cell around a position const $cell = cellAround($pos); if ($cell) { console.log(&`#39`;Found cell at:&`#39`;, $cell.pos); } ... // Find table containing positio…[truncated] <title>Index.d.ts</title> https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@bitjourney/prosemirror-tables@1.2.5-0/index.d.ts Map { width: ... ; height: ... ; map: number[]; problems?: ... Count(pos: ... (pos: ... , dir: number): ... Between(a ... ): Rect; ... (rect: Rect): number ... At(row: number, col ... number, table: ... rorNode): number; ... export function cellAround(pos: ResolvedPos): ResolvedPos | null;

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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
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const $mouse = view.state.doc.resolve(
mousePos.inside >= 0 ? mousePos.inside : mousePos.pos,
);
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 =
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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
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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&#39;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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<title>ProseMirror Reference manual</title> https://prosemirror.net/docs/ref/ new Selection( ... $anchor: ResolvedPos, $head: ResolvedPos, ranges⁠?: readonly SelectionRange [] ) ... #### `class` TextSelection `extends Selection` ... : A text selection represents a classical editor selection, with a head (the moving side) and anchor (immobile side), both of which point into textblock nodes. It can be empty (a regular cursor position). ... new TextSelection( $anchor: ResolvedPos, $head⁠?: ResolvedPos = $anchor ) : Construct a text selection between the given points. ... static create( doc: Node, anchor: number, head⁠?: number = anchor ) → TextSelection : Create a text selection from non-resolved positions. ... static between( $anchor: ResolvedPos, $head: ResolvedPos, bias⁠?: number ) → Selection : Return a text selection that spans the given positions or, if they aren&`#39`;t text positions, find a text selection near them. `bias` determines whether the method searches forward (default) or backwards (negative number) first. Will fall back to calling `Selection.near` when the document doesn&`#39`;t contain a valid text position. ... createSelectionBetween⁠?: fn( ... view: Editor ... ResolvedPos, ... Pos ) ... setSelection⁠?: fn( ... anchor: number, head: number, root: Document | ShadowRoot ) ... : This will be called to handle setting the selection inside the node. The `anchor` and `head` positions are relative to the start of the node. By default, a DOM selection will be created between the DOM positions corresponding to those positions, but if you override it you can do something else. <title>Result 2</title> https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/prosemirror-state@1.4.4/src/selection.ts export abstract class Selection { /// Initialize a selection with the head and anchor and ranges. If no /// ranges are given, constructs a single range across `$anchor` and /// `$head`. constructor( /// The resolved anchor of the selection (the side that stays in /// place when the selection is modified). readonly $anchor: ResolvedPos, /// The resolved head of the selection (the side that moves when /// ... selection is modified). readonly $head: ResolvedPos, ranges?: readonly SelectionRange[] ) { this.ranges = ranges || [new SelectionRange($anchor.min($head), $anchor.max($head))] } /// The ranges covered by the selection. ranges: readonly SelectionRange[] ... selection&`#39`;s anchor, as an unresolved position. get anchor() { return this.$anchor.pos } ... The selection&`#39`;s head. get head() ... return this.$head.pos } /// The lower bound of ... from.pos } ... /// A text selection represents a classical editor selection, with a /// head (the moving side) and anchor (immobile side), both of which /// point into textblock nodes. It can be empty (a regular cursor /// position). export class TextSelection extends Selection { /// Construct a text selection between the given points. constructor($anchor: ResolvedPos, $head = $anchor) { checkTextSelection($anchor) checkTextSelection($head) super($anchor, $head) } /// Returns a resolved position if this is a cursor selection (an /// empty text selection), and null otherwise. get $cursor() { return this.$anchor.pos == this.$head.pos ? this.$head : null } map(doc: Node, mapping: Mappable): Selection { let $head = doc.resolve(mapping.map(this.head)) if (!$head.parent.inlineContent) return Selection.near($head) let $anchor = doc.resolve(mapping.map(this.anchor)) return new TextSelection($anchor.parent.inlineContent ? $anchor : $head, $head) } replace(tr: Transaction, content = Slice.empty) { super.replace(tr, content) if (content == Slice.empty) { let marks = this.$from.marksAcross(this.$to) if (marks) tr.ensureMarks(marks) } } eq(other: Selection): boolean { return other instanceof TextSelection && other.anchor == this.anchor && other.head == this.head } getBookmark() { return new TextBookmark(this.anchor, this.head) } toJSON(): any { return {type: "text", anchor: this.anchor, head: this.head} } /// `@internal` static fromJSON(doc: Node, json: any) { if (typeof json.anchor != "number" || typeof json.head != "number") throw new RangeError("Invalid input for TextSelection.fromJSON") return new TextSelection(doc.resolve(json.anchor), doc.resolve(json.head)) } /// Create a text selection from non-resolved positions. static create(doc: Node, anchor: number, head = anchor) { let $anchor = doc.resolve(anchor) return new this($anchor, head == anchor ? $anchor : doc.resolve(head)) } /// Return a text selection that spans the given positions or, if /// they aren&`#39`;t text positions, find a text selection near them. /// `bias` determines whether the method searches forward (default) /// or backwards (negative number) first. Will fall back to calling /// [`Selection.near`](`#state.Selection`^near) when the document /// doesn&`#39`;t contain a valid text position. static between($anchor: ResolvedPos, $head: ResolvedPos, bias?: number): Selection { let dPos = $anchor.pos - $head.pos if (!bias || dPos) bias = dPos >= 0 ? 1 : -1 if (!$head.parent.inlineContent) { let found = Selection.findFrom($head, bias, true) || Selection.findFrom($head, -bias, true) if (found) $head = found.$head else return Selection.near($head, bias) } if (!$anchor.parent.inlineContent) { if (dPos == 0) { $anchor = $head } else { $anchor = (Selection.findFrom($anchor, -bias, true) || Selection.findFrom($anchor, bias, true))!.$anchor if (($anchor.pos < $head.pos) != (dPos < 0)) $anchor = $head } } return new TextSelection($anchor, $head) } } ... Bookmark { constructor(readonly anchor: number, readonly ... : number) {} map(mapping: Mappable) { return new TextBookm…[truncated] <title>src/selection.ts</title> https://github.com/ProseMirror/prosemirror-state/blob/master/src/selection.ts export abstract class Selection { /// Initialize a selection with the head and anchor and ranges. If no /// ranges are given, constructs ... single range across `$anchor` and /// `$head`. constructor( /// The resolved anchor of the selection (the side that stays in /// place when the selection is modified). readonly $anchor: ResolvedPos, /// The resolved ... of the selection ... the side that moves when /// the selection is modified). readonly $head: ResolvedPos, ranges?: readonly SelectionRange[] ) { this.ranges = ranges || [new SelectionRange($anchor.min($head), $anchor.max($head))] } /// The ranges covered by the selection. ranges: readonly SelectionRange[] /// The selection&`#39`;s anchor, as an unresolved position. get anchor() { return this.$anchor.pos } /// The selection&`#39`;s head. get ... () { return this.$head.pos } /// The lower bound of the selection&`#39`;s main range. get from() { return this.$from.pos } /// ... upper bound of the selection&`#39`;s main range. get to() { return this.$to.pos ... resolved lower bound of the selection&`#39`;s main range. get ... { return this.ranges[0].$from } /// ... resolved upper bound of the selection&`#39`;s main range. ... $to() { return this.ranges[0].$to } ... /// Indicates whether the selection contains any content. ... /// A text selection represents a classical editor selection, with a /// head (the moving side) and anchor (immobile side), both of which /// point into textblock nodes. It can be empty (a regular cursor /// position). export class TextSelection extends Selection { /// Construct a text selection between the given points. constructor($anchor: ResolvedPos, $head = $anchor) { checkTextSelection($anchor) checkTextSelection($head) super($anchor, $head) } /// Returns a resolved position if this is a cursor selection (an /// empty text selection), and null otherwise. get $cursor() { return this.$anchor.pos == this.$head.pos ? this.$head : null } map(doc: Node, mapping: Mappable): Selection { let $head = doc.resolve(mapping.map(this.head)) if (!$head.parent.inlineContent) return Selection.near($head) let $anchor = doc.resolve(mapping.map(this.anchor)) return new TextSelection($anchor.parent.inlineContent ? $anchor : $head, $head) } replace(tr: Transaction, content = Slice.empty) { super.replace(tr, content) if (content == Slice.empty) { let marks = this.$from.marksAcross(this.$to) if (marks) tr.ensureMarks(marks) } } eq(other: Selection): boolean { return other instanceof TextSelection && other.anchor == this.anchor && other.head == this.head } getBookmark() { return new TextBookmark(this.anchor, this.head) } toJSON(): any { return {type: "text", anchor: this.anchor, head: this.head} } /// `@internal` static fromJSON(doc: Node, json: any) { if (typeof json.anchor != "number" || typeof json.head != "number") throw new RangeError("Invalid input for TextSelection.fromJSON") return new TextSelection(doc.resolve(json.anchor), doc.resolve(json.head)) } /// Create a text selection from non-resolved positions. static create(doc: Node, anchor: number, head = anchor) { let $anchor = doc.resolve(anchor) return new this($anchor, head == anchor ? $anchor : doc.resolve(head)) } /// Return a text selection that spans the given positions or, if /// they aren&`#39`;t text positions, find a text selection near them. /// `bias` determines whether the method searches forward (default) /// or backwards (negative number) first. Will fall back to calling /// [`Selection.near`](`#state.Selection`^near) when the document /// doesn&`#39`;t contain a valid text position. static between($anchor: ResolvedPos, $head: ResolvedPos, bias?: number): Selection { let dPos = $anchor.pos - $head.pos if (!bias || dPos) bias = dPos >= 0 ? 1 : -1 if (!$head.parent.inlineContent) { let found = Selection.findFrom($head, bias, true) || Selection.findFrom($head, -bias, true) if (found) $head = found.$head else return Selection.near($head, bias) } if (!$ancho…[truncated] <title>CHANGELOG.md</title> https://github.com/prosemirror/prosemirror-state/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md ## 1.4.4 (2025-10-23) ... All `Selection` objects now have [`$head`](https://prosemirror.net/docs/ref/version/0.19.0.html#state.Selection.$head)/[`$anchor`](https://prosemirror.net/docs/ref/version/0.19.0.html#state.Selection.$anchor) properties, so those can no longer be used to recognize text selections (use [`$cursor`](https://prosemirror.net/docs/ref/version/0.19.0.html#state.TextSelection.$cursor) or `instanceof`). ... The [`TextSelection`](https://prosemirror.net/docs/ref/version/0.13.0.html#state.TextSelection) and [`NodeSelection`](https://prosemirror.net/docs/ref/version/0.13.0.html#state.NodeSelection) classes now have a static [`create`](https://prosemirror.net/docs/ref/version/0.13.0.html#state.TextSelection^create) convenience method for creating selections from unresolved positions. <title>markdown/guide/state.md</title> https://github.com/ProseMirror/website/blob/master/markdown/guide/state.md ProseMirror supports several types of selection (and allows 3rd-party code to define new selection types). Selections are represented by instances of (subclasses of) the [`Selection`](##state.Selection) class. Like documents and other state-related values, they are immutable—to change the selection, you create a new selection object and a new state to hold it. ... Selections have, at the very least, a start ([`.from`](##state.Selection.from)) and an end ([`.to`](##state.Selection.to)), as positions pointing into the current document. Many selection types also distinguish between the [_anchor_](##state.Selection.anchor) (unmoveable) and [_head_](##state.Selection.head) (moveable) side of the selection, so those are also required to exist on every selection object. ... The most common type of selection is a [text selection](##state.TextSelection), which is used for regular cursors (when `anchor` and `head` are the same) or selected text. Both endpoints of a text selection are required to be in inline positions, i.e. pointing into nodes that allow inline content. ... By default, the old ... is [mapped]( ... state.Selection.map) ... through each step to produce a new ... it is possible to ... use [`setSelection`]( ... state.Transaction.setSelection) to explicitly ... set a new ... ```javascript let tr = state.tr console.log(tr.selection.from) // → 10 tr.delete(6, 8) console.log(tr.selection.from) // → 8 (moved back) tr.setSelection(TextSelection.create(tr.doc, 3)) console.log(tr.selection.from) // → 3 ```

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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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Can't select table along side other type of blocks

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