v0.38.0

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v0.38.0 is an monthly release with a lot of fixes and a few potentially breaking changes.

Breaking Changes

#7926 Static transforms from superclasses are always applied

Before $config there was a limited amount of "automatic" re-use of the static transform by subclasses, because class inheritance also inherits static methods, so you get the implementation of whatever static transform method was in the superclass if it wasn't overridden.

Now the application of these static transforms (whether by method or $config) is implicit. There is no need to call super if adding an additional transform. The implementation walks up the inheritance tree by $config extends or Object.getPrototypeOf and will register all transforms it finds.

#7936 Extension configuration for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension has been flattened

If you are using CodeHighlighterShikiExtension the configuration has changed.

Before:

configExtension(CodeHighlighterShikiExtension, {tokenizer: {...ShikiTokenizer, defaultTheme: …})

After:

configExtension(CodeHighlighterShikiExtension, {defaultTheme: …})

#7933 LexicalTableSelectionHelpers listener priorities lowered to HIGH from CRITICAL

This is unlikely to break most applications but the priority of these command listeners has been lowered to allow them to be overridden.

Highlights

Core:

• ✅ [lexical][lexical-list] Bug Fix: Apply static transform and $config $transform from all superclasses #7926 Apply static transform and $config $transform from all superclasses (fixes ListNode/ListItemNode subclassing)
• ✅ [lexical] Bug Fix: retain selection during updates on unfocused editor #7941 Retain lexical selection during updates on unfocused editors
• ✅ [lexical] Bug Fix: update block cursor if selection has changed #7947 Update block cursor if selection has changed

Extension:

• 🆕 [lexical-extension] Feature: Allow nodes config to be deferred for circular dependency reasons #7930 Allow nodes config to be deferred for circular dependency reasons
• ⚠️ [lexical-link][lexical-code-shiki][examples] Feature: Implement mergeConfig for LinkExtension and flatten config for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension #7936 Implement mergeConfig for LinkExtension and flatten config for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension

List:

• 🆕 [lexical-list] Bug Fix: fix pasting checklist from joplin #7946 importDOM support for joplin checklists

Table:

• ⚠️ [lexical-table] Chore: Lower table handler command priority #7933 Lower table handler command priority

Clipboard:

• ✅ [lexical-clipboard] Bug Fix: Log exceptions in clipboard paste handler #7942 Log exceptions in clipboard paste handlers

Link:

• 🆕 [lexical-link] Feature: Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text #7944 Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text

React:

• ✅ [lexical-react] Bug Fix: Add getServerSnapshot for RSC compatibility #7935 Add getServerSnapshot for improved RSC compatibility

Collab v2:

• ✅ [lexical-yjs] Fix: skip elements that were added and removed between snapshots #7922 Skip elements that were added and removed between snapshots

Code:

• ✅ [lexical-code] Bug Fix: Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks #7921 Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks

Markdown:

• ✅ [lexical-markdown] Fix: bugs in normalizeMarkdown #7812 Fix bugs in normalizeMarkdown when using shouldMergeAdjacentLines
• ✅ [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Prevent Markdown links with empty string link text from being automatically removed #7923 Prevent markdown links with empty strings from being automatically removed
• ✅ [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Fix implicit checklist marker export regression #7928 Fix implicit checklist marker export regression

Playground:

• ✅ [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Fix image caption overflow issue #7920 Fix image caption overflow

Examples:

• 🧹 [examples] Chore: Remove #7859 workaround from svelte example #7939 Remove workaround from svelte example

Documentation:

• 🧹 [lexical-website] Chore: Update docusuarus and add contributing docs #7931 Update docusaurus and contributing docs

What's Changed

• v0.37.0 by @etrepum in v0.37.0 #7910
• Update examples for v0.37.0 by @etrepum in Update examples for v0.37.0 #7911
• [Documentation] Chore: Update bounty program link in CONTRIBUTING.md by @mustkem in [Documentation] Chore: Update bounty program link in CONTRIBUTING.md #7915
• [lexical-yjs] Fix: skip elements that were added and removed between snapshots by @james-atticus in [lexical-yjs] Fix: skip elements that were added and removed between snapshots #7922
• [lexical-code] Bug Fix: Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks by @ashmod in [lexical-code] Bug Fix: Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks #7921
• [lexical-markdown] Fix: bugs in normalizeMarkdown by @GermanJablo in [lexical-markdown] Fix: bugs in normalizeMarkdown #7812
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Fix image caption overflow issue by @ritoban23 in [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Fix image caption overflow issue #7920
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Prevent Markdown links with empty string link text from being automatically removed by @adambolcsfoldi in [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Prevent Markdown links with empty string link text from being automatically removed #7923
• [lexical-website] Chore: Update docusuarus and add contributing docs by @etrepum in [lexical-website] Chore: Update docusuarus and add contributing docs #7931
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Fix implicit checklist marker export regression by @etrepum in [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Fix implicit checklist marker export regression #7928
• [lexical][lexical-list] Bug Fix: Apply static transform and $config $transform from all superclasses by @etrepum in [lexical][lexical-list] Bug Fix: Apply static transform and $config $transform from all superclasses #7926
• [lexical-extension] Feature: Allow nodes config to be deferred for circular dependency reasons by @etrepum in [lexical-extension] Feature: Allow nodes config to be deferred for circular dependency reasons #7930
• [lexical-website] Documentation Update: change setText to setTextContent by @bbertold in [lexical-website] Documentation Update: change setText to setTextContent #7932
• [lexical-react] Bug Fix: Add getServerSnapshot for RSC compatibility by @nestarz in [lexical-react] Bug Fix: Add getServerSnapshot for RSC compatibility #7935
• [lexical-link][lexical-code-shiki][examples] Feature: Implement mergeConfig for LinkExtension and flatten config for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension by @etrepum in [lexical-link][lexical-code-shiki][examples] Feature: Implement mergeConfig for LinkExtension and flatten config for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension #7936
• [lexical-table] Chore: Lower table handler command priority by @patrick-atticus in [lexical-table] Chore: Lower table handler command priority #7933
• [lexical] Bug Fix: retain selection during updates on unfocused editor by @fantactuka in [lexical] Bug Fix: retain selection during updates on unfocused editor #7941
• [lexical-clipboard] Bug Fix: Log exceptions in clipboard paste handler by @niikkhilsharma in [lexical-clipboard] Bug Fix: Log exceptions in clipboard paste handler #7942
• [lexical-link] Feature: Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text by @normtronics in [lexical-link] Feature: Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text #7944
• [lexical] Bug Fix: update block cursor if selection has changed by @fantactuka in [lexical] Bug Fix: update block cursor if selection has changed #7947
• [lexical-list] Bug Fix: fix pasting checklist from joplin by @antsgar in [lexical-list] Bug Fix: fix pasting checklist from joplin #7946
• [examples] Chore: Remove [lexical-headless][lexical-html] Bug Fix: Fix entrypoint for @lexical/headless/dom and generalize $generateNodesFromDOM #7859 workaround from svelte example by @etrepum in [examples] Chore: Remove #7859 workaround from svelte example #7939

New Contributors

• @mustkem made their first contribution in [Documentation] Chore: Update bounty program link in CONTRIBUTING.md #7915
• @ashmod made their first contribution in [lexical-code] Bug Fix: Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks #7921
• @ritoban23 made their first contribution in [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Fix image caption overflow issue #7920
• @adambolcsfoldi made their first contribution in [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Prevent Markdown links with empty string link text from being automatically removed #7923
• @bbertold made their first contribution in [lexical-website] Documentation Update: change setText to setTextContent #7932
• @nestarz made their first contribution in [lexical-react] Bug Fix: Add getServerSnapshot for RSC compatibility #7935
• @normtronics made their first contribution in [lexical-link] Feature: Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text #7944
• @antsgar made their first contribution in [lexical-list] Bug Fix: fix pasting checklist from joplin #7946

Full Changelog: v0.37.0...v0.38.0

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