fix(core): quote block HTML parse rule selectors by nperez0111 · Pull Request #3287 · TypeCellOS/BlockNote

nperez0111 · 2026-11-02T13:49:09Z

Summary

Quote block type attribute values in ordinary and layout block HTML parse rules, so types containing colons do not break pasting.
Quote the BlockContainer selector consistently with inline content and style parse rules.

Fixes #3285

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Existing createSpec unit tests: 12 passed.
Type-aware lint and formatting checks pass.
Kept this to the minimal quoting change; no additional escaping or tests, per review.

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Refactor
- Made internal updates to how block selectors are written. Matching behavior remains unchanged, with no visible changes to the app.

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Escape block type names in all quoted CSS selectors.

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Review comments at @packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts:
- Line 160: Escape BlockConfig.type values before interpolating them into quoted
CSS selectors in the block, inline-content, and style parse rules in createSpec;
reuse one shared escaping approach across these selectors. Add regression tests
covering regular and layout blocks with type names containing quotes or
backslashes.

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packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts
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The block parse rules now quote block type values in the regular and layout selectors. The block container’s selector uses a template literal, with no change to the resulting selector.

Changes: Block parse selectors

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Block parse selector construction `packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts`, `packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts`	The regular and layout block parse rules now quote the block type in their attribute selectors. The block container selector uses a template literal without changing its value.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

TypeCellOS/BlockNote#3285 — The PR quotes block type values in the regular and layout selectors, but does not add escaping for quotation marks or backslashes.

Suggested reviewers: matthewlipski

Merge Risk: Low · up to 20a1d

This change fixes pasting for block types that contain colons. Block types containing quote or backslash characters can still break the generated selectors, but such names are unusual. Consider adding shared escaping and tests as a follow-up, though the change is mergeable as is.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check		Issue `#3285` has one direct linked issue with coding requirements. (1) Quote the block type value in the parse selectors for data-content-type and data-node-type. Met. createSpec.ts line 160 now uses `…	Escape the block type before it is interpolated into the selector in all three places: the layout-block and regular-block rules in packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts, and the BlockContainer parseHTML selector in packages/core/src…

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: quoting block HTML parse rule selectors.
Description check		The description explains the change, rationale, issue reference, and validation results. It omits several template sections, including Impact, Screenshots/Video, Checklist, and Additional Notes, but i…
Out of Scope Changes check		The PR changes three selector lines, and each line is part of the block-type selector work named in `#3285`. createSpec.ts changes the data-node-type rule for layout blocks and the data-content-type rul…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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The description explains the change, rationale, issue reference, and validation results. It omits several template sections, including Impact, Screenshots/Video, Checklist, and Additional Notes, but it provides the main information needed to understand and review the change.

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Explanation

The PR changes three selector lines, and each line is part of the block-type selector work named in #3285. createSpec.ts changes the data-node-type rule for layout blocks and the data-content-type rule for regular blocks. BlockContainer.ts changes the div[data-node-type=...] selector, which the PR objectives list as part of the same change. The change in BlockContainer.ts only converts the string concatenation to a template literal with quoted value, so it does not alter other behavior. No unrelated files or behavior changes appear in the reviewed diff. The PR has no added tests, but tests are not an out-of-scope change.

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Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 1 functions across 2 files.

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Explanation

Issue #3285 has one direct linked issue with coding requirements. (1) Quote the block type value in the parse selectors for data-content-type and data-node-type. Met. createSpec.ts line 160 now uses [data-node-type="${config.type}"] and line 169 uses [data-content-type="${config.type}"]. This fixes the reported colon case, because a quoted attribute value accepts :. (2) Escape " and \ in the value, or use CSS.escape(). Not met. The issue expected result states that a block type with any character valid in a JSON string should parse like any other. The PR adds no escaping, and the PR description says so. A type containing " or \ still produces an invalid selector, so the paste failure remains for those types. The changed code does not implement the escaping option the issue names.

Resolution

Escape the block type before it is interpolated into the selector in all three places: the layout-block and regular-block rules in packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts, and the BlockContainer parseHTML selector in packages/core/src/pm-nodes/BlockContainer.ts. Either replace \ with \\ and " with \" before quoting, or use CSS.escape() on the value. Use one shared helper so the three selectors stay consistent. Add a unit test that parses a block type containing " and one containing \, and confirms the rule matches the element.

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The colon stays within its place,
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One template shifts, its value stays,
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    isLayoutBlock
      ? {
-          tag: `[data-node-type=${config.type}]`,
+          tag: `[data-node-type="${config.type}"]`,


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rg -n 'data-content-type|data-node-type|data-inline-content-type|data-style-type|CSS.escape' packages/core/src | head -50 sed -n '140,180p' packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts

Repository: TypeCellOS/BlockNote

Length of output: 7272

Script executed:

set -o pipefail printf '%s\\n' '--- block type declarations and validation ---' rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'export type BlockConfig' -e 'interface BlockConfig' -e 'type BlockConfig' -e 'config.type' -e 'type:' packages/core/src/schema/blocks packages/core/src/blocks | head -120 printf '%s\\n' '--- candidate type/schema files ---' rg --files packages/core/src/schema/blocks packages/core/src | rg '(^|/)(types|createSpec)(\\.test)?\\.ts$' | sort printf '%s\\n' '--- inline and style selector rules ---' sed -n '205,235p' packages/core/src/schema/inlineContent/createSpec.ts sed -n '25,48p' packages/core/src/schema/styles/createSpec.ts printf '%s\\n' '--- block type definitions and schema creation ---' rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'BlockConfig' -e 'BlockSpec' packages/core/src/schema/blocks packages/core/src | head -160 printf '%s\\n' '--- block createSpec tests around schema/type inputs ---' sed -n '1,130p' packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.test.ts sed -n '130,380p' packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.test.ts printf '%s\\n' '--- cited revision and source ---' git cat-file -t 20a1dbcfc77647078c478f3210445ef4c6ceead7 git show 20a1dbcfc77647078c478f3210445ef4c6ceead7:packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts 2>&1 | sed -n '1,240p' printf '%s\\n' '--- base comparison for relevant file ---' git diff --unified=20 9b65395f05ad98a28891876dc73672d91acd9e22 20a1dbcfc77647078c478f3210445ef4c6ceead7 -- packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts packages/core/src/schema/inlineContent/createSpec.ts packages/core/src/schema/styles/createSpec.ts

Repository: TypeCellOS/BlockNote

Length of output: 41787

Script executed:

set -o pipefail printf '%s\\n' '--- schema creation and block spec construction ---' rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'function createBlockSpec' -e 'createBlockSpec<' -e 'function create' -e 'BlockNoteSchema' -e 'nodeNames' -e 'Node.create' -e 'name:' packages/core/src/schema packages/core/src/editor | head -220 printf '%s\\n' '--- createSpec declaration and implementation ---' sed -n '1,120p' packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts sed -n '120,205p' packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts printf '%s\\n' '--- schema creation implementation candidates ---' rg --files packages/core/src | rg 'schema|createSpec' | sort | while read -r f; do if rg -q -F 'BlockNoteSchema' "$f"; then printf '\\n--- %s ---\\n' "$f" rg -n -F -e 'BlockNoteSchema' -e 'blockSpecs' -e 'blockSpec' -e 'config.type' -e 'Node.create' "$f" | head -120 fi done printf '%s\\n' '--- exact BlockConfig type declaration ---' nl -ba packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts | sed -n '175,205p' printf '%s\\n' '--- exact sibling selectors ---' nl -ba packages/core/src/schema/inlineContent/createSpec.ts | sed -n '218,229p' nl -ba packages/core/src/schema/styles/createSpec.ts | sed -n '32,42p' printf '%s\\n' '--- exact citation target and commit metadata ---' git show -s --format='%H%n%s' 20a1dbcfc77647078c478f3210445ef4c6ceead7 git show 20a1dbcfc77647078c478f3210445ef4c6ceead7:packages/core/src/schema/blocks/types.ts | nl -ba | sed -n '178,198p'

Repository: TypeCellOS/BlockNote

Length of output: 22958

Script executed:

nl -ba packages/core/src/schema/schema.ts | sed -n '50,125p' nl -ba packages/core/src/schema/schema.ts | sed -n '145,175p' nl -ba packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts | sed -n '330,365p' nl -ba packages/core/src/schema/blocks/createSpec.ts | sed -n '540,635p' rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'validate.*type' -e 'type.*validate' -e 'invalid.*type' -e 'Node name' packages/core/src/schema packages/core/src/blocks packages/core/src/editor || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: TypeCellOS/BlockNote

Length of output: 9772

Escape block type names in all quoted CSS selectors.

BlockConfig.type permits arbitrary strings, but the block, inline-content, and style parse rules interpolate those strings without escaping. A type containing " or \ can alter or invalidate the selector. Add shared escaping and regression tests for regular and layout blocks.

The narrow edge case supports a minor correctness issue, not the original major claim that clipboard parsing can fail for the entire editor.

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