@lexical/utils

What is @lexical/utils?

@lexical/utils is a utility package for the Lexical framework, which is a modern, extensible text editor framework. This package provides various utility functions to facilitate the manipulation and management of Lexical nodes, editors, and other related components.

What are @lexical/utils's main functionalities?

Node Manipulation

This feature allows you to create and manipulate nodes within the Lexical editor. In this example, a text node is created and appended to the root node.

const { $createTextNode, $getRoot } = require('@lexical/utils');

const root = $getRoot();
const textNode = $createTextNode('Hello, world!');
root.append(textNode);

Editor State Management

This feature provides functions to get and set the editor state, allowing for more controlled and dynamic updates to the editor's content.

const { $getEditorState, $setEditorState } = require('@lexical/utils');

const editorState = $getEditorState();
// Modify the editor state as needed
$setEditorState(editorState);

Event Handling

This feature allows you to add and remove event listeners to the Lexical editor, enabling custom event handling and interaction.

const { $addEventListener, $removeEventListener } = require('@lexical/utils');

const handleClick = (event) => {
  console.log('Editor clicked!', event);
};

$addEventListener('click', handleClick);
// Later, if needed
$removeEventListener('click', handleClick);

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@lexical/utils

This package contains misc utilities for Lexical.