v0.46.0 is a monthly release headlined by two major new experimental capabilities:

• Named slots - a model that lets a single host element or decorator node own several isolated editable regions inside the host's own editorState
• Shadow DOM - the root element can now be hosted in an open shadow root (or iframe)

This release also includes many other fixes and new features across IME/composition, collaboration, markdown round-tripping, lists, code blocks, links, and mobile keyboards. It is also our first release (other than nightlies) to use NPM Trusted Publishing.

Special recognition for this release goes to @mayrang for doing the majority of the work on both of these new features as well as fixing some tricky IME/composition issues 👏 @levensta has also been doing a fantastic job going through the issue backlog, providing valuable feedback on these bleeding edge features, and identifying long-standing edge cases.

Breaking Changes

lexical — Node traversal methods no longer accept unsafe type parameters (#8661)

The zero-argument generics on getParent(OrThrow), getPreviousSibling(s), getNextSibling(s), getChildren, getFirstChild(OrThrow), getLastChild(OrThrow), getChildAtIndex, getFirstDescendant, getLastDescendant, and getDescendantByIndex were implicit unchecked casts — there is no inference site, so any non-base type argument was equivalent to an as cast. Each method is now an overload pair: a documented non-generic signature returning the base type (LexicalNode / ElementNode | null), plus the old generic signature marked @deprecated. Code that leaned on contextual-type inference no longer type-checks:

// Before: compiled (unsound). After: type error.
const node: ParagraphNode | null = $getRoot().getFirstChild();

// Port directly with an explicit cast (no behavior change):
const node = $getRoot().getFirstChild() as ParagraphNode | null;

// Or, better, narrow with a guard:
const node = $getRoot().getFirstChild();
if ($isParagraphNode(node)) { /* node: ParagraphNode */ }

Existing getFirstChild<ParagraphNode>()-style calls still compile but are now deprecated and will be removed in a future release. This is a types-only change with no runtime impact.

lexical — $getNearestNodeFromDOMNode(rootElement) now returns RootNode (#8588)

The "selection captured outside of Lexical" mechanism is generalized beyond DecoratorNode subtrees: setDOMUnmanaged(dom, {captureSelection: true}) now marks any subtree (e.g. a DOMRenderExtension override or a getDOMSlot widget) as selection-captured, and isDOMCapturingSelection(dom) walks ancestors so a descendant <input> reports as captured. As part of this, the root element now carries a __lexicalKey_* stash, so $getNodeFromDOM / $getNearestNodeFromDOMNode resolve the root element to the RootNode instead of null. Two call sites become more correct (drop-on-root in clipboard, table-selection→range conversion), but external callers that relied on $getNearestNodeFromDOMNode(rootElement) returning null must update. The internal-only $isSelectionCapturedInDecorator was removed.

lexical — insertNodes preserves a leading linebreak; managed <br>s are now tagged (#8615)

RangeSelection.insertNodes now preserves the first LineBreakNode when inserting inline content ahead of a block element, instead of silently dropping it. Separately, the reconciler-inserted "managed" line breaks (the otherwise-invisible <br>s Lexical adds so the caret can land in empty lines) are now identifiable in the DOM as <br data-lexical-managed-linebreak="true"> — and, on iOS Safari, an analogous <img data-lexical-managed-linebreak="true" …> in some cases. DOM/HTML snapshot test expectations may need to ignore or expect this attribute. Closes #3980.

@lexical/html and node extensions — DOMImportExtension rules now register implicitly (#8662) (experimental)

The experimental DOM-import pipeline no longer requires you to list a per-package import extension. Each node-providing extension (RichTextExtension, ListExtension, LinkExtension, TableExtension, CodeExtension) now registers its own import rules, and the standalone RichTextImportExtension / ListImportExtension / LinkImportExtension / TableImportExtension / CodeImportExtension / HorizontalRuleImportExtension become deprecated aliases that may be removed as early as v0.47.0. Rules stay inert unless HTML is routed through ClipboardDOMImportExtension or $generateNodesFromDOMViaExtension; the legacy importDOM paste path is unchanged. If you had not adopted these v0.45.0 extensions yet, there is no breaking change.

lexical / @lexical/yjs / @lexical/clipboard / @lexical/html — Named slots (#8603) (experimental)

All slot machinery is opt-in and gated (an editor latches _slotsUsed on the first $setSlot), so editors that never use slots take identical code paths to before. Two changes are observable regardless:

• syncLexicalUpdateToYjsV2__EXPERIMENTAL takes a new dirtyLeaves parameter, inserted between dirtyElements and normalizedNodes (a slot host's values surface as dirty leaves).
• A NodeSelection containing an ElementNode now includes that element's children on copy/export ($getHtmlContent / $generateJSONFromSelectedNodes). The previous behavior serialized a childless shell, making cut of an element NodeSelection silently lossy; partial RangeSelections keep per-child slicing and excludeFromCopy children remain excluded.

@lexical/link / @lexical/list / @lexical/react — Removed exports deprecated since v0.32.1 (#8704)

Exports marked @deprecated in v0.32.1 (2025-06-04, >12 months ago) with no Meta-internal consumers are removed:

• @lexical/link: toggleLink → use $toggleLink
• @lexical/list: insertList / removeList → use $insertList / $removeList (from an update or command listener)
• @lexical/react: the ContentEditable Props type alias → use ContentEditableProps

Note: lexical's $nodesOfType is intentionally un-deprecated (it still has many consumers). The remaining v0.32.1 deprecations that still have internal consumers (KEY_MODIFIER_COMMAND, $wrapNodes, the @lexical/table row/column helpers, etc.) are left for a follow-up.

New APIs

lexical — editor.read(mode, fn) and EditorReadMode (#8702)

read gains an optional first argument: 'force-commit' (the default; flushes pending updates first — the previous one-argument behavior), 'pending' (reads the pending state without flushing — the old editor.readPending, now removed), and 'latest' (reads the committed state without flushing, equivalent to editor.getEditorState().read(fn, {editor})). EditorReadMode is exported. readPending only shipped after v0.45.0, so its removal is not considered a breaking change.

lexical — DOM shadow root support (#8694)

An editor can now mount inside an open shadow tree without losing selection, focus, drag-and-drop, IME composition, or floating-UI behavior. Reads go through platform APIs — Selection.getComposedRanges, Selection.direction, ShadowRoot.activeElement, Document.caretPositionFromPoint(x, y, {shadowRoots}) — and nine new helpers ship from lexical; the light-DOM code paths are unchanged. Follow-ups #8708 (insert nodes at the block cursor inside a shadow root) and #8740 (ignore beforeinput/input in captured decorators, fixing Firefox 152) complete the surface.

lexical — onWarn editor hook (#8644)

CreateEditorArgs gains an optional onWarn?: ErrorHandler (stored as _onWarn, defaulting to console.warn), mirroring onError. The infinite-update-loop guard's recoverable warning now routes through it (wired end-to-end in #8658), so embedders that bridge reporting to their own telemetry no longer lose this signal to each user's browser console.

lexical — $config() accessor-based nominal typing (#8645)

An additive extension of the $config() protocol: abstract base classes can declare configuration shared with their subclasses under a Symbol.for(<ClassName>) key (resolved by getStaticNodeConfig), and accessor-based nominal typing lets subclasses opt into stricter $config() checks. No existing node class is changed.

@lexical/history — Cut/paste get their own undo entry (#8649)

Any update tagged PASTE_TAG or CUT_TAG is now classified as an OTHER change inside @lexical/history, which keeps it from merging into the preceding keystrokes and keeps following keystrokes from merging into it. Undoing a short paste (or an iOS autocorrect/prediction) or a cut no longer also undoes the text you typed immediately before it.

@lexical/extension — SelectBlockExtension (#8532)

Overrides SELECT_ALL_COMMAND so the first invocation selects the nearest block element and the second selects the entire document; a selection already spanning multiple blocks expands straight to the document, and select-all is a no-op when everything is already selected. Includes an opt-in cascadeSelection option for nested editors (image captions, etc.) and enables PreventSelectAllExtension by default to keep keydown from leaking out of input/textarea elements. (Also introduced editor.read('pending', …) via the now-generalized #8702.)

@lexical/yjs / @lexical/react — Collaborative cursors via the CSS Custom Highlight API (#8550)

Remote collaborators' selections are now painted with the widely-supported CSS Custom Highlight API; the error-prone absolutely-positioned overlay remains only as a fallback. The remote caret is still rendered as a positioned element. Closes #4457, #5837.

@lexical/utils — dedupeSelectionRects (#8709)

A new expo...

v0.45.0 is a monthly release with several breaking changes around selection and reconcile semantics, a major new experimental DOMImportExtension API for composable HTML import that replaces importDOM, a generalized DOMSlot and DOM render override surface, new HistoryExtension ergonomics (canUndo/canRedo signals, maxDepth), notable reconciler/selection performance work, and a wide range of bug fixes across IME, mobile keyboards, list/code/table editing, and markdown round-tripping.

Breaking Changes

lexical — Shadow root inclusion in $getReconciledDirection (#8479)

$getReconciledDirection now walks through shadow roots when resolving the reconciled dir attribute on a node, so nested ShadowRoot-style elements (e.g. tables) inherit direction consistently with regular elements. Callers that relied on direction inheritance stopping at shadow roots will need to update.

lexical / @lexical/rich-text — Backspace at block start preserves the current block (#8493)

Pressing Backspace at the start of a non-empty block previously merged the current block into the previous block, which discarded the current block's type/format. The new behavior merges the previous block's children into the current block instead, preserving the current block's type (heading, list item, quote, etc.). A new $mergeBlockBackward helper on RangeSelection is exposed for custom command handlers that want the same behavior.

lexical — Selection adjustment in removeFromParent callers (#8501)

LexicalNode.replace, insertBefore, insertAfter, and related callers that move a node between parents now correctly adjust the current selection to follow the moved node instead of leaving the selection pointing at the (now empty) original slot. This may change selection state observed by transforms or update listeners that previously relied on the stale offsets.

@lexical/markdown — Apply markdown shortcuts on composition-committed triggers (#8503)

Markdown shortcuts (e.g. *, _, ~) typed via IME composition now trigger after the composition is committed, not just on raw beforeinput. This fixes shortcuts being silently dropped during Japanese / Korean / Chinese input but may also fire shortcuts in some flows that previously didn't.

@lexical/extension / @lexical/rich-text / @lexical/plain-text — NormalizeInlineElementsExtension (#8497)

registerRichText and registerPlainText now register a transform that removes empty inline elements (e.g. LinkNode, formatted TextNode wrappers with no children) instead of leaving them in the tree. The transform is also exported as NormalizeInlineElementsExtension from @lexical/extension for use with extension-based setups. Editors that intentionally kept empty inline wrappers will need to disable the extension or override the transform. See Included Extensions.

lexical / @lexical/extension / @lexical/rich-text / @lexical/plain-text — NormalizeTripleClickSelectionExtension (#8520)

The "triple-click selects the whole paragraph including the trailing newline" normalization has moved out of LexicalEvents and into a new NormalizeTripleClickSelectionExtension registered by both rich-text and plain-text. The core LexicalEditor no longer performs this normalization on its own, so editors that bypass registerRichText / registerPlainText (or the equivalent extensions) need to register the extension explicitly to keep the previous behavior. See Included Extensions.

lexical / @lexical/html / @lexical/selection / @lexical/utils / @lexical/playground — Generalized DOMSlot and DOMRenderExtension override surface (#8519)

DOMSlot is now generalized so child slots can be expressed for arbitrary DOM containers (not just the direct child element), and $createDOM, $updateDOM, $exportDOM, $getDOMSlot etc. all flow through the new override surface. The previously-exported AutocompleteNode in the playground has been replaced by a VisibleLineBreakExtension that demonstrates the new override surface, and markSelection in @lexical/utils has been rewritten on top of the generalized slot API. Custom nodes that override getDOMSlot to return a non-element wrapper now have a real way to express that. See the DOMRenderExtension docs.

New APIs

@lexical/html — DOMImportExtension (experimental) (#8528)

A new DOMImportExtension replaces the legacy node-class importDOM static method with a composable middleware-style API. Rules declare a CSS-selector-style matcher, an optional schema for child handling, and a DOMImportFn that builds Lexical nodes from the matching DOM. Many helpers ship alongside it: $distributeInlineWrapper, ImportSession, DOMPreprocessFn for source-specific cleanup (Word, VS Code, etc.), and full TypeScript types for rules, captures, and contexts. A new dev-examples/dom-import showcase wires it up to a Word/VS Code paste flow. The legacy importDOM continues to work; new code can opt in to DOMImportExtension for richer composition and explicit ordering. The companion ClipboardDOMImportExtension (in @lexical/clipboard) routes text/html pastes through the new pipeline. See the DOMImportExtension guide and the "Migrating from importDOM" section.

@lexical/html / @lexical/playground — Conditional DOM render overrides (#8575)

domOverride now supports disabledForEditor and disabledForSession predicates so render overrides can be conditionally skipped on a per-editor or per-session basis (e.g. only apply during export, or only when a feature flag is on). Useful when one extension provides multiple overrides whose applicability depends on context that isn't known at registration time. See the DOMRenderExtension docs.

lexical — ElementNode import/export of data-lexical-indent (#8536)

ElementNode now uniformly imports and exports the data-lexical-indent attribute so any subclass round-trips its indent level through HTML without having to override exportDOM / importDOM (fixes the long-standing #7729 regression around indented headings/paragraphs).

lexical — Infinite recursion detection in update listeners (#8542)

Update listeners and update transforms that re-trigger themselves are now caught by a runtime guard that throws a descriptive error after a configurable number of nested updates, instead of hanging the tab. See Updates and Listeners.

@lexical/history — canUndo / canRedo ReadonlySignals (#8465)

HistoryExtension's output now exposes canUndo and canRedo as ReadonlySignal<boolean>s so toolbar buttons can subscribe directly without polling historyState or duplicating the priority/state bookkeeping. See Extension Signals.

@lexical/history — maxDepth option (#8537)

HistoryExtension accepts a new maxDepth option that bounds the undo stack. Older entries are evicted FIFO when the depth is exceeded. See the new "Tuning HistoryExtension for memory and long sessions" docs.

@lexical/markdown — $convertSelectionToMarkdownString (#8395)

Counterpart to $convertToMarkdownString that serializes only the current selection (or any caller-provided range) to a markdown string, useful for "copy as markdown" toolbar actions and for selection-scoped AI prompts.

lexical / @lexical/list — $setFormatFromDOM (#8460)

A new $setFormatFromDOM helper extracts text-align / dir from a DOM element and applies it to an ElementNode. ListItemNode.importDOM now uses it to correctly import alignment for list items pasted from external sources.

@lexical/list — ListNode.createListItemNode (#8427)

ListNode exposes a createListItemNode factory that is now used by children-normalization, so ListNode subclasses can supply a custom ListItemNode subclass without monkey-patching the normalizer.

@lexical/rich-text — escapeFormatTriggers on RichTextExtension (#8383)

RichTextExtension now accepts an escapeFormatTriggers config (a ReadonlySignal<EscapeFormatTriggerConfig>) that opts text-format escape behavior in/out per trigger (enter, click, arrow, space, tab). With it enabled, typing at the boundary of a formatted text node "escapes" the active format (bold, italic, code, etc.), matching the typing experience in Google Docs / Notion. Disabled by default. See Included Extensions.

@lexical/extension / @lexical/playground — ClickAfterLastBlockExtension (#8549)

New ClickAfterLastBlockExtension inserts a fresh paragraph when the user clicks below the last block (and places the caret in it), so single-block editors and short documents don't strand the user with no easy way to start a new line.

@lexical/code-prism / @lexical/code-shiki — null Tokenizer.defaultLanguage (#8553)

Tokenizer.defaultLanguage may now be null to indicate that code blocks without an explicit language should round-trip through markdown without injecting a default language tag (e.g. ```javascript). Preserves CommonMark's "no fence info" form on export.

@lexical/code-core / @lexical/code-shiki / @lexical/code-prism — Outdent space-indented code lines (#8445)

Shift+Tab in a code block now correctly outdent...

v0.44.0 is a monthly release with a few minor breaking changes (deprecations), a notable new experimental DOMRenderExtension API for overriding DOM create/update/export, easier to use priority levels for registering commands, a pagination demonstration and convenient html import/export in the playground, better drag and drop support, automatic inline of CSS for HTML import, consistent CSP-safe style updates, and a wide range of bug fixes and other new features.

Breaking Changes

Deprecation of @lexical/offset OffsetView (#8350)

OffsetView / $createOffsetView never worked correctly, has no documentation, no tests, and no usage in the monorepo. It has been deprecated. The only function still in use, $createChildrenArray, is now exported from lexical itself — import it from lexical rather than @lexical/offset going forward.

Code block escape logic moved to CodeExtension (#8360)

The "press Enter three times to exit a CodeNode" logic has moved from CodeNode.insertNewAfter to a KEY_ENTER_COMMAND listener registered by CodeExtension. This fixes paste-with-blank-lines incorrectly escaping the code block. Using CodeNode without CodeExtension is now deprecated — a backwards-compatible shim with a dev-mode warning is in place, but the node is expected to stop working without CodeExtension in a future version.

New APIs

lexical / @lexical/html — Extensible DOM rendering and export (experimental) (#8353, #8368)

A new DOMRenderExtension (in @lexical/html) and EditorDOMRenderConfig (in lexical) parameterize $createDOM, $updateDOM, $exportDOM, $getDOMSlot, $shouldInclude, and $shouldExclude so that node rendering and export can be overridden via composable middleware. Use domOverride(nodes, config) to target one or more node classes, predicates, or '*' (wildcard), and call $next() from inside an override to delegate to the underlying implementation.

A new $decorateDOM(nextNode, prevNode, dom, editor) hook runs after a node is created/updated and after its children have been reconciled, intended for in-place attribute or DOM tweaks. Override ordering is a well-defined topological sort: wildcards highest, then predicates, then class hierarchy (subclass before superclass), with extension dependency order and registration order as tiebreakers.

Render-context APIs are also exposed: $withRenderContext, $getRenderContextValue, contextValue, contextUpdater, RenderContextRoot, RenderContextExport. New traversal helpers $generateDOMFromNodes and $generateDOMFromRoot populate a container using the configured render config. CreateEditorArgs.dom accepts a Partial<EditorDOMRenderConfig> to override rendering at editor creation. $isLexicalNode is also exported from lexical.

lexical — COMMAND_PRIORITY_BEFORE_* priorities (#8375)

Five new command priorities — COMMAND_PRIORITY_BEFORE_EDITOR, _BEFORE_LOW, _BEFORE_NORMAL, _BEFORE_HIGH, _BEFORE_CRITICAL — register listeners that run most-recently-registered first, in front of the existing first-registered-first listeners at the same priority. Ordering is: highest priority first, then all BEFORE_* listeners (LIFO), then legacy listeners (FIFO). The new priorities are almost always what you want for new code; legacy priorities are unchanged so this is purely additive. See the new "Priorities and ordering" docs.

@lexical/code-prism — CodePrismExtension & @lexical/code-shiki — CodeShikiExtension (#8346)

Both packages now export proper extensions (CodePrismExtension, CodeShikiExtension) with {disabled, tokenizer} signal-based configuration that can be toggled and hot-swapped at runtime. The legacy CodeHighlighterShikiExtension is kept as a deprecated backwards-compatible shim.

@lexical/link / @lexical/react — Custom AutoLink punctuation (#8378)

AutoLinkExtension, registerAutoLink, and LexicalAutoLinkPlugin now accept an optional punctuation setting to override the default boundary characters (e.g. to allow colon-delimited matches without breaking URLs that contain colons).

@lexical/utils — removeEmptyDestination for split-at-caret (#8384)

SplitAtPointCaretNextOptions (used by $insertNodeToNearestRootAtCaret and $splitAtPointCaretNext) gains a removeEmptyDestination option for finer control over whether an empty destination is replaced entirely.

@lexical/clipboard — Shared drop handlers (#8373)

New $handleRichTextDrop and $handlePlainTextDrop helpers implement Lexical-aware text drag-and-drop, including same-block drags, cross-TextNode and cross-block drops, DecoratorNode preservation, and cross-editor drags. registerRichText and registerPlainText now wire these by default.

Stable APIs (no longer @experimental) (#8354)

@lexical/extension (since v0.36.1, Sep 2025) and the NodeState API in lexical (since v0.26.0, Feb 2025) are now formally stable.

Deprecations

• @lexical/offset OffsetView / $createOffsetView (use $createChildrenArray from lexical) (#8350)
• @lexical/text $findTextIntersectionFromCharacters — broken, untested, undocumented (#8364)
• CodeHighlighterShikiExtension / CodeHighlighterShikiConfig (use CodeShikiExtension) (#8346)
• Using CodeNode without CodeExtension (#8360)

Highlights

Core:

• ⚠️ #8350 Deprecate OffsetView; export $createChildrenArray from lexical
• 🆕 #8353 #8368 EditorDOMRenderConfig, DOMRenderExtension, domOverride, $decorateDOM, render context, $generateDOMFromNodes, $generateDOMFromRoot, $isLexicalNode, CreateEditorArgs.dom
• 🆕 #8375 COMMAND_PRIORITY_BEFORE_* priorities for last-registered-called-first ordering
• 🧹 #8354 Remove @experimental from Extension and NodeState APIs
• ✅ #8356 Workaround for synchronous Firefox focus edge case where deferred callbacks were silently discarded
• ✅ #8349 Resolve Firefox arrow-key navigation skipping over collapsible content
• ✅ #8361 Fall back to non-shifted key matching for Option+number shortcuts on macOS

Clipboard / Rich Text / Plain Text:

• ✅ #8373 Drag-and-drop within the same block now correctly moves the dragged text; DecoratorNodes and formatting are preserved across drops; cross-editor drags work even with two Lexical versions on the same page

Code:

• ⚠️ #8360 Move three-Enter code-block escape logic to a KEY_ENTER_COMMAND listener in CodeExtension; fixes blank-line paste escaping the code block
• 🆕 #8346 Add CodePrismExtension (@lexical/code-prism) and CodeShikiExtension (@lexical/code-shiki)
• 🧹 #8330 Upgrade shiki to ^4.0.2

Extension:

• ✅ #8328 Remove JSX/react type dependency from DecoratorTextNode
• ✅ #8377 LexicalExtensionEditorComposer no longer disposes the editor on unmount; lifetime is the caller's responsibility (fixes nested/caption editors after remount)

HTML / Table:

• 🆕 #8326 Inline CSS from <style> tags during HTML import (fixes paste from Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• ✅ #8313 Merge nested lists into the parent <li> during HTML export, eliminating duplicate ordered-list numbering

Link:

• 🆕 #8378 Allow custom punctuation for AutoLink boundaries

List:

• ✅ #8382 Ensure ListItemNode always has a ListNode parent (orphans are merged or floated to root)
• ✅ #8390 Toggle checklist items on mobile tap (iOS Safari / Android Chrome) via pointerup
• ✅ #8313 Merge nested lists into parent <li> on HTML export

Markdown:

• ✅ #8332 Replace negative lookbehind assertions for Safari < 16.4 compatibility
• ✅ #8365 Add an undo history entry for markdown shortcut transforms so undo no longer also undoes the triggering keystroke
• ✅ #8311 Escape ordered-list pattern (\d+\. ) inside bullet/check list item exports to fix double-escape on round-trip
• ✅ #8381 Code spans take precedence over inline formatting in shortcut transforms (CommonMark behavior)

Playground:

• 🆕 #8322 New PagesExtension with PageNode, PageContentNode, PageSetupNode for paginated documents and print-friendly output
• 🆕 #8323 Animations for collapsible section expand/collapse and arrow rotation
• 🆕 #8379 #8386 "Convert to HTML" toolbar button (round-trips through $generateHtmlFromNodes / $generateNodesFromDOM); HTML view formatted with prettier
• 🆕 #8346 Migrate eight playground plugins to extensions (PageBreak, Twitter, YouTube, Figma, TabFocus, Collapsible, SpecialText, code-highlight) and remove the dead LinkPlugin and StickyPlugin files
• ✅ #8385 NodeContextMenuPlugin falls back to the root node when the click target has no Lexical node, instead of showing an empty menu
• ✅ #8388 Use @floating-ui/react for FloatingLinkEditorPlugin positioning; correctly handles all viewport boundaries and Firefox focusNode.parentElement quirks
• ✅ #8392 Show floating link editor for single-character links (right-bias adjacent-link lookup)

React:

• ✅ #8329 Prevent error when editorRef is null in LexicalEditorRefPlugin
• ✅ #8366 Add yjs as an optional peer dependency for Yarn PnP compatibility
• ✅ #8377 Don't auto-dispose editor from LexicalExtensionEditorComposer
• ✅ #8385 Root-node fallback in NodeContextMenuPlugin

Text:

• 🧹 #8364 Add deprecation notice to $findTextIntersectionFromCharacters

Utils:

• ✅ #8384 Clean up and test $insertNodeToNearestRootAtCaret edge cases; add removeEmptyDestination to SplitAtPointCaretNextOptions

Refactor (CSP-safe styles):

• 🧹 #8372 Replace runtime cssText / setAttribute('style', …) writes with property-based style updates across lexical, @lexical/code-core, @lexical/list, @lexical/table, @lexical/yjs, and the playground

Website:

• 🆕 #8316 Add more examples to the demos gallery and statically capture screenshots with Playwrigh...

v0.43.0 is a monthly release with a minor breaking change, new features, and a number of bug fixes across selection, tables, markdown, and extensions. Notable highlights include a new useExtensionSignalValue hook, and CSS theme options for Yjs collaboration cursors.

Outside of the release artifact, we've refreshed the lexical.dev website thanks to @m-santanna (and inspired by design mockups from @ixahmedxi). Importantly this refresh includes a set of modern examples (examples/website-* and examples/agent-example) that are embedded on the front page and showcase current best practices.

Breaking Changes

Asynchronous parent editor delegation #8308

@lexical/react nested editors now use asynchronous parent editor delegation when needed to match pre-0.42.0 legacy behavior.

New APIs

@lexical/react - useExtensionSignalValue #8286

A new @lexical/react/useExtensionSignalValue module is available for reading signal values from extension output within React components

Highlights

Core:

• ⚠️ #8308 Use asynchronous parent editor delegation when needed in nested editors
• ✅ #8267 Exclude Android WebView from IS_SAFARI browser detection
• ✅ #8273 Fix merging TextNodes when __state contains a different number of default values
• ✅ #8266 Replace $insertNodes with $insertNodeIntoLeaf for consistent DecoratorNode behavior inside MarkNode

Code:

• ✅ #8254 Remove usage of skipTransforms in CodeHighlighterPrism and CodeHighlighterShiki

Extension:

• 🆕 #8286 Add @lexical/react/useExtensionSignalValue module for reading signals from React

Examples:

• 🆕 #8281 Add a new agent example using a local LLM (Transformers.js / in-browser)
• 🆕 #8258 Add additional website examples

Headless:

• ✅ #8274 Use window.happyDOM.close() to ensure proper cleanup

Link:

• ✅ #8309 Preserve cursor position when merging adjacent identical links

Markdown:

• ✅ #8265 Preserve hard line breaks during import when newlines are preserved

Playground:

• ✅ #8260 Use isExactShortcutMatch for Dvorak keyboard compatibility

Selection:

• ✅ #8261 Make $getSelectionStyleValueForProperty direction-independent

Table:

• ✅ #8259 Infer column header state from position during DOM import

Utils:

• ✅ #8276 Fix $insertNodeIntoLeaf edge case; update @preact/signals-core, hermes, and flow dependencies

Yjs:

• 🆕 #8271 Add CSS classes to collaboration cursor elements

Infrastructure:

• 🧹 #8287 Upgrade ESLint 8 → ESLint 10 with flat configuration
• 🧹 #8307 Upgrade Vite to ^7.3.2
• 🧹 #8248 Update GitHub CI workflows and run with Node 24
• 🧹 #8253 Update flow-bin to 0.306.0 and add incompatible-variance workaround
• 🧹 #8277 #8315 Bump Flow and replace legacy Flow syntax with modern equivalents
• 🧹 #8243 Update unit tests with extensions to use explicit resource management (using)

What's Changed

• v0.42.0 by @etrepum in #8245
• build(deps): bump next from 15.5.11 to 15.5.14 in /scripts/tests/integration/fixtures/lexical-esm-nextjs by @dependabot[bot] in #8242
• [examples] Chore: Update examples for v0.42.0 by @etrepum in #8246
• [*] Chore: Update unit tests with extensions to use explicit resource management (using) by @etrepum in #8243
• [*] Chore: Github CI workflows action updates and run with node 24 by @etrepum in #8248
• [*] Chore: Update flow-bin to 0.306.0 and add incompatible-variance workaround by @etrepum in #8253
• [lexical-code-prism][lexical-code-shiki] Bug Fix: Remove usage of skipTransforms in CodeHighlighterPrism and CodeHighlighterShiki by @etrepum in #8254
• build(deps): bump astro from 5.18.0 to 5.18.1 in /scripts/tests/integration/fixtures/lexical-esm-astro-react by @dependabot[bot] in #8262
• [lexical-selection] Bug Fix: Make $getSelectionStyleValueForProperty direction-independent by @Sathvik-Chowdary-Veerapaneni in #8261
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Infer column header state from position during DOM import by @Sathvik-Chowdary-Veerapaneni in #8259
• build(deps): bump happy-dom from 20.0.11 to 20.8.8 by @dependabot[bot] in #8264
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Use isExactShortcutMatch for Dvorak keyboard compatibility by @Sathvik-Chowdary-Veerapaneni in #8260
• [lexical] Fix: exclude Android WebView from IS_SAFARI browser detection by @kzroo in #8267
• [examples] Feature: Added examples (for the website) by @m-santanna in #8258
• [lexical] Fix : Replaced the function $insertNodes with $insertNodeIntoLeaf for consistent behavior of Decorator Node within MarkNode by @Jynx2004 in #8266
• build(deps): bump happy-dom from 20.8.8 to 20.8.9 by @dependabot[bot] in #8269
• [lexical-website] Feature: ui improvement in the homepage of lexical.dev by @m-santanna in #8216
• [lexical] Fix: merge TextNodes when __state contains different number of default values by @james-atticus in #8273
• [lexical-headless] Bug Fix: Use window.happyDOM.close() to ensure proper cleanup by @etrepum in #8274
• Bump flow and replace legacy flow syntax with modern ones by @SamChou19815 in #8277
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Preserve markdown hard line breaks during import when newlines are preserved by @joshjryan in #8265
• [lexical-website] Chore: community page updates by @etrepum in #8270
• [lexical-utils][lexical-extension][*] Bug Fix: Fix $insertNodeIntoLeaf edge case and update @preact/signals-core, hermes, and flow related dependencies by @etrepum in #8276
• build(deps): bump lodash-es from 4.17.22 to 4.18.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #8279
• [lexical-yjs] Feature: Add CSS classes to collaboration cursor elements by @m-brtn in #8271
• [example] Feature: Add a new agent-example using a local LLM by @etrepum in #8281
• [lexical-react] Feature: Add @lexical/react/useExtensionSignalValue module for reading signals by @etrepum in #8286
• [lexical-website] Documentation Update: clarify Yjs custom node property syncing by @Vedthakar in #8288
• [lexical] Chore: Upgrade ESLint 8 to ESLint 10 with flat configuration by @etrepum in #8287
• [*] Chore: Upgrade vite to ^7.3.2 by @etrepum in #8307
• [Breaking Change][lexical] Bug Fix: Use asynchronous parent editor delegation when needed by @etrepum in #8308
• [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Preserve cursor position when merging adjacent identical links by @Sathvik-Chowdary-Veerapaneni in #8309
• [*] Fix: Replace legacy Flow syntax with modern equivalents in .flow … by @potatowagon in #8315

New Contributors

• @Sathvik-Chowdary-Veerapaneni made their first contribution in #8261
• @kzroo made their first contribution in #8267
• @joshjryan made their first contribution in #8265
• @m-brtn made their first contribution in #8271
• @Vedthakar made their first contribution in #8288

Full Changelog: v0.42.0...v0.43.0

v0.42.0 is a monthly release with a huge number of fixes and features from a lot of new contributors. The most notable fixes are related to tables, links, extensions, and markdown. @lexical/eslint-plugin is now fully compatible with eslint 9+. The production builds are also now generated in an ascii-only format which may considerably reduce memory usage in some deployment environments.

Breaking Changes

Prism highlighting extracted from @lexical/code #8198

Prism highlighting now lives in @lexical/code-prism and the Prism related functionality in @lexical/code is now deprecated. Transitionally, there is a @lexical/code-core package which has the implementation of Lexical's code functionality without a Prism dependency.

Experimental hasFitNestedTables has been moved to the playground #8210

Due to its experimental nature and incomplete implementation, the in-progress hasFitNestedTables functionality has been moved to the playground

New APIs

lexical - $copyNode + LexicalNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom & NodeState resetOnCopyNode

After $copyNode is used it now calls copiedNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom(originalNode) which will reset every NodeState that has resetOnCopyNode: true in its configuration. Subclasses can override this method to reset other "ephemeral" state such as whether a ListNodeItem is checked or not.

Note that this does not influence serialization or copy and paste operations, it only affects calls to $copyNode.

@lexical/utils - $insertNodeIntoLeaf

The current behavior RangeSelection.insertNodes can split an inline ElementNode (e.g. a LinkNode) when inserting content, even if that content is also inline and could be a child of the given node. $insertNodeIntoLeaf is now provided to insert a node without splitting any containing nodes.

Highlights

Core:

• 🧹 #8190 Change EditorThemeClasses from type to interface
• ✅ #8218 Respect CSS scroll-padding in scrollIntoViewIfNeeded
• ✅ #8220 deleteWord now behaves the same as deleteCharacter when at the edge of an ElementNode
• 🆕 #8221 resetOnCopyNode configuration to NodeState and LexicalNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom hook
• 🆕 #8219 LexicalEditor RootListener and EditableListener can return unregister callbacks
• ✅ #8222 Consecutive Linebreak insertion now preserves selection format

Code:

• ⚠️ #8198 Extract Prism highlighting code to @lexical/code-prism and add @lexical/code-core to provide a dependency that does not include Prism. @lexical/code remains backwards compatible with Prism included, but you should migrate to using highlighting from @lexical/code-shiki or @lexical/code-prism.

Devtools:

• ✅ #8230 Clean up strict mode useLexicalCommandsLog behavior

Extension:

• 🆕 #8202 LexicalExtensionEditorComposer, NestedEditorExtension, and fixed SharedHistoryExtension with playground refactor

Markdown:

• ✅ #8170 Enforce CommonMark flanking rules for trailing spaces
• ✅ #8192 Update backslash handling to comply with CommonMark
• ✅ #8211 Convert tabs to TabNode on import

Link:

• ✅ #8165 Enable autolink matching when unlinked
• 🆕 #8236 Merge adjacent LinkNodes with identical attributes

Eslint Plugin:

• 🧹 #8227 Add flat configuration and full eslint 9+ support for @lexical/eslint-plugin

List:

• 🆕 #8213 Create copies of ListNode/ListItemNode in split-like operations

React:

• 🧹#8199 Remove deprecated ContextMenu, consolidate menu rendering with backward-compatible menuRenderFn

Table:

• ✅ #8187 Use monolithic listener for SELECTION_CHANGE_COMMAND and deselection handler
• ✅ #8193 Improve nested table selection by using monolithic pointer event handling
• ✅ #8195 Prevent single-cell table selection after exiting table selection
• ✅ #8200 Call $handleTableSelectionChangeCommand once instead of per-table
• 🧹 #8215 Add test for mouse leaving browser window during table selection
• ⚠️ #8210 hasFitNestedTables functionality moved to the playground
• ✅ #8234 Handle table selections crossing into/out of nested tables

Utils:

• 🆕 #8206 Add $insertNodeIntoLeaf with example usage in playground DateTimeNode

Misc:

• 🧹 #8229 #8235 #8226 #8241 Add and fix afterCloneFrom and accessor implementations

Infrastructure

• 🧹 #8239 Upgrade rollup packages and configure terser for ascii_only output

Playground:

• ✅ #8186 Add fallback for dimensionless images to prevent collapse
• 🧹 #8188 Remove legacy events mode
• 🆕 #8183 Nested tables resize themselves with hasFitNestedTables: true
• ✅ #8214 Use inline style for LayoutContainerNode import
• ✅ #8228 Fix cursor position after EquationNode
• ✅ #8224 make clear formatting work on multiple paragraphs

What's Changed

• v0.41.0 by @etrepum in #8166
• Update examples for v0.41.0 by @etrepum in #8171
• [lexical] Chore: Fix minimatch CVE-2026-26996 in example projects by @thatmichael85 in #8169
• Fix cross-spawn vulnerability (CVE-2024-21538) by removing child-process-promise by @thatmichael85 in #8177
• [lexical] Security: Fix qs vulnerability (CVE-2025-15284) by @thatmichael85 in #8176
• [lexical-markdown] Fix: enforce CommonMark flanking rules for trailing spaces by @Sa-Te in #8170
• [lexical] Chore: Fix form-data CVE-2025-7783 in root lockfile by @thatmichael85 in #8174
• [lexical] Security: Fix @isaacs/brace-expansion vulnerability (CVE-2026-25547) by @thatmichael85 in #8175
• [lexical] Chore: Fix rollup CVE-2026-27606 across all lockfiles by @thatmichael85 in #8173
• Fix rollup CVE-2026-27606 in example project lockfiles by @thatmichael85 in #8182
• [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Enable autolink matching when it unlinked by @levensta in #8165
• [lexical-playground] Fix: add fallback for dimensionless images to prevent collapse by @Sa-Te in #8186
• [lexical-playground] Chore: Remove legacy-events mode by @levensta in #8188
• [lexical] Chore: Change alias from type to interface for EditorThemeClasses by @levensta in #8190
• [lexical-table] Refactor: use monolithic listener for table SELECTION_CHANGE_COMMAND and deselection handler by @randal-atticus in #8187
• [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Feature: nested tables resize themselves if hasFitNestedTables: true by @randal-atticus in #8183
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: update backslash escape handling to align with CommonMark by @kimseongyu in #8192
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Improve nested table selection by using monolithic pointer event handling by @randal-atticus in #8193
• [lexical-code] Breaking Change: Extract Prism code highlighting to @lexical/code-prism (with internal module @lexical/code-core to avoid circular import) by @etrepum in #8198
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Prevent single-cell table selection after exiting table selection by @randal-atticus in #8195
• [lexical-react] Revert revert: Remove deprecated ContextMenu, consolidate menu rendering with backward-compatible menuRenderFn by @thatmichael85 in #8199
• [lexical-table] Refactor: Call $handleTableSelectionChangeCommand once instead of per-table by @randal-atticus in #8200
• [lexical-website] Bug Fix: Removed blog route from lexical.dev by @m-santanna in #8209
• [lexical-playground] Fix: use inline style for LayoutContainerNode import by @WhyBusyy in #8214
• [lexical-table] Chore: add test for mouse leaving browser window during table selection by @takenosuke-code in #8215
• [lexical-utils][lexical-playground] Feature: Add $insertNodeIntoLeaf and insert deeply DateTimeNode by @levensta in #8206
• [lexical] Bug Fix: respect CSS scroll-padding in scrollIntoViewIfNeeded by @takenosuke-code in #8218
• [lexical] Bug Fix: When the editor starts with an empty list item, pressing ctrl+backspace (deleteWord) should replace the list with a paragraph by @Jynx2004 in #8220
• [lexical][lexical-list][lexical-markdown] Feature: resetOnCopyNode configuration to NodeState and LexicalNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom hook by @etrepum in #8221
• [lexical] Feature: LexicalEditor RootListener and EditableListener can return unregister callbacks by @etrepum in #8219
• [lexical-markdown][lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Convert tabs in TabNode at import by @lytion in #8211
• [lexical] Fix: Consecutive Linebreak insertion resets selection format by @Jynx2004 in #8222
• [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Breaking change: Move hasFitNestedTables logic to Playground plugin by @randal-atticus in #8210
• [lexical-website] Fix: Correct the mistake in the argument in the example on the Updates page by @levensta in #8225
• [lexical-list] Fix: create copies ListNode/ListItemNode in split-like operations by @levensta in...

v0.41.0 is a monthly release with a huge number of fixes and features from a lot of new contributors. The most notable fixes are related to IME, non-ascii keyboard layouts, and markdown.

Breaking Changes

--lexical-indent-base-value CSS moved to root element #8132

The --lexical-indent-base-value CSS custom property is now only read from the root element of the editor, so any CSS or code to set this value must target that rather than an indented element in the document. This allows the indent to be computed while the document is being rendered without layout thrashing.

Highlights

Core

• ⚠️ #8132 Breaking Change: Fix --lexical-indent-base-value CSS variable override
• ✅ #8111 Prevent layout thrashing when setting element indent for no indent case
• 🆕 #8115 Support legacy 'align' attribute in ParagraphNode importDOM
• ✅ #8121 IME: Do not move anchor when inserting composition start char
• ✅ #8142 IME: Fix history not recording composing character
• ✅ #8148 IME: Do not apply format and style when moving to a different node in composition
• ✅ #8154 IME: Fix selected text not properly deleted after IME input on Safari (macOS)
• ✅ #8162 IME: Maintain format when multiple formatted text nodes are replaced with composition text
• ✅ #8159 Support DOM selection in elements with slots
  Code
• 🆕 #7918 Allow moving caret outside of code block
• 🆕 #8155 Trigger keyboard shortcuts by physical key code with non-ascii keyboard layouts

Extension

• 🆕 #8114 Implement DecoratorTextExtension applying format to DecoratorTextNode

Rich Text

• 🆕 #8122 Support configuration of indentable nodes
• ✅ #8152 Inherit format and style when inserting tab

Link

• ✅ #8123 Prevent AutoLink from linking URLs inside code blocks without highlighting
• ✅ #8127 Prevent AutoLinkNode from creating extra paragraphs
• ✅ #8137 Add AutoLinkNode to AutoLinkExtension node dependencies
• ✅ #8138 $toggleLink should remove the whole link when selection is collapsed
• ✅ #8164 Prevent creation of nested LinkNode
• ✅ #8158 Transform to move blocks outside of LinkNode
  List
• 🆕 #8092 Preserve ordered list numbering when split by blocks or paragraphs
• ✅ #8118 Remove empty parent node in nested list
• 🆕 #8105 Add focus event option for the checklist extension

Table

• 🆕 #8097 Implement "fit nested tables" for nested table pasting
• 🆕 #8094 Support 'scope' attribute in HTML import for th tags
• ✅ #8131 Preserve Background Color when pasting table rows inside table

Markdown

• ✅ #8116 Fix nested fenced code blocks parsing and export
• 🆕 #8140 Support Enter key after ``` to create code block
• ✅ #8161 Prevent markdown shortcut link transformer from being too greedy

Playground

• 🆕 #8063 Rearrange table columns
• ✅ #8134 Increase toolbar z-index to prevent content overlap
• ✅ #8149 Code block formatting in unintended adjacent lines

What's Changed

• v0.40.0 by @etrepum in #8104
• [lexical] Bug Fix: Prevent layout thrashing when setting element indent for no indent case by @InanBerkin in #8111
• Update examples for v0.40.0 and pnpm by @etrepum in #8110
• [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Feature: Implement "fit nested tables" for nested table pasting by @randal-atticus in #8097
• [lexical] Chore: Stabilize playground collab WebKit E2E test waits by @screenfluent in #8113
• Fix(table): Support 'scope' attribute in HTML import. by @Sa-Te in #8094
• [lexical] Feature: Support legacy 'align' attribute in ParagraphNode importDOM by @Sa-Te in #8115
• [lexical-list] Feature: Preserve ordered list numbering when split by blocks or paragraphs by @Sa-Te in #8092
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Fix nested fenced code blocks parsing and export by @abdulalim110 in #8116
• [lexical-playground] tests for ComponentPickerMenuPlugin by @umaranis in #8128
• [lexical] Bug Fix: Remove empty parent node in nested list by @Senasiko in #8118
• [lexical-extension][lexical-rich-text][lexical-react] Feature: Support configuration of indentable nodes by @levensta in #8122
• [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Prevent AutoLink from linking URLs inside code blocks by @achaljhawar in #8123
• [lexical-playground]: Rearrange table columns by @ivailop7 in #8063
• [lexical-playground][lexical-link] Bug Fix: Prevent AutoLinkNode from creating extra paragraphs by @polyrainbow in #8127
• [lexical-react] Annotate @deprecated to menuRenderFn with NodeContext… by @thatmichael85 in #8001
• [lexical] Bug Fix: Do not move anchor when inserting composition start char by @kimseongyu in #8121
• [lexical-table] Fix: Preserve Background Color when pasting table rows inside table. by @Sa-Te in #8131
• [lexical-code] Bug Fix: Allow moving caret outside code block by @lytion in #7918
• [Breaking Change][lexical] Bug Fix: Fix --lexical-indent-base-value CSS variable override by @achaljhawar in #8132
• [lexical-playground] Fix: Increase toolbar z-index to prevent content overlap by @Sa-Te in #8134
• [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Add AutoLinkNode to AutoLinkExtension node dependencies by @etrepum in #8137
• [lexical-playground]: Clean up old Table Hover Actions by @ivailop7 in #8139
• [lexical-website] Chore: Update supported browsers list to Safari 15+, Chrome 86+, Firefox 115+ by @etrepum in #8141
• [lexical-link] Bug Fix: $toggleLink removes link when selection is collapsed by @Senasiko in #8138
• [lexical-markdown] Feature: Support Enter key after ``` to create code block by @achaljhawar in #8140
• [lexical-extension] Feature: Implement DecoratorTextExtension applying format to DecoratorTextNode by @levensta in #8114
• docs: fix formatting and update browser support table by @IkyssOffc in #8144
• [lexical-website] Chore: Add a website build step to Github Actions in CI by @etrepum in #8146
• [lexical-history] Bug Fix: History not record composing character by @Senasiko in #8142
• [lexical] Bug Fix: Do not apply format and style when moving to different node in composition by @kimseongyu in #8148
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Code block formatting in unintended adjacent lines by @achaljhawar in #8149
• [lexical-rich-text] Bug Fix: Inherit format and style when inserting tab by @kimseongyu in #8152
• [lexical-core] Bug fix: support dom selection for elements with slots by @fantactuka in #8159
• [lexical] Bug Fix: Fix selected text not properly deleted after IME input on Safari (macOS) by @sKawashima in #8154
• feat: add focus event option for the checklist extension by @rayterion in #8105
• [lexical-markdown] Fix: Prevent markdown shortcut link transformer from being too greedy by @etrepum in #8161
• [lexical] Bug Fix: Maintain format when replace multiple formatted text nodes with composition text by @kimseongyu in #8162
• [tests] Chore: Update yaml-language-server in lexical-esm-astro-react integration fixture by @PikkaPikkachu in #8163
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Prevent nesting links creation by @levensta in #8164
• [lexical] Bug Fix: Move new paragraph outside inline element in insertParagraph by @achaljhawar in #8158
• [lexical] Bug Fix: REDO_COMMAND not triggered with non-English keyboard layouts (Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z) by @kenclaron in #8155

New Contributors

• @InanBerkin made their first contribution in #8111
• @screenfluent made their first contribution in #8113
• @abdulalim110 made their first contribution in #8116
• @Senasiko made their first contribution in #8118
• @polyrainbow made their first contribution in #8127
• @IkyssOffc made their first contribution in #8144
• @sKawashima made their first contribution in #8154
• @rayterion made their first contribution in #8105
• @PikkaPikkachu made their first contribution in #8163
• @kenclaron made their first contribution in #8155

Full Changelog: v0.40.0...v0.41.0

v0.40.0 is a monthly release primarily focusing on bug fixes and infrastructure such as the move from npm to pnpm.

Some very notable changes include:

• Some major fixes and refactoring to markdown parsing #8093 #8085
• Several of the most common utilities were moved from @lexical/utils to lexical (mergeRegister, addClassNames, removeClassNames) #8106
• A cache coherency bug in RootNode.getTextContent() was fixed #8099

Highlights

Monorepo:

• 🧹 #8035 Chore: Transition from npm to pnpm (also #8045 #8048 #8050 #8051 #8054 #8106)

Link:

• ✅ #8070 Fix: Fix infinite transform loop in AutoLinkPlugin
• ✅ #8078 Fix: Toggle links with nested children

List:

• ✅ #8049 Fix: fix selection issue from list transform on linebreak
• ✅ #8068 Fix: Treat whitespace-only list items as empty when pressing Enter

Markdown:

• ✅ #8085 Fix: Fix incorrect format tag placement at link boundaries
• ✅ #8093 Fix: Replace regex-based format matching

Core:

• ✅ #8069 Fix: format removed on multi selection after replace
• ✅ #8099 Fix: Refactor RootNode.__cachedText computation for coherency

Table:

• ✅ #8076 Fix: Fix Ctrl+A to select all cells in table with merged cells
• ✅ #8081 Fix: Fix inconsistent multi-cell selection in 2x2 tables
• 🧹 #8088 Chore: Fix test for nested table pasting

Utils:

• 🧹 #8106 Chore: Move functions mergeRegister, addClassNames, removeClassNames to lexical package

React:

• ✅ #8062 Fix: Clear remote cursor immediately on collaborator refresh
• ✅ #8065 Fix: Fix cursor disappearing in Firefox when dragging blocks
• ✅ #8071 Chore: Expose onReposition prop on SelectionAlwaysOnDisplay

Playground:

• 🆕 #8043 Feature: Color table resize handle
• 🆕 #8042 Feature: Draggable block handle gliding effect
• ✅ #8052 Fix: Draggable handle and dropdown CSS zoom fix
• 🆕 #8057 Feature: New Table Hover Actions Plugin
• 🆕 #8060 Feature: Column Sort for Basic Table
• 🆕 #8066 Feature: Add button shows the component picker
• ✅ #8087 Fix: Prevent code block line wrapping to keep line number

What's Changed

• v0.39.0 by @etrepum in #8021
• Chore: Add an ignore-previously-published arg to the publish action by @etrepum in #8023
• Chore: Update examples for v0.39.0 by @etrepum in #8024
• Agent documentation by @zurfyx in #8031
• README tweaks by @zurfyx in #8033
• npm -> pnpm by @zurfyx in #8035
• Nightlies publish param by @zurfyx in #8045
• Nightlies fix frozen lockfile by @zurfyx in #8048
• [lexical-playground]: Color table resize handle by @ivailop7 in #8043
• Use PNPM workspace feature for publish by @zurfyx in #8050
• Override workspace with actual version on npm/ bundle by @zurfyx in #8051
• [lexical-playground]: Draggable block handle gliding effect by @ivailop7 in #8042
• Allow publish to run on detached head by @zurfyx in #8054
• [lexical-list] Bug Fix: fix selection issue from list transform on linebreak by @dizsmek in #8049
• [docs] Documentation Update: Fix incorrect and broken links in README by @h8f1z in #8055
• [lexical-playground]: Draggable handle and dropdown CSS zoom fix by @ivailop7 in #8052
• [lexical-playground]: New Table Hover Actions Plugin by @ivailop7 in #8057
• [lexical-playground]: Column Sort for Basic Table by @ivailop7 in #8060
• [lexical-react] Bug Fix: Clear remote cursor immediately on collaborator refresh by @aldoprogrammer in #8062
• [lexical-playground] Add button shows the Component Picker by @ivailop7 in #8066
• [lexical][@lexical/react] Bug Fix: Fix cursor disappearing in Firefox when dragging blocks by @aldoprogrammer in #8065
• [lexical] Bug Fix: format removed on multi selection after replace by @kimseongyu in #8069
• [lexical-list] Bug Fix: Treat whitespace-only list items as empty when pressing Enter by @mike-atticus in #8068
• [lexical][@lexical/link] Bug Fix: Fix infinite transform loop in AutoLinkPlugin by @aldoprogrammer in #8070
• [lexical][@lexical/table] Fix Ctrl+A to select all cells in table with merged cells #8074 by @aldoprogrammer in #8076
• [lexical-react] Chore: Expose onReposition prop on SelectionAlwaysOnDisplay by @takuyakanbr in #8071
• [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Toggle links with nested children by @patrick-atticus in #8078
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Fix incorrect format tag placement at link boundaries by @kimseongyu in #8085
• [lexical][@lexical/table] Bug Fix: Fix inconsistent multi-cell selection in 2x2 tables by @aldoprogrammer in #8081
• [lexical-table] Chore: Fix test for nested table pasting by @randal-atticus in #8088
• Fix(Playground): Prevent code block line wrapping to keep line number… by @Sa-Te in #8087
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Replace regex-based format matching with … by @kimseongyu in #8093
• [lexical] Bug Fix: Refactor RootNode.__cachedText computation for coherency by @etrepum in #8099
• [lexical][lexical-utils] Chore: Use workspace:* for monorepo versions and fix some cyclic dependencies by @etrepum in #8106

New Contributors

• @dizsmek made their first contribution in #8049
• @h8f1z made their first contribution in #8055
• @aldoprogrammer made their first contribution in #8062
• @kimseongyu made their first contribution in #8069
• @Sa-Te made their first contribution in #8087

Full Changelog: v0.39.0...v0.40.0

v0.39.0 is a monthly release primarily focusing on bug fixes

Breaking Changes

JSON serialization for ElementNode only includes textFormat and textStyle when necessary #7971

Previously the derived properties textFormat and textStyle would always be serialized to JSON if not set to the default values. These should only be useful when the ElementNode does not currently have any TextNode children, to preserve formatting choices, and will be recomputed when reconciled. Now they are only reconciled when they are determined to be useful (in an ElementNode with no direct TextNode children that is not a root or shadow root).

Highlights

Code:

• ✅ #7970 Fix: Scope highlight cache by editor

Core:

• ✅ #7971 Fix: Only serialize ElementNode textFormat and textStyle when necessary
• 🆕 #7964 Feature: Add commands for beforeinput, input, compositionstart/end events
• ✅ #7978 Fix: $dfsCaretIterator should be able to stop at its last descendant

Selection:

• ✅ #8003 Fix: Text styles are now applied to empty ElementNodes in a selection (typically the empty paragraphs contained in empty table cells)

Extension:

• ✅ #7961 Fix: Defer node class references to potentially work around webpack issues

Table:

• ���� #7983 Experiment: add config for opting in to nested tables (note that this does not fix their behavior)
• ✅ #7986 Fix: Ensure colWidths has length equal to number of columns
• ✅ #7998 Fix: Include first cell contents in partial backwards table selection

React:

• ✅ #7987 Prevent typeahead menu from closing during IME composition

Collab:

• ✅ #7990 Fix: Don't rewrite unchanged non-primitive property/state values to yjs in collab v2

Playground:

• 🆕 #8002 Feature: Shadows when table is scrollable
• ✅ #8015 Fix: Show draggable block target line when dragging images

What's Changed

• v0.38.2 by @etrepum in #7962
• [scripts] Allow export-froms in Flow files to be transformed for www build by @takuyakanbr in #7967
• [examples] Chore: Update examples for v0.38.2 by @etrepum in #7963
• [lexical-code] Bug fix: Add editor key in highlighted nodes cache by @takuyakanbr in #7970
• [lexical] Feature: Only serialize ElementNode textFormat and textStyle when necessary by @etrepum in #7971
• [lexical-extension][lexical-*] Bug Fix: Defer node class references to potentially work around webpack issues by @etrepum in #7961
• [lexical] Chore: Update flow-bin (to 0.289.0) and LexicalLink Flow types by @takuyakanbr in #7973
• [lexical] Feature: add commands for beforeinput, input, compositionstart/end events by @james-atticus in #7964
• [lexical] Chore: Update flow-bin (to 0.290.0) and fix incompatible-variance issues by @takuyakanbr in #7975
• [lexical] Bug fix: $dfsCaretIterator should be able to stop at its last descendant by @nigelgutzmann in #7978
• [lexical-table] Feature: add config for opting in to nested tables by @james-atticus in #7983
• [lexical-react] [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Prevent typeahead menu from closing during IME composition (#7985) by @kykim00 in #7987
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: ensure colWidths has length equal to number of columns by @james-atticus in #7986
• [lexical-react] [lexical-playground] Remove old ContextMenu, consolidate LexicalMenu render by @ivailop7 in #7984
• [lexical-yjs] Bug fix: don't rewrite unchanged non-primitive property/state values to yjs in collab v2 by @james-atticus in #7990
• [lexical-website] Documentation Update: Add @y/websocket-server package dependency by @mattcline in #7996
• Revert "[lexical-react] [lexical-playground] Remove old ContextMenu, consolidate LexicalMenu render" by @ivailop7 in #7997
• [lexical-website] Documentation Update: Add missing getDocFromMap fn to docs by @mattcline in #8000
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: include first cell contents in partial backwards table selection by @patrick-atticus in #7998
• Doc nit by @zurfyx in #8010
• [lexical-mark][flow][chore] Add flowfix me after flow 0.292.0 was deployed to www. This fixes the sync between github and www by @thatmichael85 in #8019
• [lexical-playground]: Shadows when table is scrollable by @ivailop7 in #8002
• [lexical-selection]: Fix applying styles for empty table cells by @ivailop7 in #8003
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Show draggable block target line when dragging images by @paigekim29 in #8015

New Contributors

• @kykim00 made their first contribution in #7987
• @mattcline made their first contribution in #7996
• @thatmichael85 made their first contribution in #8019

Full Changelog: v0.38.2...v0.39.0

v0.38.2 is a patch release to fix a regression in yjs cursor position awareness (#7960). It also includes another fix for a Markdown issue.

Highlights

React:

• ✅ #7960 Fix: update cursor positions on awareness update in collab v1

Markdown:

• ✅ #7958 Fix markdown formatting when a backslash is before or after a closing backtick

What's Changed

• v0.38.1 by @etrepum in #7951
• Update examples for v0.38.1 by @etrepum in #7952
• Update codeowners by @zurfyx in #7957
• [lexical-markdown] Code backslash fix by @MarekKuncik in #7958
• [lexical-react] Fix: update cursor positions on awareness update in collab v1 by @james-atticus in #7960

Full Changelog: v0.38.1...v0.38.2

v0.38.1 is a monthly release with a lot of fixes and a few potentially breaking changes (this is a re-publish of v0.38.0, which had problems during initial npm publish).

Breaking Changes

#7926 Static transforms from superclasses are always applied

Before $config there was a limited amount of "automatic" re-use of the static transform by subclasses, because class inheritance also inherits static methods, so you get the implementation of whatever static transform method was in the superclass if it wasn't overridden.

Now the application of these static transforms (whether by method or $config) is implicit. There is no need to call super if adding an additional transform. The implementation walks up the inheritance tree by $config extends or Object.getPrototypeOf and will register all transforms it finds.

#7936 Extension configuration for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension has been flattened

If you are using CodeHighlighterShikiExtension the configuration has changed.

Before:

configExtension(CodeHighlighterShikiExtension, {tokenizer: {...ShikiTokenizer, defaultTheme: …})

After:

configExtension(CodeHighlighterShikiExtension, {defaultTheme: …})

#7933 LexicalTableSelectionHelpers listener priorities lowered to HIGH from CRITICAL

This is unlikely to break most applications but the priority of these command listeners has been lowered to allow them to be overridden.

Highlights

Core:

• ✅ #7926 Apply static transform and $config $transform from all superclasses (fixes ListNode/ListItemNode subclassing)
• ✅ #7941 Retain lexical selection during updates on unfocused editors
• ✅ #7947 Update block cursor if selection has changed

Extension:

• 🆕 #7930 Allow nodes config to be deferred for circular dependency reasons
• ⚠️ #7936 Implement mergeConfig for LinkExtension and flatten config for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension

List:

• 🆕 #7946 importDOM support for joplin checklists

Table:

• ⚠️ #7933 Lower table handler command priority

Clipboard:

• ✅ #7942 Log exceptions in clipboard paste handlers

Link:

• 🆕 #7944 Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text

React:

• ✅ #7935 Add getServerSnapshot for improved RSC compatibility

Collab v2:

• ✅ #7922 Skip elements that were added and removed between snapshots

Code:

• ✅ #7921 Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks

Markdown:

• ✅ #7812 Fix bugs in normalizeMarkdown when using shouldMergeAdjacentLines
• ✅ #7923 Prevent markdown links with empty strings from being automatically removed
• ✅ #7928 Fix implicit checklist marker export regression

Playground:

• ✅ #7920 Fix image caption overflow

Examples:

• 🧹 #7939 Remove workaround from svelte example

Documentation:

• 🧹 #7931 Update docusaurus and contributing docs

What's Changed

• v0.37.0 by @etrepum in #7910
• Update examples for v0.37.0 by @etrepum in #7911
• [Documentation] Chore: Update bounty program link in CONTRIBUTING.md by @mustkem in #7915
• [lexical-yjs] Fix: skip elements that were added and removed between snapshots by @james-atticus in #7922
• [lexical-code] Bug Fix: Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks by @ashmod in #7921
• [lexical-markdown] Fix: bugs in normalizeMarkdown by @GermanJablo in #7812
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Fix image caption overflow issue by @ritoban23 in #7920
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Prevent Markdown links with empty string link text from being automatically removed by @adambolcsfoldi in #7923
• [lexical-website] Chore: Update docusuarus and add contributing docs by @etrepum in #7931
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Fix implicit checklist marker export regression by @etrepum in #7928
• [lexical][lexical-list] Bug Fix: Apply static transform and $config $transform from all superclasses by @etrepum in #7926
• [lexical-extension] Feature: Allow nodes config to be deferred for circular dependency reasons by @etrepum in #7930
• [lexical-website] Documentation Update: change setText to setTextContent by @bbertold in #7932
• [lexical-react] Bug Fix: Add getServerSnapshot for RSC compatibility by @nestarz in #7935
• [lexical-link][lexical-code-shiki][examples] Feature: Implement mergeConfig for LinkExtension and flatten config for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension by @etrepum in #7936
• [lexical-table] Chore: Lower table handler command priority by @patrick-atticus in #7933
• [lexical] Bug Fix: retain selection during updates on unfocused editor by @fantactuka in #7941
• [lexical-clipboard] Bug Fix: Log exceptions in clipboard paste handler by @niikkhilsharma in #7942
• [lexical-link] Feature: Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text by @normtronics in #7944
• [lexical] Bug Fix: update block cursor if selection has changed by @fantactuka in #7947
• [lexical-list] Bug Fix: fix pasting checklist from joplin by @antsgar in #7946
• [examples] Chore: Remove #7859 workaround from svelte example by @etrepum in #7939

New Contributors

• @mustkem made their first contribution in #7915
• @ashmod made their first contribution in #7921
• @ritoban23 made their first contribution in #7920
• @adambolcsfoldi made their first contribution in #7923
• @bbertold made their first contribution in #7932
• @nestarz made their first contribution in #7935
• @normtronics made their first contribution in #7944
• @antsgar made their first contribution in #7946

Full Changelog: v0.37.0...v0.38.1