Glossary

A glossary explaining the terms commonly used in Slate:

Anchor

Block

Blur

Change

Character

A "character" is the smallest element that makes up a text node in Slate.

Collapsed

Core

Data

Decoration

Document

The "document" is the top-level "node" that contains all other nodes that make up the content of the Slate editor.

Editor

Extend

Focus

Fragment

History

Inline

Key

Keys are unique identifiers given to nodes in Slate to be able to reference them uniquely even as the document changes.

Mark

Merge

Model

Node

Normalize

Offset

An offset is a distance from the start of a text node, measured in "characters".

Operation

Placeholder

Plugin

Point

A point represents a specific location in a document, where a user's cursor could be placed. It is represented by the key of the node in the document, and the offset of characters into a node.

Range

A range is a way to represent a specific section of a document between two "points". It is modelled after the DOM Range concept.

Redo

Rule

Schema

Selection

Serializer

Split

Stack

Text

Undo

Unwrap

To "unwrap" is the opposite of to "wrap", removing a surrounding node from a selection.

Validate

Value

Wrap

To "wrap" is to surround a piece of text or a node in another node. For example, if you select the text Google and want to turn it into a link, you'd "wrap" it with an inline link node.