Bug: showng selection in inactive editor

[evskorobogatij]

I need to show selection in inactive editor

Lexical version: 0.7.6

Steps To Reproduce

1. In example sandbox type some text in editor
2. Select fragment in text
3. Click on 'type...' input in toolbar
4. We lost selection in editor.... but as we see in 'selection' object selection exist.

How display selection in inactive editor?

Link to code example:

https://codesandbox.io/s/young-microservice-jbfn04?file=/src/plugins/ToolbarPlugin.js

The current behavior

lost selection if editor lost focus

The expected behavior

Show selection on inactive editor

[aquarius-wing]

Maybe you should store the "lastSelection" in some pulgin of lexical?

[evskorobogatij]

I apply styles for imitate display selection

editor.update(() => {
        //
        const selection = $getSelection()
        if ($isRangeSelection(selection)) {
          $patchStyleText(selection, { color: 'white', 'background-color': '#0078d7' })
        }
      })

How to cancel last action in editor?

[zurfyx]

This is a behavior that is not supported by the browser but we now provide utilities for this: #5153. This will allow you to mimic the selection as if it was selected by the browser.