Editor Locking

packages/core/src/BlockNoteEditor.ts

@@ -69,8 +69,14 @@ export type BlockNoteEditorOptions = {
    * A callback function that runs whenever the text cursor position changes.
    */
   onTextCursorPositionChange: (editor: BlockNoteEditor) => void;
+  /**
+   * Locks the editor from being editable by the user if set to `false`.
+   */
+  editable: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The content that should be in the editor when it's created, represented as an array of partial block objects.
+   */
   initialContent: PartialBlock[];
-
   /**
    * Use default BlockNote font and reset the styles of <p> <li> <h1> elements etc., that are used in BlockNote.
    *
@@ -134,6 +140,7 @@ export class BlockNoteEditor {
       onSelectionUpdate: () => {
         options.onTextCursorPositionChange?.(this);
       },
+      editable: options.editable === undefined ? true : options.editable,
       extensions:
         options.enableBlockNoteExtensions === false
           ? options._tiptapOptions?.extensions
@@ -312,6 +319,22 @@ export class BlockNoteEditor {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if the editor is currently editable, or if it's locked.
+   * @returns True if the editor is editable, false otherwise.
+   */
+  public get isEditable(): boolean {
+    return this._tiptapEditor.isEditable;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Makes the editor editable or locks it, depending on the argument passed.
+   * @param editable True to make the editor editable, or false to lock it.
+   */
+  public set isEditable(editable: boolean) {
+    this._tiptapEditor.setEditable(editable);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Inserts new blocks into the editor. If a block's `id` is undefined, BlockNote generates one automatically. Throws an
    * error if the reference block could not be found.

packages/core/src/extensions/DraggableBlocks/DraggableBlocksPlugin.ts

@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ export class BlockMenuView {
     const block = getDraggableBlockFromCoords(coords, this.editor.view);
 
     // Closes the menu if the mouse cursor is beyond the editor vertically.
-    if (!block) {
+    if (!block || !this.editor.isEditable) {
       if (this.menuOpen) {
         this.menuOpen = false;
         this.blockMenu.hide();
@@ -411,11 +411,13 @@ export class BlockMenuView {
     }
 
     // Shows or updates elements.
-    if (!this.menuOpen) {
-      this.menuOpen = true;
-      this.blockMenu.render(this.getDynamicParams(), true);
-    } else {
-      this.blockMenu.render(this.getDynamicParams(), false);
+    if (this.editor.isEditable) {
+      if (!this.menuOpen) {
+        this.menuOpen = true;
+        this.blockMenu.render(this.getDynamicParams(), true);
+      } else {
+        this.blockMenu.render(this.getDynamicParams(), false);
+      }
     }
   };
 

packages/core/src/extensions/FormattingToolbar/FormattingToolbarPlugin.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ export class FormattingToolbarView {
 
   public toolbarIsOpen = false;
 
+  public prevWasEditable: boolean | null = null;
+
   public shouldShow: Exclude<FormattingToolbarPluginProps["shouldShow"], null> =
     ({ view, state, from, to }) => {
       const { doc, selection } = state;
@@ -134,10 +136,16 @@ export class FormattingToolbarView {
     const isSame =
       oldState && oldState.doc.eq(doc) && oldState.selection.eq(selection);
 
-    if (composing || isSame) {
+    if (
+      (this.prevWasEditable === null ||
+        this.prevWasEditable === this.editor.isEditable) &&
+      (composing || isSame)
+    ) {
       return;
     }
 
+    this.prevWasEditable = this.editor.isEditable;
+
     // support for CellSelections
     const { ranges } = selection;
     const from = Math.min(...ranges.map((range) => range.$from.pos));
@@ -154,6 +162,7 @@ export class FormattingToolbarView {
 
     // Checks if menu should be shown.
     if (
+      this.editor.isEditable &&
       !this.toolbarIsOpen &&
       !this.preventShow &&
       (shouldShow || this.preventHide)
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ export class FormattingToolbarView {
     if (
       this.toolbarIsOpen &&
       !this.preventHide &&
-      (!shouldShow || this.preventShow)
+      (!shouldShow || this.preventShow || !this.editor.isEditable)
     ) {
       this.formattingToolbar.hide();
       this.toolbarIsOpen = false;

packages/core/src/extensions/HyperlinkToolbar/HyperlinkToolbarPlugin.ts

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class HyperlinkToolbarView {
       this.hyperlinkMarkRange = this.keyboardHoveredHyperlinkMarkRange;
     }
 
-    if (this.hyperlinkMark) {
+    if (this.hyperlinkMark && this.editor.isEditable) {
       this.getDynamicParams();
 
       // Shows menu.
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class HyperlinkToolbarView {
     }
 
     // Hides menu.
-    if (!this.hyperlinkMark && prevHyperlinkMark) {
+    if (prevHyperlinkMark && (!this.hyperlinkMark || !this.editor.isEditable)) {
       this.hyperlinkToolbar.element?.removeEventListener(
         "mouseleave",
         this.startMenuUpdateTimer

packages/core/src/shared/plugins/suggestion/SuggestionPlugin.ts

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class SuggestionPluginView<T extends SuggestionItem> {
 
     this.pluginState = stopped ? prev : next;
 
-    if (stopped) {
+    if (stopped || !this.editor.isEditable) {
       this.suggestionsMenu.hide();
 
       // Listener stops focus moving to the menu on click.
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class SuggestionPluginView<T extends SuggestionItem> {
       this.suggestionsMenu.render(this.getDynamicParams(), false);
     }
 
-    if (started) {
+    if (started && this.editor.isEditable) {
       this.suggestionsMenu.render(this.getDynamicParams(), true);
 
       // Listener stops focus moving to the menu on click.

packages/website/docs/docs/converting-blocks.md

@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ export default function App() {
   // Creates a new editor instance.
   const editor: BlockNoteEditor | null = useBlockNote({
     // Makes the editor non-editable.
-    _tiptapOptions: {
-      editable: false,
-    },
+    editable: false
   })
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -245,9 +243,7 @@ export default function App() {
   // Creates a new editor instance.
   const editor: BlockNoteEditor | null = useBlockNote({
     // Makes the editor non-editable.
-    _tiptapOptions: {
-      editable: false,
-    },
+    editable: false
   })
 
   useEffect(() => {

packages/website/docs/docs/editor.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ There are a number of options that you can pass to `useBlockNote()`, which you c
 
 ```typescript
 export type BlockNoteEditorOptions = Partial<{
+  editable: boolean;
   initialContent: PartialBlock[];
   editorDOMAttributes: Record<string, string>;
   onEditorReady: (editor: BlockNoteEditor) => void;
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ export type BlockNoteEditorOptions = Partial<{
 }>;
 ```
 
+`editable:` Locks the editor from being editable by the user if set to `false`. [Editor Functions](/docs/blocks#editor-functions) will still work.
+
 `initialContent:` The content that should be in the editor when it's created, represented as an array of [partial block objects](/docs/manipulating-blocks#partial-blocks).
 
 `editorDOMAttributes:` An object containing attributes that should be added to the editor's HTML element. For example, you can pass `{ class: "my-editor-class" }` to set a custom class name.