Selecting multiblock text precisely

[kiliandr]

I found out that it is not possible to select text that spans over multiple blocks without selecting the whole blocks..

Steps to reproduce:

1. go to https://codepen.io/kili123/pen/MWzOQNM
2. select the text between the arrows ---> [text to select] <---
3. it selects all affected blocks but not only the chars between the arrows

Expected behavior: It should only select the chars between the array like selecting normal text in browsers...

Device, Browser, OS: Windows, Android

Editor.js version: 2.27.2

Plugins you use with their versions: none

[jarodxu12]

It is essential for a text editor to have the ability to select specific characters. However, I'm not sure if this is a mechanism of editor.js or a bug. From a user's perspective, it is definitely a necessary feature.

[rondorkerin]

Are you guys ever planning on getting multiblock select done? My editor has AI writing and I need to be able to get the text selected when you do a multiblock select, but theres nothing in the API for getting it and it doesnt obey the actual window selection api. There should at the very least be an api method to get the current selection as text or a list of blocks at least.

If someone wants to do this we can pay a $200 bounty

[markolofsen]

Are you guys ever planning on getting multiblock select done? My editor has AI writing and I need to be able to get the text selected when you do a multiblock select, but theres nothing in the API for getting it and it doesnt obey the actual window selection api. There should at the very least be an api method to get the current selection as text or a list of blocks at least.

If someone wants to do this we can pay a $200 bounty

I can do)

[vincentpotato]

Was this every implemented? Would love to have this feature

[vincentpotato]

Was this every implemented? Would love to have this feature

[isnolan]

+1

[neSpecc]

I've already started working on it. Currently the feature is on pause, but I'm planning to return to it.

[RomeoApps]

I opened a normal PR for the selected-text / selected-block API path here: #3011

Scope: api.selection.getSelectedText() returns native selected text when a normal range is active, or selected-block text for Editor.js cross-block selection; api.selection.getSelectedBlocks() returns Editor.js cross-block selected BlockAPI[]. It also preserves native editable drags instead of converting them into whole-block selection.

Fresh validation on the PR branch: git diff --check, focused ESLint, yarn build:test, yarn build, and focused Cypress selection spec 3/3.

If this is selected for the $200 API bounty from the thread, the dedicated payment link is: https://buy.stripe.com/00w9AM5zV76paHN8OEbZe1T

Romeo / romeoapps.com