Type Editor

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Type Editor / @type-editor/dom-change-util / parse-change/looks-like-enter-key / looksLikeEnterKey

Function: looksLikeEnterKey()

function looksLikeEnterKey(
  view,
  parse,
  $from,
  $to,
  inlineChange,
  addedNodes,
): boolean;

Defined in: parse-change/looks-like-enter-key.ts:41

Checks if the change looks like the effect of pressing the Enter key.

Sometimes it's better to handle block creation through the Enter key handler rather than as a DOM change. This function detects those cases using two different strategies:

iOS Enter Detection: iOS specifically tracks Enter key presses. If a recent Enter was detected and either the change is not inline or block elements (DIV/P) were added, treat it as an Enter key press.

Generic Block Enter Detection: For other platforms, detect Enter by checking if:

• Change is not inline (block-level)
• Positions are within document bounds
• Positions are in different parents or not in inline content
• Content between positions is whitespace-only (empty paragraph)

If detected, the change is delegated to the handleKeyDown plugin system with an Enter key event.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
view	PmEditorView	The editor view containing input state and plugin handlers
parse	ParseBetweenResult	Parsed document information from the DOM
$from	ResolvedPos	Start position in the parsed document (resolved)
$to	ResolvedPos	End position in the parsed document (resolved)
inlineChange	boolean	Whether the change is within inline content (vs block-level)
addedNodes	readonly Node[]	Array of DOM nodes that were added during the mutation

Returns

boolean

True if the change looks like Enter and a key handler accepted it, false if the change should be processed as a normal DOM change