React Editor

createReactEditor creates an editor with React, DOM, and clipboard host APIs installed. Hooks such as usePliteEditor create the same editor shape.

Minimal Usage

import { createReactEditor } from "@platejs/plite-react";
 
const editor = createReactEditor();
 
editor.api.dom.focus();Copy

import { createReactEditor } from "@platejs/plite-react";
 
const editor = createReactEditor();
 
editor.api.dom.focus();Copy

On This Page

• Checks
• Focus And Selection
• DOM Scope
• DOM Translation
• DOM Environment
• DataTransfer

Checks

editor.api.react.isComposing(): boolean

Check if the user is currently composing inside the editor.

editor.api.react.isFocused(): boolean

Check if the editor is focused.

editor.api.react.isReadOnly(): boolean

Check if the editor is in read-only mode.

editor.api.dom.isComposing(): boolean

Check if the user is currently composing inside the editor from the DOM bridge.

editor.api.dom.isFocused(): boolean

Check if the DOM editor is focused.

editor.api.dom.isReadOnly(): boolean

Check if the DOM editor is in read-only mode.

Focus And Selection

editor.api.dom.blur(): void

Blur the editor.

editor.api.dom.focus(options?: { retries: number }): void

Focus the editor.

editor.api.dom.deselect(): void

Clear the native DOM selection and the Plite selection.

DOM Scope

editor.api.dom.root(): HTMLElement | null

Return the mounted editor root element.

editor.api.dom.editable(root?: RootKey): HTMLElement | null

Return the mounted editable element for a Plite root.

editor.api.dom.scroll(): HTMLElement | null

Return the element used as the editor scroll container. It falls back to the editor root when no custom scroll element is registered.

DOM Translation

editor.api.dom.findKey(node: Node): Key

Find a key for a Plite node.

editor.api.dom.resolvePath(node: Node): Path | null

Resolve the current path of a Plite node. Returns null when the node is not mounted in the current editor value.

editor.api.dom.assertPath(node: Node): Path

Assert the current path of a Plite node.

editor.api.dom.hasDOMNode(target: DOMNode, options?: { editable?: boolean }): boolean

Check if a DOM node is within the editor.

editor.api.dom.hasEditableTarget(target: EventTarget | null): target is DOMNode

Check if the target is editable and in the editor.

editor.api.dom.hasSelectableTarget(target: EventTarget | null): boolean

Check if the target can be selected by the editor.

editor.api.dom.hasTarget(target: EventTarget | null): target is DOMNode

Check if the target is in the editor.

editor.api.dom.assertDOMNode(node: Node): HTMLElement

Assert the native DOM element for a Plite node.

editor.api.dom.resolveDOMNode(node: Node): HTMLElement | null

Resolve the native DOM element for a Plite node. Returns null when the Plite node is not mounted.

editor.api.dom.assertDOMPoint(point: Point): DOMPoint

Assert a native DOM selection point from a Plite point.

editor.api.dom.resolveDOMPoint(point: Point): DOMPoint | null

Resolve a native DOM selection point from a Plite point. Returns null when the Plite point is not currently mappable.

editor.api.dom.assertDOMRange(range: Range): DOMRange

Assert a native DOM range from a Plite range.

editor.api.dom.resolveDOMRange(range: Range): DOMRange | null

Resolve a native DOM range from a Plite range. Returns null when the Plite range is not currently mappable.

editor.api.dom.resolveRangeRect(range: Range): DOMRect | null

Resolve the bounding rect for a Plite range. Returns null when the range is not currently mappable to mounted DOM.

editor.api.dom.scrollIntoView(target: Point | Range | DOMRange, options?: ScrollIntoViewOptions): void

Scroll a Plite point, Plite range, or native DOM range into view. The DOM bridge uses the target range rect, so caret scrolling follows the actual selection position inside a text leaf.

editor.api.dom.assertPliteNode(domNode: DOMNode): Node

Assert a Plite node from a native DOM node.

editor.api.dom.resolvePliteNode(domNode: DOMNode): Node | null

Resolve a Plite node from a native DOM node. Returns null when the DOM node is not owned by the editor.

editor.api.dom.assertEventRange(event: unknown): Range

Assert the target range from a DOM event.

editor.api.dom.resolveEventRange(event: unknown): Range | null

Resolve the target range from a DOM event. Returns null when the event target cannot be mapped into the editor.

editor.api.dom.assertPlitePoint(domPoint: DOMPoint, options: { exactMatch: boolean; searchDirection?: 'backward' | 'forward' }): Point

Assert a Plite point from a DOM point.

editor.api.dom.resolvePlitePoint(domPoint: DOMPoint, options: { exactMatch: boolean; searchDirection?: 'backward' | 'forward' }): Point | null

Resolve a Plite point from a DOM point. Returns null when the DOM point is not currently mappable.

editor.api.dom.assertPliteRange(domRange: DOMRange | DOMStaticRange | DOMSelection, options: { exactMatch: boolean }): Range

Assert a Plite range from a DOM range or selection.

editor.api.dom.resolvePliteRange(domRange: DOMRange | DOMStaticRange | DOMSelection, options: { exactMatch: boolean }): Range | null

Resolve a Plite range from a DOM range or selection. Returns null when the DOM range is not currently mappable.

DOM Environment

editor.api.dom.findDocumentOrShadowRoot(): Document | ShadowRoot

Return the document or shadow root that owns the editor.

editor.api.dom.getWindow(): Window

Return the window that owns the editor.

editor.api.dom.hasRange(range: Range): boolean

Check whether a Plite range can currently be mapped to DOM.

editor.api.dom.isTargetInsideNonReadonlyVoid(target: EventTarget | null): boolean

Check whether a DOM event target is inside a non-read-only void element.

DataTransfer

editor.api.clipboard.insertData(data: DataTransfer): boolean

Insert data from a DataTransfer into the editor. Returns true when Plite or an extension inserts content. The call owns one transaction or joins the active one; extension handlers receive that transaction as tx.

Plite runs typed clipboard.insertData extension handlers first. A handler that returns true stops the default import path. When no handler claims the data, Plite tries an internal Plite fragment for the editor's configured clipboardFormatKey, then plain text.

editor.api.clipboard.insertFragmentData(data: DataTransfer): boolean

Insert Plite fragment data from a DataTransfer. Returns true when fragment content was inserted.

editor.api.clipboard.insertTextData(data: DataTransfer): boolean

Insert plain text data from a DataTransfer. Returns true when text content was inserted.

editor.api.clipboard.writeSelection(data: Pick<DataTransfer, 'getData' | 'setData'>): void

Write the current selection to a DataTransfer.

Plite writes plain text, HTML, and an internal Plite fragment payload. The fragment payload uses application/${clipboardFormatKey} and the HTML fallback is tagged with the same key, so differently configured editors do not blindly import each other's internal JSON. Use Clipboard And Paste for the full copy, paste, drop, and fragment insertion pipeline.