Block Selection

A visual overlay for selected blocks.

Installation

npx shadcx@latest add plate/block-selection

Examples

Block Selection

Block Selection

Block selection allows you to select multiple blocks at once.You can initiate a selection by clicking and dragging from the editor padding.
Key features of block selection:
  • Select multiple blocks.
  • Keep pressing Shift to keep the previous selection. That way, you can select non-contiguous blocks.
  • Perform bulk actions on selected blocks
Files
components/demo.tsx
'use client';

import React from 'react';

import { Plate } from '@udecode/plate-common/react';

import { editorPlugins } from '@/components/editor/plugins/editor-plugins';
import { useCreateEditor } from '@/components/editor/use-create-editor';
import { Editor, EditorContainer } from '@/components/plate-ui/editor';

import { DEMO_VALUES } from './values/demo-values';

export function Demo({ id }: { id: string }) {
  const editor = useCreateEditor({
    plugins: [...editorPlugins],
    value: DEMO_VALUES[id],
  });

  return (
    <Plate editor={editor}>
      <EditorContainer variant="demo">
        <Editor />
      </EditorContainer>
    </Plate>
  );
}

Plate Plus

  • Beautifully crafted UI