How to select all the content of a node (not the node)

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I have a schema with a content body foot for the top node.

Both the children contain block+ content and have isolating and defining true. And contenteditable is false for foot.

When one is edting in body, I want all it’s content to be selected with mod-a.

Now I come up with `tr.setSelection(TextSelection.create(doc, 1, doc.firstChild.nodeSize-1))`.

Everything works except:

  1. A waring in console: TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (body). I think it is explained in Why is the Ctrl+A selection different from selecting the whole document with the mouse?
  2. Cursor goes to foot(seems blured as it has contenteditable false) after hitting delete. While I want to keep it in body for pleasent editing.

I wonder what is recommended way to do it right.

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Does the selection produced by TextSelection.between(doc.resolve(0), doc.resolve(doc.firstChild.nodeSize)) do what you are looking for? It’ll create a valid text selection from the first inline position in the doc to the last one in the body, which should still allow you to delete or overwrite the body’s content.

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Yes. But it warns: TextSelection endpoint not pointing into a node with inline content (doc)

and the cursor position issue remain the same.

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Can you share your editor content? I’m guessing you must have something like <blockquote><p></p></blockquote> in which case 0 would be the document, 1 would be in the blockquote but before the text content of the paragraph, and 2 would be the first text position. Normally 1 would be the first text position if the editor contained <p></p>

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It does this for a selection created with TextSelection.between? Are you sure?

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Oops, my mistake, I was using `TextSelection.create`.

With `TextSelection.between`, it reports error:

index.js:295 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'inlineContent')
    at _TextSelection.between (index.js:295:27)

I am also wondering if say a codeblock is at the begining of body, the codeblock would remain there (although the content is cleared) after hitting delete with TextSelection.between, right?

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You are right. I have a body and foot node under the top document and I am talking about editing in the body node.

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Are you passing it resolved positions or just numbers?

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Just numbers, as you suggested previously TextSelection.between(0, doc.firstChild.nodeSize).

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Oh right, no, you have to pass resolved positions (via doc.resolve). Using TypeScript will help a lot with catching this kind of thing.

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OK. The error goes away.

But a valid text selection in body is not “enough” or identical to the AllSelection. Say if a codeblock is at the begining of body, the codeblock would remain there (although the content is cleared) after hitting delete with TextSelection.between, while nothing left with AllSelection.

Besides, I have also defined some captioned-image/table node. If it is the last node, TextSelection.between would make the selection goes into the caption (instead of including the whole image). And I have some logic to prevent the partial deletion, which would surprise the use when one hits delete with no effect. To this regard, it seems tr.setSelection(TextSelection.create(doc, 1, doc.firstChild.nodeSize-1)) has the closest behavour to AllSelection.

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I guess I find a bug. If the last cell of the table is empty, TextSelection.between would skip the whole table when it tries to find a valid text selection. And if I fill it with some text, then TextSelection.between would locate in the cell.