Disable auto wrapping on joinBackward

1

I’m running into the following scenario (A):

<parentElement>
<p>hello</p>
</parentElement>
<p>paragraph 2</p>

In my schema, the following is also allowed (B):

<parentElement>
<p>hello</p>
<children><p>paragraph 2</p></children>
</parentElement>

Now, when I use joinBackward in state A by hitting backspace in front of “paragraph 2”, I end up with state B. I dived into this and it’s because joinBackward has some smart logic using findWrapping and discovers it can wrap the paragraph in a “children” element.

However, I would prefer this wrapping not to be automatically created, and merge the paragraphs instead. I.e. I would like to end up with (C):

<parentElement>
<p>helloparagraph 2</p>
</parentElement>

Is it possible to control the behavior of joinBackward for this? For example, can I set a property on “children” that would prevent it from being eligible as a wrapper?

2

Not really, but what you could do is create another command, bound to backspace with higher precedence, that recognizes this situation and implements the behavior you want.

3

Alright, thanks! That makes sense, wanted to make sure I didnt overlook a different option / best practice.

Any existing command / function you think is similar to this way of joining you can recommend as a starting point? If not no worries, should be able to figure it out