Plate Core

API

createPlugins

Creates a new array of plugins by overriding the plugins in the original array.

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plugins optional PlatePlugin[]

The original array of plugins.

options optional object

The options to override plugins.

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Returns

An array of plugins with overridden components or attributes.

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An object containing the following properties:

pressed boolean

A boolean indicating whether the nodeType mark is active in the current selection.

nodeType string

The type of the node.

clear string | string[]

Type or types of the node to clear.

createAtomStore

Creates an atom store from an initial value. Each property of the initial value will have a getter and setter.

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initialState T

The initial state of the atom store.

options CreateAtomStoreOptions

An optional object which can contain a scope, an initial store, and a name.

Returns

An AtomStoreApi object.

createPlateEditor

Generates a new instance of a PlateEditor, initialized with a set of plugins and their configurations.

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editor optional TEditor<V>

Initial editor without withPlate.

plugins optional PlatePlugin<PluginOptions, V>[]

An array of editor plugins.

components optional Record<string, PlatePluginComponent>

Components to inject into plugins.

overrideByKey optional OverrideByKey<V>

Plugins to override by key.

normalizeInitialValue optional boolean

A flag indicating whether to normalize the initial editor value.

withPlateOptions optional WithPlateOptions<V, E & PlateEditor<V>>

Options for the withPlate function, excluding plugins.

Returns

An instance of PlateEditor with the specified plugins, components, and settings applied.

createPluginFactory

Generates a factory for creating plugins with a default plugin, which can be overridden.

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defaultPlugin PlatePlugin

The default plugin. The only required property is key.

override optional Partial<PlatePlugin>

Overrides for the default plugin.

overrideByKey optional OverrideByKey

Overrides for nested plugins (in plugin.plugins) by key.

Returns

A plugin factory based on the default one, with the specified overrides applied.

getPlugin

Retrieves a plugin by plugin key.

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editor PlateEditor

The editor to extract the plugin from.

key PluginKey

The key of the plugin to retrieve.

Returns

Returns the requested plugin. If the plugin does not exist, returns an object with only the key.

getPluginInjectProps

Retrieves the props to be injected by a plugin, identified by its key.

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editor PlateEditor

The editor to extract the plugin from.

key PluginKey

The key of the plugin whose inject props to retrieve.

Returns

Returns the props to be injected by the specified plugin. If the plugin does not exist or does not have inject props, returns an empty object.

getPluginOptions

Retrieves the options of a plugin, identified by its key.

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editor PlateEditor

The editor to extract the plugin from.

key PluginKey

The key of the plugin whose options to retrieve.

Returns

Returns the options of the specified plugin. If the plugin does not exist or does not have options, returns an empty object.

getPluginType

Retrieves the type of a plugin, identified by its key.

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editor PlateEditor

The editor to extract the plugin from.

key string

The key of the plugin whose type to retrieve.

Returns

Returns the type of the specified plugin. If the plugin does not exist or does not have a type, returns the key.

Hotkeys

An object containing functions to check for various hotkeys. Each function takes a KeyboardEvent and returns a boolean indicating whether the hotkey was pressed.

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isBold function

isCompose function

isMoveBackward function

isMoveForward function

isDeleteBackward function

isDeleteForward function

isDeleteLineBackward function

isDeleteLineForward function

isDeleteWordBackward function

isDeleteWordForward function

isExtendBackward function

isExtendForward function

isExtendLineBackward function

isExtendLineForward function

isItalic function

isMoveLineBackward function

isMoveLineForward function

isMoveWordBackward function

isMoveWordForward function

isRedo function

isSoftBreak function

isSplitBlock function

isTab function

isTransposeCharacter function

isUndo function

isUntab function

toggleNodeType

Toggle the type of the selected node. No operation is performed if activeType equals inactiveType.

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editor PlateEditor<V>

The editor.

options ToggleNodeTypeOptions

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editorNodesOptions optional Omit<GetNodeEntriesOptions<V>, 'match'>

Options for getting the nodes of the editor.

useElement

Hook to get the element from a node component.

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pluginKey optional string

The plugin key.

• Default: SCOPE_ELEMENT.

Returns

The value of the element as a TElement.

useEditorRef

Get the Slate editor reference.

• Does not re-render on editor change.
• Does not support nested editors.
• Should be used inside Plate.

Returns

A PlateEditor object, which is the Slate editor.

useEditorState

Get the Slate editor reference.

• Re-renders on editor change.
• Does not support nested editors.
• Should be used inside Plate.

Returns

A PlateEditor object, which is the Slate editor.

usePlateEditorRef

Get an editor reference which is never updated.

• Does not re-render on editor change.
• Supports nested editors.
• Should be used inside Plate or PlateProvider.

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id optional PlateId

The ID of the plate editor. Useful only when nesting editors.

Returns

A PlateEditor object, which is the Slate editor.

usePlateEditorState

Get the Slate editor reference. Re-renders on editor change.

• Re-renders on editor change.
• Supports nested editors.
• Should be used inside Plate or PlateProvider.

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id optional PlateId

The ID of the plate editor.

Returns

A PlateEditor object, which is the Slate editor.

usePlateReadOnly

Get the editor's readOnly state.

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id optional PlateId

The ID of the plate editor.

Returns

The readOnly state of the editor.

usePlateSelection

Get the editor's selection which is updated on each editor change.

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id optional PlateId

The ID of the plate editor.

Returns

The current selection in the editor.

Core plugins

createDeserializeAstPlugin

Enables support for deserializing inserted content from Slate Ast format to Slate format while applying a small bug fix.

createDeserializeHtmlPlugin

Enables support for deserializing inserted content from HTML format to Slate format.

createEditorProtocolPlugin

Reset marks when the selection is at the start of a block and after delete operations.

createEventEditorPlugin

Creates a plugin that dispatches focus and blur events.

createHistoryPlugin

Creates a plugin that enables history support for the editor.

createInlineVoidPlugin

Creates a plugin that merges and registers all the inline types and void types from the plugins and options, using editor.isInline and editor.isVoid.

createInsertDataPlugin

Creates a plugin that overrides the default insertData function in the editor, which is called when data is being pasted or dragged into the editor.

createNodeFactoryPlugin

Creates a plugin that overrides the default blockFactory and childrenFactory functions in the editor. These functions are used to generate the default blocks and children for the editor.

createPrevSelectionPlugin

Creates a plugin that keeps track of the previous selection in the editor and the current keyboard event being processed.

createReactPlugin

Creates a plugin that adds withTReact to the editor, which is a generic typed version of withReact from 'slate-react' library.

withPlate

An overrider that applies the withInlineVoid and all plate plugins' withOverrides.

withTReact

Generic typed version of withReact from 'slate-react' library.