Range

import { Range } from 'slate'

A range of a Slate Document. Ranges in Slate are modeled after a combination of the DOM Selection API and the DOM Range API, using terms like "anchor", "focus" and "collapsed".

The "anchor" is the fixed point in a range, and the "focus" is the non-fixed point, which may move when you move the cursor (eg. when pressing Shift + Right Arrow).

Often times, you don't need to specifically know which point is the "anchor" and which is the "focus", and you just need to know which comes first and last in the document. For these cases, there are many convenience equivalent properties and methods referring to the "start" and "end" points.

The Range model is also used as an interface and implemented by the Decoration and Selection models.

Properties

Range({
  anchor: Point,
  focus: Point,
})

anchor

Point

The range's anchor point.

focus

Point

The range's focus point.

object

String

A string with a value of 'range'.

Computed Properties

These properties aren't supplied when creating a range, but are instead computed based on the real properties.

end

Either the anchor or the focus point, depending on which comes last in the document order.

isBackward

Boolean

Whether the range is backward. A range is considered "backward" when its focus point references a location earlier in the document than its anchor point.

isCollapsed

Boolean

Whether the range is collapsed. A range is considered "collapsed" when the anchor point and focus point of the range are the same.

isExpanded

Boolean

The opposite of isCollapsed, for convenience.

isForward

Boolean

The opposite of isBackward, for convenience.

isSet

Boolean

Whether both the anchor and focus points are set.

isUnset

Boolean

Whether either the anchor and focus points are unset.

start

Either the anchor or the focus point, depending on which comes first in the document order.

Static Methods

Range.create

Range.create(properties: Object) => Range

Create a new Range instance with properties.

Range.createProperties

Range.createProperties(object: Object|Range) => Object

Create a new dictionary of range properties from an object.

Range.fromJSON

Range.fromJSON(object: Object) => Range

Create a range from a JSON object.

Range.isRange

Range.isRange(value: Any) => Boolean

Check whether a value is a Range.

Instance Methods

toJSON

toJSON() => Object

Return a JSON representation of the range.

Mutating Methods

move{Point}Backward

move{Point}Backward(n: Number) => Range

Move the {Point} of the range backwards by n characters. The {Point} can be one of: Anchor, Focus, Start, End, or ommited to move both the anchor and focus point at once.

move{Point}Forward

move{Point}Forward(n: Number) => Range

Move the {Point} of the range forwards by n characters. The {Point} can be one of: Anchor, Focus, Start, End, or ommited to move both the anchor and focus point at once.

move{Point}To

move{Point}To(path: List, offset: Number) => Range move{Point}To(key: String, offset: Number) => Range move{Point}To(offset: Number) => Range

Move the {Point} of the range to a new key, path and offset. The {Point} can be one of: Anchor, Focus, Start, End, or ommited to move both the anchor and focus point at once.

🤖 When using range.move{Point}To, since the range isn't aware of the document, it's possible it will become "unset" if the path or key changes and need to be re-normalized relative to the document using range.normalize(document).

move{Point}ToEndOfNode

move{Point}ToEndOfNode(node: Node) => Range

Move the {Point} to the end of a node. The {Point} can be one of: Anchor, Focus, Start, End, or ommited to move both the anchor and focus point at once.

🤖 This method may need to be followed by point.normalize(document), like move{Point}To.

move{Point}ToStartOfNode

move{Point}ToStartOfNode(node: Node) => Range

Move the {Point} to the start of a node. The {Point} can be one of: Anchor, Focus, Start, End, or ommited to move both the anchor and focus point at once.

🤖 This method may need to be followed by point.normalize(document), like move{Point}To.

moveTo{Point}

moveTo{Point}() => Range

Move both points of the range to {Point}, collapsing it. The {Point} can be one of: Anchor, Focus, Start or End.

moveToRangeOfNode

moveToRangeOfNode(node: Node) => Range

Move the range to be spanning the entirity of a node, by placing its anchor point at the start of the node and its focus point at the end of the node.

🤖 This method may need to be followed by point.normalize(document), like move{Point}To.

normalize

normalize(node: Node) => Range

Normalize the range relative to a node, ensuring that its anchor and focus points exist in the node, that their keys and paths are in sync, that their offsets are valid, and that they references leaf text nodes.

setAnchor

setAnchor(anchor: Point) => Range

Return a new range with a new anchor point.

setEnd

setEnd(end: Point) => Range

Return a new range with a new end point.

setFocus

setFocus(focus: Point) => Range

Return a new range with a new focus point.

setProperties

setProperties(properties: Object|Range) => Range

Return a new range with new properties set.

setStart

setStart(start: Point) => Range

Return a new range with a new start point.

unset

unset() => Range

Return a new range with both of its point unset.