v0.42.0

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v0.42.0 is a monthly release with a huge number of fixes and features from a lot of new contributors. The most notable fixes are related to tables, links, extensions, and markdown. @lexical/eslint-plugin is now fully compatible with eslint 9+. The production builds are also now generated in an ascii-only format which may considerably reduce memory usage in some deployment environments.

Breaking Changes

Prism highlighting extracted from @lexical/code #8198

Prism highlighting now lives in @lexical/code-prism and the Prism related functionality in @lexical/code is now deprecated. Transitionally, there is a @lexical/code-core package which has the implementation of Lexical's code functionality without a Prism dependency.

Experimental hasFitNestedTables has been moved to the playground #8210

Due to its experimental nature and incomplete implementation, the in-progress hasFitNestedTables functionality has been moved to the playground

New APIs

lexical - $copyNode + LexicalNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom & NodeState resetOnCopyNode

After $copyNode is used it now calls copiedNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom(originalNode) which will reset every NodeState that has resetOnCopyNode: true in its configuration. Subclasses can override this method to reset other "ephemeral" state such as whether a ListNodeItem is checked or not.

Note that this does not influence serialization or copy and paste operations, it only affects calls to $copyNode.

@lexical/utils - $insertNodeIntoLeaf

The current behavior RangeSelection.insertNodes can split an inline ElementNode (e.g. a LinkNode) when inserting content, even if that content is also inline and could be a child of the given node. $insertNodeIntoLeaf is now provided to insert a node without splitting any containing nodes.

Highlights

Core:

• 🧹 [lexical] Chore: Change alias from type to interface for EditorThemeClasses #8190 Change EditorThemeClasses from type to interface
• ✅ [lexical] Bug Fix: respect CSS scroll-padding in scrollIntoViewIfNeeded #8218 Respect CSS scroll-padding in scrollIntoViewIfNeeded
• ✅ [lexical] Bug Fix: When the editor starts with an empty list item, pressing ctrl+backspace (deleteWord) should replace the list with a paragraph #8220 deleteWord now behaves the same as deleteCharacter when at the edge of an ElementNode
• 🆕 [lexical][lexical-list][lexical-markdown] Feature: resetOnCopyNode configuration to NodeState and LexicalNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom hook #8221 resetOnCopyNode configuration to NodeState and LexicalNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom hook
• 🆕 [lexical] Feature: LexicalEditor RootListener and EditableListener can return unregister callbacks #8219 LexicalEditor RootListener and EditableListener can return unregister callbacks
• ✅ [lexical] Fix: Consecutive Linebreak insertion resets selection format #8222 Consecutive Linebreak insertion now preserves selection format

Code:

• ⚠️ [lexical-code] Breaking Change: Extract Prism code highlighting to @lexical/code-prism (with internal module @lexical/code-core to avoid circular import) #8198 Extract Prism highlighting code to @lexical/code-prism and add @lexical/code-core to provide a dependency that does not include Prism. @lexical/code remains backwards compatible with Prism included, but you should migrate to using highlighting from @lexical/code-shiki or @lexical/code-prism.

Devtools:

• ✅ [lexical-devtools-core] Bug Fix: Clean up strict mode useLexicalCommandsLog behavior #8230 Clean up strict mode useLexicalCommandsLog behavior

Extension:

• 🆕 [lexical-extension][lexical-react] Feature: LexicalExtensionEditorComposer, NestedEditorExtension, and fixed SharedHistoryExtension with playground refactor #8202 LexicalExtensionEditorComposer, NestedEditorExtension, and fixed SharedHistoryExtension with playground refactor

Markdown:

• ✅ [lexical-markdown] Fix: enforce CommonMark flanking rules for trailing spaces #8170 Enforce CommonMark flanking rules for trailing spaces
• ✅ [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: update backslash escape handling to align with CommonMark #8192 Update backslash handling to comply with CommonMark
• ✅ [lexical-markdown][lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Convert tabs in TabNode at import #8211 Convert tabs to TabNode on import

Link:

• ✅ [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Enable autolink matching when it unlinked #8165 Enable autolink matching when unlinked
• 🆕 [lexical-link] Feature : Merge adjacent LinkNodes with identical attributes #8236 Merge adjacent LinkNodes with identical attributes

Eslint Plugin:

• 🧹 [lexical-eslint-plugin] Chore: update @lexical/eslint-plugin for better eslint 9+ support, finish jest to vitest migration #8227 Add flat configuration and full eslint 9+ support for @lexical/eslint-plugin

List:

• 🆕 [lexical-list] Fix: create copies ListNode/ListItemNode in split-like operations #8213 Create copies of ListNode/ListItemNode in split-like operations

React:

• 🧹[lexical-react] Revert revert: Remove deprecated ContextMenu, consolidate menu rendering with backward-compatible menuRenderFn #8199 Remove deprecated ContextMenu, consolidate menu rendering with backward-compatible menuRenderFn

Table:

• ✅ [lexical-table] Refactor: use monolithic listener for table SELECTION_CHANGE_COMMAND and deselection handler #8187 Use monolithic listener for SELECTION_CHANGE_COMMAND and deselection handler
• ✅ [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Improve nested table selection by using monolithic pointer event handling #8193 Improve nested table selection by using monolithic pointer event handling
• ✅ [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Prevent single-cell table selection after exiting table selection #8195 Prevent single-cell table selection after exiting table selection
• ✅ [lexical-table] Refactor: Call $handleTableSelectionChangeCommand once instead of per-table #8200 Call $handleTableSelectionChangeCommand once instead of per-table
• 🧹 [lexical-table] Chore: add test for mouse leaving browser window during table selection #8215 Add test for mouse leaving browser window during table selection
• ⚠️ [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Breaking change: Move hasFitNestedTables logic to Playground plugin #8210 hasFitNestedTables functionality moved to the playground
• ✅ [lexical-table] Bug Fix: handle table selections crossing into/out of nested tables #8234 Handle table selections crossing into/out of nested tables

Utils:

• 🆕 [lexical-utils][lexical-playground] Feature: Add $insertNodeIntoLeaf and insert deeply DateTimeNode #8206 Add $insertNodeIntoLeaf with example usage in playground DateTimeNode

Misc:

• 🧹 [lexical-code][lexical-mark][lexical-react][lexical-table][lexical-rich-text][lexical-link] Bug Fix: Add and fix afterCloneFrom implementations #8229 [lexical-rich-text] Bug Fix: use writable node in HeadingNode.setTag #8235 [lexical-link]: Refactor: add afterCloneFrom method to LinkNode/AutoLinkNode #8226 [lexical-playground][lexical-react] Bug Fix: Fix accessor implementations to use getLatest/getWritable consistently #8241 Add and fix afterCloneFrom and accessor implementations

Infrastructure

• 🧹 [*] Chore: Upgrade rollup packages and configure terser for ascii_only output #8239 Upgrade rollup packages and configure terser for ascii_only output

Playground:

• ✅ [lexical-playground] Fix: add fallback for dimensionless images to prevent collapse #8186 Add fallback for dimensionless images to prevent collapse
• 🧹 [lexical-playground] Chore: Remove legacy-events mode #8188 Remove legacy events mode
• 🆕 [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Feature: nested tables resize themselves if hasFitNestedTables: true #8183 Nested tables resize themselves with hasFitNestedTables: true
• ✅ [lexical-playground] Fix: use inline style for LayoutContainerNode import #8214 Use inline style for LayoutContainerNode import
• ✅ [lexical-playground] Fix: Fixing cursor position after inline equation, fix block equations #8228 Fix cursor position after EquationNode
• ✅ [lexical-playground] Bug fix: make clear formatting work on multiple paragraphs #8224 make clear formatting work on multiple paragraphs

What's Changed

• v0.41.0 by @etrepum in v0.41.0 #8166
• Update examples for v0.41.0 by @etrepum in Update examples for v0.41.0 #8171
• [lexical] Chore: Fix minimatch CVE-2026-26996 in example projects by @thatmichael85 in [lexical] Chore: Fix minimatch CVE-2026-26996 in example projects #8169
• Fix cross-spawn vulnerability (CVE-2024-21538) by removing child-process-promise by @thatmichael85 in Fix cross-spawn vulnerability (CVE-2024-21538) by removing child-process-promise #8177
• [lexical] Security: Fix qs vulnerability (CVE-2025-15284) by @thatmichael85 in [lexical] Security: Fix qs vulnerability (CVE-2025-15284) #8176
• [lexical-markdown] Fix: enforce CommonMark flanking rules for trailing spaces by @Sa-Te in [lexical-markdown] Fix: enforce CommonMark flanking rules for trailing spaces #8170
• [lexical] Chore: Fix form-data CVE-2025-7783 in root lockfile by @thatmichael85 in [lexical] Chore: Fix form-data CVE-2025-7783 in root lockfile #8174
• [lexical] Security: Fix @isaacs/brace-expansion vulnerability (CVE-2026-25547) by @thatmichael85 in [lexical] Security: Fix @isaacs/brace-expansion vulnerability (CVE-2026-25547) #8175
• [lexical] Chore: Fix rollup CVE-2026-27606 across all lockfiles by @thatmichael85 in [lexical] Chore: Fix rollup CVE-2026-27606 across all lockfiles #8173
• Fix rollup CVE-2026-27606 in example project lockfiles by @thatmichael85 in Fix rollup CVE-2026-27606 in example project lockfiles #8182
• [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Enable autolink matching when it unlinked by @levensta in [lexical-link] Bug Fix: Enable autolink matching when it unlinked #8165
• [lexical-playground] Fix: add fallback for dimensionless images to prevent collapse by @Sa-Te in [lexical-playground] Fix: add fallback for dimensionless images to prevent collapse #8186
• [lexical-playground] Chore: Remove legacy-events mode by @levensta in [lexical-playground] Chore: Remove legacy-events mode #8188
• [lexical] Chore: Change alias from type to interface for EditorThemeClasses by @levensta in [lexical] Chore: Change alias from type to interface for EditorThemeClasses #8190
• [lexical-table] Refactor: use monolithic listener for table SELECTION_CHANGE_COMMAND and deselection handler by @randal-atticus in [lexical-table] Refactor: use monolithic listener for table SELECTION_CHANGE_COMMAND and deselection handler #8187
• [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Feature: nested tables resize themselves if hasFitNestedTables: true by @randal-atticus in [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Feature: nested tables resize themselves if hasFitNestedTables: true #8183
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: update backslash escape handling to align with CommonMark by @kimseongyu in [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: update backslash escape handling to align with CommonMark #8192
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Improve nested table selection by using monolithic pointer event handling by @randal-atticus in [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Improve nested table selection by using monolithic pointer event handling #8193
• [lexical-code] Breaking Change: Extract Prism code highlighting to @lexical/code-prism (with internal module @lexical/code-core to avoid circular import) by @etrepum in [lexical-code] Breaking Change: Extract Prism code highlighting to @lexical/code-prism (with internal module @lexical/code-core to avoid circular import) #8198
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Prevent single-cell table selection after exiting table selection by @randal-atticus in [lexical-table] Bug Fix: Prevent single-cell table selection after exiting table selection #8195
• [lexical-react] Revert revert: Remove deprecated ContextMenu, consolidate menu rendering with backward-compatible menuRenderFn by @thatmichael85 in [lexical-react] Revert revert: Remove deprecated ContextMenu, consolidate menu rendering with backward-compatible menuRenderFn #8199
• [lexical-table] Refactor: Call $handleTableSelectionChangeCommand once instead of per-table by @randal-atticus in [lexical-table] Refactor: Call $handleTableSelectionChangeCommand once instead of per-table #8200
• [lexical-website] Bug Fix: Removed blog route from lexical.dev by @m-santanna in [lexical-website] Bug Fix: Removed blog route from lexical.dev #8209
• [lexical-playground] Fix: use inline style for LayoutContainerNode import by @WhyBusyy in [lexical-playground] Fix: use inline style for LayoutContainerNode import #8214
• [lexical-table] Chore: add test for mouse leaving browser window during table selection by @takenosuke-code in [lexical-table] Chore: add test for mouse leaving browser window during table selection #8215
• [lexical-utils][lexical-playground] Feature: Add $insertNodeIntoLeaf and insert deeply DateTimeNode by @levensta in [lexical-utils][lexical-playground] Feature: Add $insertNodeIntoLeaf and insert deeply DateTimeNode #8206
• [lexical] Bug Fix: respect CSS scroll-padding in scrollIntoViewIfNeeded by @takenosuke-code in [lexical] Bug Fix: respect CSS scroll-padding in scrollIntoViewIfNeeded #8218
• [lexical] Bug Fix: When the editor starts with an empty list item, pressing ctrl+backspace (deleteWord) should replace the list with a paragraph by @Jynx2004 in [lexical] Bug Fix: When the editor starts with an empty list item, pressing ctrl+backspace (deleteWord) should replace the list with a paragraph #8220
• [lexical][lexical-list][lexical-markdown] Feature: resetOnCopyNode configuration to NodeState and LexicalNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom hook by @etrepum in [lexical][lexical-list][lexical-markdown] Feature: resetOnCopyNode configuration to NodeState and LexicalNode.resetOnCopyNodeFrom hook #8221
• [lexical] Feature: LexicalEditor RootListener and EditableListener can return unregister callbacks by @etrepum in [lexical] Feature: LexicalEditor RootListener and EditableListener can return unregister callbacks #8219
• [lexical-markdown][lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Convert tabs in TabNode at import by @lytion in [lexical-markdown][lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Convert tabs in TabNode at import #8211
• [lexical] Fix: Consecutive Linebreak insertion resets selection format by @Jynx2004 in [lexical] Fix: Consecutive Linebreak insertion resets selection format #8222
• [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Breaking change: Move hasFitNestedTables logic to Playground plugin by @randal-atticus in [lexical-table][lexical-playground] Breaking change: Move hasFitNestedTables logic to Playground plugin #8210
• [lexical-website] Fix: Correct the mistake in the argument in the example on the Updates page by @levensta in [lexical-website] Fix: Correct the mistake in the argument in the example on the Updates page #8225
• [lexical-list] Fix: create copies ListNode/ListItemNode in split-like operations by @levensta in [lexical-list] Fix: create copies ListNode/ListItemNode in split-like operations #8213
• [lexical-link]: Refactor: add afterCloneFrom method to LinkNode/AutoLinkNode by @levensta in [lexical-link]: Refactor: add afterCloneFrom method to LinkNode/AutoLinkNode #8226
• [lexical] Fix: Fixing cursor position after inline equation, fix block equations by @Jynx2004 in [lexical-playground] Fix: Fixing cursor position after inline equation, fix block equations #8228
• [lexical-eslint-plugin] Chore: update @lexical/eslint-plugin for better eslint 9+ support, finish jest to vitest migration by @etrepum in [lexical-eslint-plugin] Chore: update @lexical/eslint-plugin for better eslint 9+ support, finish jest to vitest migration #8227
• [lexical-playground] Bug fix: make clear formatting work on multiple paragraphs by @dabrpio in [lexical-playground] Bug fix: make clear formatting work on multiple paragraphs #8224
• [lexical-code][lexical-mark][lexical-react][lexical-table][lexical-rich-text][lexical-link] Bug Fix: Add and fix afterCloneFrom implementations by @etrepum in [lexical-code][lexical-mark][lexical-react][lexical-table][lexical-rich-text][lexical-link] Bug Fix: Add and fix afterCloneFrom implementations #8229
• [lexical-extension][lexical-react] Feature: LexicalExtensionEditorComposer, NestedEditorExtension, and fixed SharedHistoryExtension with playground refactor by @etrepum in [lexical-extension][lexical-react] Feature: LexicalExtensionEditorComposer, NestedEditorExtension, and fixed SharedHistoryExtension with playground refactor #8202
• [lexical-playground] Chore: Remove unused code from playground TablePlugin by @etrepum in [lexical-playground] Chore: Remove unused code from playground TablePlugin #8231
• [lexical-devtools-core] Bug Fix: Clean up strict mode useLexicalCommandsLog behavior by @etrepum in [lexical-devtools-core] Bug Fix: Clean up strict mode useLexicalCommandsLog behavior #8230
• [lexical-rich-text] Bug Fix: use writable node in HeadingNode.setTag by @karesansui-u in [lexical-rich-text] Bug Fix: use writable node in HeadingNode.setTag #8235
• build(deps): bump next from 15.5.11 to 16.1.7 in /scripts/tests/integration/fixtures/lexical-esm-nextjs by @dependabot[bot] in build(deps): bump next from 15.5.11 to 16.1.7 in /scripts/__tests__/integration/fixtures/lexical-esm-nextjs #8232
• [lexical-link] Feature : Merge adjacent LinkNodes with identical attributes by @achaljhawar in [lexical-link] Feature : Merge adjacent LinkNodes with identical attributes #8236
• [lexical-table] Bug Fix: handle table selections crossing into/out of nested tables by @randal-atticus in [lexical-table] Bug Fix: handle table selections crossing into/out of nested tables #8234
• [*] Chore: Upgrade rollup packages and configure terser for ascii_only output by @etrepum in [*] Chore: Upgrade rollup packages and configure terser for ascii_only output #8239
• [lexical-playground][lexical-react] Bug Fix: Fix accessor implementations to use getLatest/getWritable consistently by @etrepum in [lexical-playground][lexical-react] Bug Fix: Fix accessor implementations to use getLatest/getWritable consistently #8241

New Contributors

• @m-santanna made their first contribution in [lexical-website] Bug Fix: Removed blog route from lexical.dev #8209
• @WhyBusyy made their first contribution in [lexical-playground] Fix: use inline style for LayoutContainerNode import #8214
• @takenosuke-code made their first contribution in [lexical-table] Chore: add test for mouse leaving browser window during table selection #8215
• @Jynx2004 made their first contribution in [lexical] Bug Fix: When the editor starts with an empty list item, pressing ctrl+backspace (deleteWord) should replace the list with a paragraph #8220
• @dabrpio made their first contribution in [lexical-playground] Bug fix: make clear formatting work on multiple paragraphs #8224
• @karesansui-u made their first contribution in [lexical-rich-text] Bug Fix: use writable node in HeadingNode.setTag #8235

Full Changelog: v0.41.0...v0.42.0

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