feat: add optional method to decoration object (#5776)

.changeset/tiny-cheetahs-ring.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'slate': minor
+---
+
+Add `merge` optional function to decorations and change related type signatures to `DecoratedRange`. Now developers can specify how two decoration object with the same key but different value are merged together if they overlap"

docs/api/nodes/text.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ If a `props.text` property is passed in, it will be ignored.
 
 If there are properties in `text` that are not in `props`, those will be ignored when it comes to testing for a match.
 
-#### `Text.decorations(node: Text, decorations: Range[]) => Text[]`
+#### `Text.decorations(node: Text, decorations: DecoratedRange[]) => Text[]`
 
 Get the leaves for a text node, given `decorations`.
 

packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   Range,
   Text,
   Transforms,
+  DecoratedRange,
 } from 'slate'
 import { useAndroidInputManager } from '../hooks/android-input-manager/use-android-input-manager'
 import useChildren from '../hooks/use-children'
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export interface RenderLeafProps {
  */
 
 export type EditableProps = {
-  decorate?: (entry: NodeEntry) => Range[]
+  decorate?: (entry: NodeEntry) => DecoratedRange[]
   onDOMBeforeInput?: (event: InputEvent) => void
   placeholder?: string
   readOnly?: boolean
@@ -1876,7 +1877,7 @@ export const DefaultPlaceholder = ({
  * A default memoized decorate function.
  */
 
-export const defaultDecorate: (entry: NodeEntry) => Range[] = () => []
+export const defaultDecorate: (entry: NodeEntry) => DecoratedRange[] = () => []
 
 /**
  * A default implement to scroll dom range into view.

packages/slate-react/src/components/element.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import getDirection from 'direction'
 import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { JSX } from 'react'
-import { Editor, Element as SlateElement, Node, Range } from 'slate'
+import {
+  Editor,
+  Element as SlateElement,
+  Node,
+  Range,
+  DecoratedRange,
+} from 'slate'
 import { ReactEditor, useReadOnly, useSlateStatic } from '..'
 import useChildren from '../hooks/use-children'
 import { isElementDecorationsEqual } from 'slate-dom'
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ import Text from './text'
  */
 
 const Element = (props: {
-  decorations: Range[]
+  decorations: DecoratedRange[]
   element: SlateElement
   renderElement?: (props: RenderElementProps) => JSX.Element
   renderPlaceholder: (props: RenderPlaceholderProps) => JSX.Element

packages/slate-react/src/components/text.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useRef } from 'react'
-import { Element, Range, Text as SlateText } from 'slate'
+import { Element, DecoratedRange, Text as SlateText } from 'slate'
 import { ReactEditor, useSlateStatic } from '..'
 import { isTextDecorationsEqual } from 'slate-dom'
 import {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import Leaf from './leaf'
  */
 
 const Text = (props: {
-  decorations: Range[]
+  decorations: DecoratedRange[]
   isLast: boolean
   parent: Element
   renderPlaceholder: (props: RenderPlaceholderProps) => JSX.Element

packages/slate-react/src/hooks/use-children.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { Ancestor, Descendant, Editor, Element, Range } from 'slate'
+import {
+  Ancestor,
+  Descendant,
+  Editor,
+  Element,
+  Range,
+  DecoratedRange,
+} from 'slate'
 import {
   RenderElementProps,
   RenderLeafProps,
@@ -19,7 +26,7 @@ import { useSlateStatic } from './use-slate-static'
  */
 
 const useChildren = (props: {
-  decorations: Range[]
+  decorations: DecoratedRange[]
   node: Ancestor
   renderElement?: (props: RenderElementProps) => JSX.Element
   renderPlaceholder: (props: RenderPlaceholderProps) => JSX.Element

packages/slate-react/src/hooks/use-decorate.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { createContext, useContext } from 'react'
-import { Range, NodeEntry } from 'slate'
+import { DecoratedRange, NodeEntry } from 'slate'
 
 /**
  * A React context for sharing the `decorate` prop of the editable.
  */
 
-export const DecorateContext = createContext<(entry: NodeEntry) => Range[]>(
-  () => []
-)
+export const DecorateContext = createContext<
+  (entry: NodeEntry) => DecoratedRange[]
+>(() => [])
 
 /**
  * Get the current `decorate` prop of the editable.
  */
 
-export const useDecorate = (): ((entry: NodeEntry) => Range[]) => {
+export const useDecorate = (): ((entry: NodeEntry) => DecoratedRange[]) => {
   return useContext(DecorateContext)
 }

packages/slate/src/interfaces/text.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ export interface TextEqualsOptions {
   loose?: boolean
 }
 
+export type DecoratedRange = Range & {
+  /**
+   * Customize how another decoration is merged into a text node. If not specified, `Object.assign` would be used.
+   * It is useful for overlapping decorations with the same key but different values.
+   */
+  merge?: (leaf: Text, decoration: object) => void
+}
+
 export interface TextInterface {
   /**
    * Check if two text nodes are equal.
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ export interface TextInterface {
   /**
    * Get the leaves for a text node given decorations.
    */
-  decorations: (node: Text, decorations: Range[]) => Text[]
+  decorations: (node: Text, decorations: DecoratedRange[]) => Text[]
 }
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-redeclare
@@ -103,16 +111,17 @@ export const Text: TextInterface = {
     return true
   },
 
-  decorations(node: Text, decorations: Range[]): Text[] {
+  decorations(node: Text, decorations: DecoratedRange[]): Text[] {
     let leaves: Text[] = [{ ...node }]
 
     for (const dec of decorations) {
-      const { anchor, focus, ...rest } = dec
+      const { anchor, focus, merge: mergeDecoration, ...rest } = dec
       const [start, end] = Range.edges(dec)
       const next = []
       let leafEnd = 0
       const decorationStart = start.offset
       const decorationEnd = end.offset
+      const merge = mergeDecoration ?? Object.assign
 
       for (const leaf of leaves) {
         const { length } = leaf.text
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ export const Text: TextInterface = {
 
         // If the range encompasses the entire leaf, add the range.
         if (decorationStart <= leafStart && leafEnd <= decorationEnd) {
-          Object.assign(leaf, rest)
+          merge(leaf, rest)
           next.push(leaf)
           continue
         }
@@ -157,7 +166,7 @@ export const Text: TextInterface = {
           middle = { ...middle, text: middle.text.slice(off) }
         }
 
-        Object.assign(middle, rest)
+        merge(middle, rest)
 
         if (before) {
           next.push(before)

packages/slate/test/interfaces/Text/decorations/merge.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Text } from 'slate'
+
+const merge = (leaf: Text, dec: { decoration: number[] }) => {
+  const { decoration, ...rest } = dec
+  leaf.decoration = [...(leaf.decoration ?? []), ...decoration]
+  Object.assign(leaf, rest)
+}
+
+export const input = [
+  {
+    anchor: {
+      path: [0],
+      offset: 0,
+    },
+    focus: {
+      path: [0],
+      offset: 2,
+    },
+    merge,
+    decoration: [1, 2, 3],
+  },
+  {
+    anchor: {
+      path: [0],
+      offset: 1,
+    },
+    focus: {
+      path: [0],
+      offset: 3,
+    },
+    merge,
+    decoration: [4, 5, 6],
+  },
+]
+export const test = decorations => {
+  return Text.decorations({ text: 'abc', mark: 'mark' }, decorations)
+}
+export const output = [
+  {
+    text: 'a',
+    mark: 'mark',
+    decoration: [1, 2, 3],
+  },
+  {
+    text: 'b',
+    mark: 'mark',
+    decoration: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
+  },
+  {
+    text: 'c',
+    mark: 'mark',
+    decoration: [4, 5, 6],
+  },
+]