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Status: deferred. This is an interesting simplification, but its effect is too large to review now. We will continue it later. Do not merge it before the follow-ups below are done.

Goal

Every block uses one code path. Before this PR, regular blocks and container blocks used different paths for the node view, the attributes of a frame's root, and internal HTML. With this PR:

  • The default DOM structure of a regular block (.bn-block-outer > .bn-block) is a frame: the default frame.
  • The node view of every block is its frame: the frame's root is the view's dom, and the frame's slot holds the content and children.
  • A custom frame (renderFrame) replaces the whole default structure, the same as a container's frame.

The result must make the code simpler. Without tests and CSS, the source changes by +365 / −445 lines compared with container-blocks/unified (−80). Before the second commit, it was +127.

Commits

  1. React frames decline like vanilla; a frame's root is the block's element (from a background agent): +267 / −140 in the source.
    • React frames decline with a new optional hasFrame(props), like a vanilla renderFrame that returns undefined. The NodeViewWrapper fallback is removed. renderFrame must return an element; it cannot return null.
    • A regular block's frame root replaces .bn-block as the block's element.
  2. The default DOM structure of a block is a frame: +246 / −453 in the source.
    • frameNodeView (in frame.ts) is the node view of every block. BlockContainer.addNodeView is one call to it. containerNodeView and frameNodeViewHooks are removed.
    • A frame view comes from React (frameView), from a vanilla renderFrame, or from the default frame. The unframed special case and the code that replaced .bn-block with a frame's root are removed.
    • stampFrame is the only function that stamps a frame's root, for vanilla, React and internal HTML. It replaces stampContainerFrame, applyContainerAttributes, stampBlockFrame and renderBlockElement.
    • Internal HTML has one path for every block (blockFrameDOM): the frame, then the content in the slot, then the children.
    • renderFrameDOM no longer adds markers, so the external HTML serializer no longer removes them from containers.

DOM

  • Block without a frame (no change): .bn-block-outer[blockOuter] > .bn-block[blockContainer] > content + .bn-block-group
  • Block with a frame, before: .bn-block-outer > .bn-block > frame root > … slot > content + .bn-block-group
  • Block with a frame, after: frame root.bn-block-outer[data-node-type="blockContainer"][data-id][colors] > … slot > content + .bn-block-group

Toggle blocks have frames, so this changes the DOM of default blocks too. On main, a toggle's chrome is in its content node view. container-blocks/unified already moves it into a frame, so the DOM of toggles changes in #3059 in all cases.

Caveats

  • React frames lose decorations. The node view's dom of a React frame is TipTap's wrapper, which has display: contents. ProseMirror puts node decorations on that dom: the data-prev-* animations and the drop target. Also the indent lines (::before) are on that element. An element with display: contents shows no margins, transitions or pseudo-elements. On unified, a React frame on a regular block is inside .bn-block-outer, so this is a regression for those blocks. Containers already have this problem on unified. The measureFrameRoot workaround fixes only measurements, not decorations.
  • CSS that selects .bn-block does not select blocks with a frame, toggles included. Use [data-node-type="blockContainer"]. overriding-css.mdx is updated.
  • domAttributes.block does not reach a frame's root, neither the class nor the other attributes (see BLO-1386).
  • Internal HTML changes for blocks with a frame (5 snapshots). The parse rule accepts any tag with data-node-type="blockContainer". Old HTML (a frame inside .bn-block) still parses; a test covers it.
  • A React frame that switches between framed and declined draws its block again. The content and children node views are made again, and their React state is reset. This is the same as for vanilla frames.
  • Breaking API for React frames (unreleased, new in Layout blocks and block frames (preview) #3059): renderFrame cannot return null; use hasFrame.
  • Containers are drawn again when their marks change (suggestion marks), the same as regular blocks and ProseMirror's default.

Follow-ups before merge

  1. Correct fix for React frames: make the frame's root the node view's dom, not TipTap's wrapper (see the FIXME on measureFrameRoot and Layout blocks and block frames (preview) #3059, review thread r4084731902). Without it, the first caveat stays.
  2. Performance testing: performance.test.ts (jsdom) shows no change: 1.5 ms for each keystroke in 5000 headings. Do these tests also:
    • in real browsers (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit), for blocks without a frame and for documents with many toggles;
    • for loading large documents (every block goes through frameNodeView);
    • for typing in blocks with a frame that has an update hook.
  3. Visual review: the static visual baseline did not change. Check the animations (data-prev-*), the indent lines and the drop highlight on toggles and on custom frames, by hand.
  4. Decisions:
    • the name hasFrame;
    • domAttributes.block on a frame's root (removed or copied);
    • the stricter return type of renderFrame.
  5. Docs: a short migration note for CSS that selects .bn-block.

Tests

  • Type-aware lint for the full repository.
  • Unit tests: all packages and the tests package.
  • Browser tests (Docker; Chromium, Firefox and WebKit), 785 tests: containers, React frames and containers, toggles, block colors, block DOM and geometry, end-to-end toggles, side menu, drag and drop, drag handle, multi-column, static visual baseline, custom blocks, colors, indentation, copy and paste, basics and keyboard handlers.

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  • New Features
    • Custom blocks can now conditionally display a frame based on their properties while keeping their content and children visible.
    • Rendered frames now serve as the block’s root element and retain the block’s identity and schema-defined attributes in HTML output.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified frame-rendering behavior and updated guidance for selecting block elements in CSS.

nperez0111 and others added 30 commits September 7, 2026 12:14
… for block plumbing

Replaces the BlockInfo union's isBlockContainer/childContainer/blockContent
shape with block/content/children, and annotates it with the facts callers
kept re-deriving by hand: contentStart/contentEnd, childrenStart/
childrenEnd, contentKind (read off the spec config stored on the node), and
isContentEmpty. The +1/-1 position arithmetic around content edges, tables
and child ranges moves into blockEdgePos/blockEdgeSelection/
tableContentCaretPos and the ChildrenInfo fields.

The six producers collapse to four named by the input you already have:
getBlockInfoFromNode, getBlockInfoAt, getBlockInfoNearPos,
getBlockInfoFromSelection. Block navigation (parent/prev/next/last-
descendant) joins them here instead of living beside the merge command.

All block manipulation (insert/move/nest/replace/split/update, selections,
clipboard, serialization, conversions, keyboard shortcuts) is rewired onto
the new vocabulary. insertBlocks gains "first-child"/"last-child"
placements resolved through getInsertionPos, shared with the move commands
so "can this block go here?" has one schema-driven answer; hand-written
nodes are checked against their declared content kind when the schema is
built (checkNodeMatchesConfig).
Resolve block shape directly, validate wrapper structure at the BlockInfo boundary, and convert content from the established content kind. Move insertion resolution into BlockInfo and use node bounds for last-descendant navigation, updating callers and regression coverage.
Build container ownership and editing on the BlockInfo helpers. Keep repair policy centralized, use the existing NodeView lifecycle for JS and React frames, and expose shared helpers through the core entrypoint.
Tests for the toggle heading and the toggle list item, covering the
toggle bugs under BLO-1018 and the rest of their editing behaviour. Every
test runs for both blocks.

The expected behaviour is Notion's (compared on 2026-09-29), with one
exception: a toggle heading turned into a regular heading keeps its
children nested. Tests for behaviour that BlockNote does not have yet use
`it.fails`, so they fail once it is implemented and must then be changed
to `it`:

- Enter at the end of an open toggle's title adds a first child (BLO-929)
- Enter mid-title moves the rest of the title into a first child (BLO-949)
- Enter on an empty last child adds another child
- Backspace at the start of the first child merges into the title
  (fixed by #3124)
- the toggle stays open when its last child is removed or moved out
- Enter in an empty toggle heading makes a regular heading
- Mod-Alt-2 and the slash menu turn a toggle heading into a regular
  heading (BLO-959)
- ArrowDown moves out of an open, empty toggle (BLO-956)
- a block dropped into an open, empty toggle becomes its child (BLO-956)

Keyboard and open-state tests are browser unit tests next to the toggle
code. Drag and drop, the side menu and the placeholder need the full
editor view, so they are end-to-end tests.
The toggle heading and the toggle list item now draw their chevron and
"Add block" button with `renderFrame` (`createToggleFrame`), instead of
wrapping their content with `createToggleWrapper`. `render` draws only the
heading or paragraph.

- The toggle logic goes from about 200 to about 100 lines: the frame's
  `update` hook replaces an editor-wide `onChange` listener per toggle,
  and `ignoreMutation`, `destroy` and the listener clean-up go away.
- A heading that is not toggleable gets no frame.
- ArrowDown now moves the caret out of an open, empty toggle (BLO-956):
  the "Add block" button no longer sits inside the content element.
- The frame keeps the `bn-toggle-wrapper` class and `data-show-children`,
  so existing CSS and the internal HTML export still find it.

A frame moves `.bn-block-content` one level down, and `Block.css` selects
it as a direct child of `.bn-block` in many places. Heading sizes and the
block colours that also apply to a block's children therefore get a
second selector for the toggle frame. The chevron rotation now applies
only to a toggle's own chevron, so a closed toggle nested in an open one
keeps its chevron.

`createToggleWrapper` and the React `ToggleWrapper` stay, because custom
blocks use them.
Blocks declare how the keyboard treats them with a `keyboard` option on
their implementation (Enter, Shift-Enter, reset, empty-child Enter,
outdenting), instead of deriving it from a `children` config. A container is
marked with `container: true`; `children` only restricts its child types or
count, and defaults to `{ allow: "blocks" }` for every block.

- List items and toggles declare their Enter behaviour as settings; the
  per-block list Enter handlers and the unused ListItemKeyboardShortcuts
  file are removed.
- Enter at the start of a non-empty block inserts an empty block above, so
  the block keeps its id, props and children (#550).
- Toggles: Enter on an open toggle goes into its children, a closed toggle
  keeps them; the chevron has an accessible name and `aria-expanded`, which
  also drives the CSS (replaces `data-show-children`).
- A toggle heading turned into a regular heading by the shortcut, the
  markdown rule or the slash menu stops being a toggle.
- Backspace after a block whose own content is not rich text (a code block)
  merges into its last child block.
- Removes `createToggleWrapper`, the React `ToggleWrapper` and the
  toggleable-blocks example; `meta.hardBreakShortcut` is deprecated.
A block mapping is a plain function (the exporter places the block's
children) or `{ withChildren }`, which receives the rendered children and
places them itself. A container with a plain mapping throws.
The block's element (`.bn-block`) carries its text and background color, set
by the block container's node view and the internal HTML serializer. The
color rules in Block.css no longer look for the content as a direct child,
so they work when a frame puts the content at any depth, and the toggle
specific copies go away.
- Restore the toggle heading size and weight rules, which the block color
  change dropped, and test that a toggle heading looks like a heading.
- Keep a keyboard setting's default when a keyboard function returns it as
  `undefined`, instead of crashing Backspace.
- Resolve a block's keyboard settings against the document of the command
  that asks.
- Tests: cover Shift-Enter on plain blocks with `keyboard` settings, remove
  the per-exporter "unmapped block" tests (core tests the error) and a
  duplicate Enter test, and update stale comments and names.
Brings in #3124 (nested Backspace) and ports it to this branch's BlockInfo
API (`block`, `content`, `children`, `hasContent`, `contentKind`):

- mergeBlocks: `mergeIntoParent` and the permissive sibling merge from #3124,
  in the new field names. The block above may be empty, as in Notion.
- KeyboardShortcutsExtension: #3124's Backspace order (merge before
  un-nest, un-nesting last) and its empty-block handler, in the new names.
- keyboardhandlers e2e: take main's `{End}` fix for the flaky caret.
- The characterization test for Backspace at the start of a nested first
  child now expects #3124's merge into the parent.
Brings in main (including #3124, nested Backspace, and #3062, Dark Reader
mutations) through #3051.

- mergeBlocks: #3124's merge into the parent is the general parent path;
  its content comes from `getMergeContent`, so an owned plain-text title
  still takes its first child's text. The sibling merge keeps plain-text
  handling and no longer refuses an empty block above (as in Notion).
- KeyboardShortcutsExtension: #3124's Backspace order (un-nest last) and
  its empty-block handler; a titled block with children above still takes
  the move-into-body branch, but the "must be inline" check is gone.
- nodeViewMutations: block content node views use #3062's Dark Reader rule.
  Frames keep ignoring their own chrome via a new
  `ignoreFrameChromeMutations` (marked TODO(review)).
- Keep both sides' new keyboard tests; regenerate the lockfile.
…-rules

Brings in main (#3124 nested Backspace, #3062 Dark Reader mutations) through
#3051 and #3059, and consolidates #3124 with the keyboard settings.

- mergeBlocks: #3124's merge into the parent replaces the interim "title's
  first child" code. `isTitle` is removed: only inline content merges, so a
  block with plain-text content never takes merged text (documented on
  `enter: "into-children"`). The block above may be empty (Notion).
- KeyboardShortcutsExtension: #3124's Backspace order (merge before
  un-nest); the final un-nest step respects `childrenCanOutdent`.
- Tests: keep both sides' keyboard tests; the block identity test for
  Backspace below an empty block now expects the Notion behaviour; the
  plain-text title merge test is removed.
- Keep the toggleable-blocks example deleted; reconcile the lockfile;
  regenerate example files for main's template.
A block dragged onto a toggle's title, chevron or "Add block" button
becomes its first child, as in Notion. The drop cursor shows the place
and the toggle is highlighted like a selected block.

- `meta.dropsIntoChildren` marks a block that takes drops this way.
- The drop cursor finds the target and a `handleDrop` plugin drops the
  blocks where the cursor shows them.
- Drag-and-drop events on frame chrome now reach ProseMirror.
- A toggle stays open when its last child is removed or moved out.
…550)

Backspace at the start of a block below an empty block with the same type
and props moves the block up into its place: it keeps its id, props and
children. Below an empty block of another type, the text still moves into
that block, which keeps its id, type and props (Notion, #3124). Delete at
the end of the empty block does the same.

Also: the placeholder extension sets its editor class through
ProseMirror's `attributes` prop instead of on `view.dom`. ProseMirror
flushed the outside change 20ms later, which could outlive the editor in
tests ("document is not defined").
`handleDrop` used the target from the last `dragover`. If the target
was removed in the meantime (e.g. by a collaborator), it threw halfway
through the move. It now looks up the target first and lets ProseMirror
drop the blocks when it is gone. The drop also clears the highlight.
…O-1236)

The block type select filtered a fixed item list by prop names and types.
With `allowToggleHeadings: false` it showed no headings at all, and with
`levels` it still showed every heading level.

`getDefaultBlockTypeItems(editor)` (core) now returns the block types that
the schema supports, with their props: headings for the configured levels,
toggle headings only when the heading has `isToggleable`. The slash menu
and the block type select both use it, each in its own order.

Breaking: `blockTypeSelectItems(dict)` is now `blockTypeSelectItems(editor)`.
The block implementation option for keyboard settings is now
`experimental_keyboard`. The API is still under discussion and may
change. The resolved settings on a schema spec stay at `keyboard`, and
the declared option is no longer kept on the spec.
…p isContainerConfig

- nestBlock: `sinkItem` opens its slice into the previous sibling and its block group only, never into the group's last child. Tab after a column list (or any container node) now nests the block instead of throwing. `insert` follows the open depth; the step is applied with `tr.step` again, since the schema cannot refuse it.
- `children.min` is only valid with an `allow` list. `{ allow: "blocks" }` cannot carry it; the type and `validateChildrenConfigs` enforce this. `min: 0` lets a container be empty.
- Remove `isContainerConfig`: it was a plain property check.
- Docs: trim the typst section on blocks that place their children; describe `insertBlocks` placements for all blocks; document the `children.min` rule.
- Cleanups: the mergeBlocks test asserts that children are lifted and the comment names `createChainableState`; `nodeToBlock` loop variable; `contentKind` doc; the Exporter's container check.
- Columns: Enter in an empty column block adds another block (`emptyChildEnter: "stay"`), as in Notion. Other containers keep the default, where an empty last block leaves the container.
- Split: the children of a split block follow the text after the caret into the new block again, as on `main`. The new keyboard setting `splitKeepsChildren` keeps them on the block. It defaults to `true` when Enter goes into the children, and closed toggles set it.
- `children.exclude` names the container types a container of any blocks does not hold. Columns exclude column lists, as on `main`. The content expression is built when the editor builds its ProseMirror schema, from the complete block specs.
- A block's `meta` is resolved once per spec (`resolveBlockMeta`), like its keyboard settings. `draggable` defaults to `false` for a named-only container, which can only live in its parent.
- Multi-column drop: dropping blocks onto a target they hold does nothing, instead of throwing `Block with ID ... not found` (a CI flake).
- Tests: Backspace at the start of a column's first block keeps the caret; column children; a browser test for the drop flake.
- Docs: keyboard settings, `children.exclude`, `meta.draggable`; no column example on the container page.
… rule

- A framed block's internal HTML marks its slot (`data-frame-slot-todo`), and the `blockContainer` parse rule reads only that element. Chrome a frame draws outside the slot no longer parses back as a paragraph. TODO: containers mark the same region with `data-children-of`; use one marker once container boxes move into `renderFrame`.
- External HTML leaves out `renderFrame`: a frame is editor chrome. A block that wants a wrapper returns one from `toExternalHTML`, with `childrenDOM` for its children.
- The test schema's callout always draws its chrome (no `this.renderType` branch), and the framed alert draws the same chrome, so the format-conversion tests cover both.
- One implementation of the props to `data-*` attribute rule (`propsToDataAttributes`, `setDataAttributes`, `applyDataAttributes`), used by blocks, inline content, tables, containers and the React specs. No output changes.
- Remove `isControl` from the side menu: it made the handle depend on whether a container's chrome is an element or padding.
Side menu files resolved from the container port of #3179 (meta.draggable
via isDraggable). blockDOM.ts stays in extensions/ (TableHandles uses it)
and gains getBlockElement and getDirectChildBlocks. renderFrame.test.ts no
longer imports the removed CONTAINER_SELECTOR.
- A container (`container: true`) declares only `renderFrame`; `render` is not permitted (`validateRenderHooks`). Its frame root carries the block's attributes.
- `render` returns only the block's content. Both HTML serializers call `renderFrame` themselves (`renderFrameDOM`).
- A block exports its frame unless it has its own `toExternalHTML`, which replaces the content and the frame. The spec has `toExternalHTML` only when the author wrote one.
- External HTML treats containers like regular blocks: no `data-node-type`, `data-id` or slot marker; props stay as `data-*`. Columns get `parse` functions, so they still round-trip. A container's children are kept when its own export places them nowhere.
- One slot marker (`data-frame-slot`) and finder (`findFrameSlot`). A frame's `dom` is an `HTMLElement`. `renderFrame`'s context no longer has `blockContentDOMAttributes`.
- React: frames take `slotRef`; `toExternalHTML` gets `childrenRef` (like core's `childrenDOM`); a container renders through `FrameNodeView`.
- `createBlockSpecFromTiptapNode` drops the unused `container`, `children` and `placeable` options.
- Main's doc comment for `render`'s `update` hook is restored.
One FrameView type for vanilla and React frames; BlockContainer's node view rebuilt from main's; whoever draws a frame stamps it; shared chrome rules (drag-and-drop and clipboard events go to ProseMirror); getBlockElementForNode for BlockPopover; containers never reuse another block's frame.
A React container's node view `dom` is TipTap's wrapper, which has
`display: contents` and so no box. nodeDOM boxes, coordsAtPos at the
container's edges, posToDOMRect, the drop cursor, the selection box and
scrolling measured 0,0,0,0.

This is a workaround: the wrapper's getBoundingClientRect and
getClientRects measure the frame's root instead. Other measurements of
the wrapper (offsetTop, observers, scrollIntoView on it) stay wrong. The
correct fix makes the frame's root the node view `dom` (FIXME in code).
From a background agent, rebased onto container-blocks/unified.

- React frames decline with a props-only `hasFrame`, like vanilla frames
  that return `undefined`. The NodeViewWrapper fallback is removed.
- A regular block's frame root replaces `.bn-block` as the block's
  element: it gets `data-node-type`, `data-id` and the colors. CSS and
  code that need the block's element use `[data-node-type]`.
Every block now has one node view path (`frameNodeView`): the frame's
root is the view's `dom`, and its slot holds the content and children. A
regular block without its own frame gets the default frame,
`.bn-block-outer > .bn-block`. A custom frame replaces both elements, and
its root gets the class `bn-block-outer`.

- One stamping function (`stampFrame`) for vanilla, React and the
  internal HTML serializer. `applyContainerAttributes`, `stampBlockFrame`
  and `renderBlockElement` are removed.
- One internal HTML path for containers and regular blocks
  (`blockFrameDOM`). The external serializer no longer strips container
  markers, because `renderFrameDOM` no longer adds them.
- `BlockContainer` and container node views share `frameNodeView`.
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Block frames can now serve as block roots. React block implementations can omit frames based on block props through hasFrame. Core and React rendering, HTML serialization, editor selectors, documentation, and tests are updated for this structure.

Changes: Block Frame Rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Core frame DOM and node views
packages/core/src/schema/blocks/frame.ts, packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts, packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts, packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts, packages/core/src/schema/blocks/containerAttributes.ts, packages/core/src/index.ts, packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.test.ts, packages/core/src/schema/blocks/renderFrame.test.ts
Shared frame helpers stamp block identity and attributes on frame roots, provide default frames, and manage framed and unframed node views. Container node views use the shared path. Tests check frame roots, type changes, and legacy markup parsing.
React conditional frame rendering
packages/react/src/schema/ReactBlockSpec.tsx, packages/react/src/schema/ReactBlockSpec.frame.browser.test.tsx, tests/src/unit/react/reactFrame.test.tsx, docs/content/docs/features/custom-schemas/custom-blocks.mdx, docs/content/docs/features/custom-schemas/container-blocks.mdx
React blocks add hasFrame to control framing from props. Rendered frames must provide slotRef, and frame roots receive block attributes. Tests cover frame toggles, content, and children.
HTML serialization
packages/core/src/api/exporters/html/util/serializeBlocksInternalHTML.ts, packages/core/src/api/exporters/html/util/serializeBlocksExternalHTML.ts, packages/core/src/schema/blocks/renderFrame.test.ts
Internal serialization places block output and children in the frame slot. External serialization applies schema-defined data attributes to container frames and retains frame identity markers.
Editor selectors and integrations
packages/core/src/blocks/ToggleWrapper/toggleBlocks.browser.test.ts, packages/core/src/editor/Block.css, packages/react/src/editor/styles.css, packages/xl-ai/src/components/AIMenu/AIMenuController.tsx, tests/src/end-to-end/toggleblocks/toggleblocks.test.tsx, tests/src/unit/react/blockElementForNode.test.tsx, docs/content/docs/react/styling-theming/overriding-css.mdx
Styles, AI menu lookup, and toggle helpers use block-container attributes or frame slots to identify block elements. Documentation and tests describe and check frame roots as block elements.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ReactBlockSpec
  participant hasFrame
  participant renderFrame
  participant stampFrame
  ReactBlockSpec->>hasFrame: Evaluate block props
  hasFrame-->>ReactBlockSpec: Return frame decision
  alt Frame is enabled
    ReactBlockSpec->>renderFrame: Render frame with props
    renderFrame-->>ReactBlockSpec: Return element with slotRef
    ReactBlockSpec->>stampFrame: Stamp frame root
  else Frame is declined
    ReactBlockSpec-->>ReactBlockSpec: Render without frame
  end
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Copying or serializing regular blocks to internal HTML can drop some block-level attributes such as style and depth markers. The fix is a one-line change; the rest of the frame restructuring appears consistent. The PR is also marked deferred by its author.

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- Around line 139-154: Update the fallback in blockFrameDOM to pass block.props
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Comment on lines +139 to +154
export function blockFrameDOM(
editor: BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>,
block: { type: string; id?: string; props: Props<PropSchema> },
) {
const frame = renderFrameDOM(editor, block);
if (frame) {
stampFrame(frame, block, editor);
return frame;
}
const blockContainer = editor.pmSchema.nodes["blockContainer"];
const { dom, contentDOM } = blockContainer.spec.toDOM!(
blockContainer.create({ id: block.id }),
) as { dom: HTMLElement; contentDOM: HTMLElement };
setBlockColorAttributes(contentDOM, block.props);
return { dom, slot: contentDOM };
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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#!/bin/bash
rg -n -C5 'blockFrameDOM|toDOM' packages/core/src/api/exporters/html/util/serializeBlocksInternalHTML.ts
fd -e html . tests | rg -i 'internal|fullhtml' | head

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Length of output: 2427


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set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- current frame implementation ---'
sed -n '1,260p' packages/core/src/schema/blocks/frame.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- current internal HTML serializer ---'
sed -n '130,210p' packages/core/src/api/exporters/html/util/serializeBlocksInternalHTML.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- base internal HTML serializer ---'
git show a9fe81730c2c60c94b6d9bc1c283693e64a70e6d:packages/core/src/api/exporters/html/util/serializeBlocksInternalHTML.ts | sed -n '120,215p'
printf '%s\n' '--- block container declarations and attribute handling ---'
rg -n -C6 --glob '*.ts' -- 'blockContainer|domAttributes|setBlockColorAttributes|marks' packages/core/src/schema packages/core/src/api/exporters/html packages/core/src | head -n 260
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant tests ---'
rg -n -C4 --glob '*.{ts,tsx,html}' -- 'blocksToFullHTML|internalHTML|domAttributes\.block|data-content-type|blockColor|depth' tests packages/core | head -n 300

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set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- current BlockContainer declaration ---'
nl -ba packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts | sed -n '1,220p'
printf '%s\n' '--- current DOM attribute plumbing ---'
rg -n -C8 --glob '*.ts' -- 'domAttributes|applyDOMAttributes|blockContainer.*toDOM|toDOM.*blockContainer|create\(\{' packages/core/src | head -n 320
printf '%s\n' '--- complete base serializer non-container branch ---'
git show a9fe81730c2c60c94b6d9bc1c283693e64a70e6d:packages/core/src/api/exporters/html/util/serializeBlocksInternalHTML.ts | nl -ba | sed -n '145,235p'
printf '%s\n' '--- changed diff for frame and serializer ---'
git diff a9fe81730c2c60c94b6d9bc1c283693e64a70e6d ca305e9fb508b06d4af79008246115acea3a8e86 -- packages/core/src/schema/blocks/frame.ts packages/core/src/api/exporters/html/util/serializeBlocksInternalHTML.ts packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- block marks and node creation ---'
rg -n -C5 --glob '*.ts' -- 'blockContainer\.create|Node\.create|marks:|Mark\.sameSet|domAttributes\.block|domAttributes' packages/core/src packages/core/test tests/src | head -n 360

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nl -ba packages/core/src/schema/blocks/frame.ts | sed -n '136,155p'
nl -ba packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts | sed -n '13,100p'
printf '%s\n' '--- exact base serializer wrapper ---'
git show a9fe81730c2c60c94b6d9bc1c283693e64a70e6d:packages/core/src/api/exporters/html/util/serializeBlocksInternalHTML.ts | nl -ba | sed -n '185,225p'
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant current type contract ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- base/current diff for the fallback and tests ---'
git diff --unified=12 a9fe81730c2c60c94b6d9bc1c283693e64a70e6d ca305e9fb508b06d4af79008246115acea3a8e86 -- packages/core/src/schema/blocks/frame.ts packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts packages/core/src/editor/BlockNoteEditor.test.ts | sed -n '1,280p'

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Length of output: 17810


Preserve block props in the default internal frame.

The fallback creates blockContainer with only id, unlike the previous serializer, which also passed props. Internal HTML can therefore omit attributes such as data-block-style, data-depth, and data-depth-change.

🐛 Suggested fix
-    blockContainer.create({ id: block.id }),
+    blockContainer.create({ id: block.id, ...block.props }),
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Suggested change
export function blockFrameDOM(
editor: BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>,
block: { type: string; id?: string; props: Props<PropSchema> },
) {
const frame = renderFrameDOM(editor, block);
if (frame) {
stampFrame(frame, block, editor);
return frame;
}
const blockContainer = editor.pmSchema.nodes["blockContainer"];
const { dom, contentDOM } = blockContainer.spec.toDOM!(
blockContainer.create({ id: block.id }),
) as { dom: HTMLElement; contentDOM: HTMLElement };
setBlockColorAttributes(contentDOM, block.props);
return { dom, slot: contentDOM };
}
export function blockFrameDOM(
editor: BlockNoteEditor<any, any, any>,
block: { type: string; id?: string; props: Props<PropSchema> },
) {
const frame = renderFrameDOM(editor, block);
if (frame) {
stampFrame(frame, block, editor);
return frame;
}
const blockContainer = editor.pmSchema.nodes["blockContainer"];
const { dom, contentDOM } = blockContainer.spec.toDOM!(
blockContainer.create({ id: block.id, ...block.props }),
) as { dom: HTMLElement; contentDOM: HTMLElement };
setBlockColorAttributes(contentDOM, block.props);
return { dom, slot: contentDOM };
}
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Review comment at @packages/core/src/schema/blocks/frame.ts around lines 139 -
154:
Update the fallback in blockFrameDOM to pass block.props along with block.id
when creating the blockContainer node, preserving block properties in the
default internal frame.

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