Highlights

Highlights since 0.17.1

Core editor:

• 🆕 Iterable $dfs https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6664

• 🆕 Pass in an array of tags to EditorUpdateOptions for multiple tag update https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6507/

• 🆕 exportDOM function supports document fragment exports https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6641/

• ✅ Fix issue where cmd/ctrl + left arrow after a tab character would cause exception https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6588

Markdown:

• 🆕 shouldMergeAdjacentLines option in $convertFromMarkdownString. If true, merges adjacent lines as per commonmark spec (line1\nline2 -> line1line2). If false (default and current behavior, adjacent lines remain separated by newline, as per GFM (line1\nline2 -> line1\nline2) https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6608 https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6660
• 🆕 multiline markdown transformers / mdx support https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6530
• 🆕 More flexible TextMatchTransformer api, more fields made optional https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6651/

Link:

• ✅ Fix removing a link from nodes with children, eg. Mark Node for comments https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6656

Table:

• ✅ Fix merged cell related edge cases https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6607
• ✅ Fix Table formatting and styling not persisting for empty cells https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6626
• ✅ Fix crash in $deleteCellHandler https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6650
• ✅ Fix incorrect addition of empty cells on table paste https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6578
• ✅ Fix issue where selecting a cell then dragging outside of table would not select entire table https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6579
• ✅ Fix Table Cut Event Handling https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6596/
• 🆕 optional colWidths property to TableNode https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6625
• 🆕 Table row striping feature, increases tables visual accessiblity. https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6547

Selection:

• 🆕 Expose getStyleObjectFromCss in @lexical/selection https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6612

Misc:

• ✅ Check undeclared dependencies in build, declare missing dependencies https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6574
• ✅ Fix window is undefined error appears when creating a code node in a headless editor in a nodejs environment https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6562

What's Changed

• v0.17.1 by @ivailop7 in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6559
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Add @lexical/clipboard as a direct dependency of @lexical/table by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6571
• [lexical-react] menu positioning: Unrevert PR6510 but with gating by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6566
• [*] Feature: Check undeclared dependencies in build by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6574
• [lexical-table] feat: Add row striping by @ivailop7 in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6547
• [lexical-react]: Fix incorrect addition of empty cells on table paste by @Shubhankerism in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6578
• [lexical-list][lexical-react] Refactor: Create registerList Function Separate from React Shared Utils by @jkjk822 in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6560
• Fix test results CI path on Windows by @moughxyz in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6585
• [lexical][lexical-overflow] Refactor: simplified removeText and insertText rewrite (part 1) by @GermanJablo in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6456
• [lexical-table] Fix Table Cut Event Handling by @ivailop7 in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6596
• [lexical-markdown][breaking change] Feature: multiline markdown transformers / mdx support by @AlessioGr in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6530
• Address svelte vulnerability by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6603
• Fix issue where cmd/ctrl + left arrow after a tab character would cause exception by @moughxyz in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6588
• [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Fix merged cell related edge cases by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6607
• [lexical-code][breaking change] Bug Fix: explicitly import instead of window. to support code nodes in nodejs by @nadine-nguyen in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6562
• Multiple update tags by @zurfyx in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6507
• [lexical-playground] Fix: Poll Option not clickable at some place after checked state by @iamvinayvk in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6609
• [lexical-markdown] update markdown flow api by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6615
• Expose getStyleObjectFromCss in @lexical/selection by @mofoshow in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6612
• [lexical-markdown] Fix: normalize markdown in $convertFromMarkdownString to comply with CommonMark spec by @GermanJablo in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6608
• [lexical] Chore: Add more helpful invariants to $applyNodeReplacement by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6567
• [lexical-markdown] Breaking Change: rename 'multilineElement' to 'multiline-element' by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6617
• Bug Fix: Fix issue where selecting a cell then dragging outside of table would not select entire table by @moughxyz in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6579
• address micromatch vulnerability by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6616
• CI: tag flaky test by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6620
• [lexical-react] Refactor: Ensure disconnect is called after connection is established in useYjsCollaboration by @smworld01 in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6619
• Revert "[lexical-markdown] Fix: normalize markdown in $convertFromMarkdownString to comply with CommonMark spec (#6608)" by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6627
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Fix table row/column index when resizing merged cells by @patrick-atticus in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6630
• [lexical-markdown] Fix: normalize markdown in $convertFromMarkdownString to comply with CommonMark spec (2nd try) by @GermanJablo in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6629
• [lexical-table] Bug: Table formatting and styling not persisting for empty cells by @KatsiarynaDzibrova in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6626
• [lexical-playground][ExcalidrawNode] Bug Fix: Preserve Excalidraw image dimensions after resizing by @neysanfoo in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6634
• [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Feature: Add column widths to TableNode by @patrick-atticus in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6625
• Grammar Issue - Repeated Word by @DocAdam in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6643
• Allow exporting a document fragment from the exportDOM function by @skopz356 in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6641
• [lexical-react][lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Workaround for yjs disconnect race in React StrictMode by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6644
• [lexical-code] Bug Fix: Annotate @lexical/code as having side-effects for Prism by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6652
• [lexical-markdown] shouldMergeAdjacentLines as an option by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6642
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: empty code block not focused by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6649
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Fix crash in $deleteCellHandler by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6650
• [lexical-markdown]: Refactor: allows omitting certain properties from TextMatchTransformers, adds jsdocs by @AlessioGr in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6651
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Correct ExcalidrawNode DOM handling for proper resizing by @neysanfoo in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6657
• [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Removing a link from descendants by @levensta in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6656
• [lexical-markdown] set shouldMergeAdjacentLines default to be false by @potatowagon in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6660
• Iterable $dfs by @zurfyx in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6664

New Contributors

• @jkjk822 made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6560
• @iamvinayvk made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6609
• @mofoshow made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6612
• @smworld01 made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6619
• @patrick-atticus made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6630
• @neysanfoo made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6634
• @DocAdam made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6643
• @skopz356 made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6641
• @levensta made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/6656

Full Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/lexical/compare/v0.17.1...v0.18.0