Type Editor

---

Type Editor / @type-editor/tables / input/handle-mouse-down / handleMouseDown

Function: handleMouseDown()

function handleMouseDown(view, startEvent): void;

Defined in: tables/src/input/handle-mouse-down.ts:40

Handles mouse down events for table cell selection.

This handler enables cell selection by dragging across table cells. It supports:

• Shift+click to extend an existing cell selection
• Click and drag to create a new cell selection
• Ignores right-click and Ctrl/Cmd+click

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
view	PmEditorView	The editor view.
startEvent	MouseEvent	The mouse down event that initiated the interaction.

Returns

void

Example

// Use in a ProseMirror plugin
new Plugin({
  props: {
    handleDOMEvents: {
      mousedown: handleMouseDown,
    },
  },
});