This release upgrades the lexical dependency from 0.34.0 to 0.35.0.
If you installed lexical manually, update it to 0.35.0. Installing
lexical manually is not recommended, as it may break between updates,
and our re-exported versions should be used. See the [yellow banner
box](https://payloadcms.com/docs/rich-text/custom-features) for details.
If you still encounter richtext-lexical errors, do the following, in
this order:
- Delete node_modules
- Delete your lockfile (e.g. pnpm-lock.json)
- Reinstall your dependencies (e.g. pnpm install)
### Lexical Breaking Changes
The following Lexical releases describe breaking changes. We recommend
reading them if you're using Lexical APIs directly
(`@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/lexical/*`).
- [v.0.35.0](https://github.com/facebook/lexical/releases/tag/v0.35.0)
- bumps next.js from 15.3.2 to 15.4.4 in monorepo and templates. It's
important to run our tests against the latest Next.js version to
guarantee full compatibility.
- bumps playwright because of peer dependency conflict with next 15.4.4
- bumps react types because why not
https://nextjs.org/blog/next-15-4
As part of this upgrade, the functionality added by
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/11658 broke. This PR fixes it
by creating a wrapper around `React.isValidElemen`t that works for
Next.js 15.4.
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used, see below:
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This adds a new `analyze` step to our CI that analyzes the bundle size
for our `payload`, `@payloadcms/ui`, `@payloadcms/next` and
`@payloadcms/richtext-lexical` packages.
It does so using a new `build:bundle-for-analysis` script that packages
can add if the normal build step does not output an esbuild-bundled
version suitable for analyzing. For example, `ui` already runs esbuild,
but we run it again using `build:bundle-for-analysis` because we do not
want to split the bundle.
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used, see below:
- https://app.asana.com/0/0/1210692087147570
Currently, we globally enable both DOM and Node.js types. While this
mostly works, it can cause conflicts - particularly with `fetch`. For
example, TypeScript may incorrectly allow browser-only properties (like
`cache`) and reject valid Node.js ones like `dispatcher`.
This PR disables DOM types for server-only packages like payload,
ensuring Node-specific typings are applied. This caught a few instances
of incorrect fetch usage that were previously masked by overlapping DOM
types.
This is not a perfect solution - packages that contain both server and
client code (like richtext-lexical or next) will still suffer from this
issue. However, it's an improvement in cases where we can cleanly
separate server and client types, like for the `payload` package which
is server-only.
## Use-case
This change enables https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/12622 to
explore using node-native fetch + `dispatcher`, instead of `node-fetch`
+ `agent`.
Currently, it will incorrectly report that `dispatcher` is not a valid
property for node-native fetch
This PR introduces a few changes to improve turbopack compatibility and
ensure e2e tests pass with turbopack enabled
## Changes to improve turbopack compatibility
- Use correct sideEffects configuration to fix scss issues
- Import scss directly instead of duplicating our scss rules
- Fix some scss rules that are not supported by turbopack
- Bump Next.js and all other dependencies used to build payload
## Changes to get tests to pass
For an unknown reason, flaky tests flake a lot more often in turbopack.
This PR does the following to get them to pass:
- add more `wait`s
- fix actual flakes by ensuring previous operations are properly awaited
## Blocking turbopack bugs
- [X] https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/76464
- Fix PR: https://github.com/vercel/next.js/pull/76545
- Once fixed: change `"sideEffectsDisabled":` back to `"sideEffects":`
## Non-blocking turbopack bugs
- [ ] https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/76956
## Related PRs
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/12653https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/12652
Originally this PR was going to introduce a `TextColorFeature`, but it
ended up becoming a more general-purpose `TextStateFeature`.
## Example of use:
```ts
import { defaultColors, TextStateFeature } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical'
TextStateFeature({
// prettier-ignore
state: {
color: {
...defaultColors,
// fancy gradients!
galaxy: { label: 'Galaxy', css: { background: 'linear-gradient(to right, #0000ff, #ff0000)', color: 'white' } },
sunset: { label: 'Sunset', css: { background: 'linear-gradient(to top, #ff5f6d, #6a3093)' } },
},
// You can have both colored and underlined text at the same time.
// If you don't want that, you should group them within the same key.
// (just like I did with defaultColors and my fancy gradients)
underline: {
'solid': { label: 'Solid', css: { 'text-decoration': 'underline', 'text-underline-offset': '4px' } },
// You'll probably want to use the CSS light-dark() utility.
'yellow-dashed': { label: 'Yellow Dashed', css: { 'text-decoration': 'underline dashed', 'text-decoration-color': 'light-dark(#EAB308,yellow)', 'text-underline-offset': '4px' } },
},
},
}),
```
Which will result in the following:
## Challenges & Considerations
Adding colors or styles in general to the Lexical editor is not as
simple as it seems.
1. **Extending TextNode isn't ideal**
- While possible, it's verbose, error-prone, and not composable. If
multiple features extend the same node, conflicts arise.
- That’s why we collaborated with the Lexical team to introduce [the new
State API](https://lexical.dev/docs/concepts/node-replacement)
([PR](https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7117)).
2. **Issues with patchStyles**
- Some community plugins use `patchStyles`, but storing CSS in the
editor’s JSON has drawbacks:
- Style adaptability: Users may want different styles per scenario
(dark/light mode, mobile/web, etc.).
- Migration challenges: Hardcoded colors (e.g., #FF0000) make updates
difficult. Using tokens (e.g., "red") allows flexibility.
- Larger JSON footprint increases DB size.
3. **Managing overlapping styles**
- Some users may want both text and background colors on the same node,
while others may prefer mutual exclusivity.
- This approach allows either:
- Using a single "color" state (e.g., "bg-red" + "text-red").
- Defining separate "bg-color" and "text-color" states for independent
styling.
4. **Good light and dark modes by default**
- Many major editors (Google Docs, OneNote, Word) treat dark mode as an
afterthought, leading to poor UX.
- We provide a well-balanced default palette that looks great in both
themes, serving as a strong foundation for customization.
5. **Feature name. Why TextState?**
- Other names considered were `TextFormatFeature` and
`TextStylesFeature`. The term `format` in Lexical and Payload is already
used to refer to something else (italic, bold, etc.). The term `style`
could be misleading since it is never attached to the editorState.
- State seems appropriate because:
- Lexical's new state API is used under the hood.
- Perhaps in the future we'll want to make state features for other
nodes, such as `ElementStateFeature` or `RootStateFeature`.
Note: There's a bug in Lexical's `forEachSelectedTextNode`. When the
selection includes a textNode partially on the left, all state for that
node is removed instead of splitting it along the selection edge.
I think it's easier to review this PR commit by commit, so I'll explain
it this way:
## Commits
1. [parallelize eslint script (still showing logs results in
serial)](c9ac49c12d):
Previously, `--concurrency 1` was added to the script to make the logs
more readable. However, turborepo has an option specifically for these
use cases: `--log-order=grouped` runs the tasks in parallel but outputs
them serially. As a result, the lint script is now significantly faster.
2. [run pnpm
lint:fix](9c128c276a)
The auto-fix was run, which resolved some eslint errors that were
slipped in due to the use of `no-verify`. Most of these were
`perfectionist` fixes (property ordering) and the removal of unnecessary
assertions. Starting with this PR, this won't happen again in the
future, as we'll be verifying the linter in every PR across the entire
codebase (see commit 7).
3. [fix eslint non-autofixable
errors](700f412a33)
All manual errors have been resolved except for the configuration errors
addressed in commit 5. Most were React compiler violations, which have
been disabled and commented out "TODO" for now. There's also an unused
`use no memo` and a couple of `require` errors.
4. [move react-compiler linter to eslint-config
package](4f7cb4d63a)
To simplify the eslint configuration. My concern was that there would be
a performance regression when used in non-react related packages, but
none was experienced. This is probably because it only runs on .tsx
files.
5. [remove redundant eslint config files and fix
allowDefaultProject](a94347995a)
The main feature introduced by `typescript-eslint` v8 was
`projectService`, which automatically searches each file for the closest
`tsconfig`, greatly simplifying configuration in monorepos
([source](https://typescript-eslint.io/blog/announcing-typescript-eslint-v8#project-service)).
Once I moved `projectService` to `packages/eslint-config`, all the other
configuration files could be easily removed.
I confirmed that pnpm lint still works on individual packages.
The other important change was that the pending eslint errors from
commits 2 and 3 were resolved. That is, some files were giving the
error: "[File] was not found by the project service. Consider either
including it in the tsconfig.json or including it in
allowDefaultProject." Below I copy the explanatory comment I left in the
code:
```ts
// This is necessary because `tsconfig.base.json` defines `"rootDir": "${configDir}/src"`,
// And the following files aren't in src because they aren't transpiled.
// This is typescript-eslint's way of adding files that aren't included in tsconfig.
// See: https://typescript-eslint.io/troubleshooting/typed-linting/#i-get-errors-telling-me--was-not-found-by-the-project-service-consider-either-including-it-in-the-tsconfigjson-or-including-it-in-allowdefaultproject
// The best practice is to have a tsconfig.json that covers ALL files and is used for
// typechecking (with noEmit), and a `tsconfig.build.json` that is used for the build
// (or alternatively, swc, tsup or tsdown). That's what we should ideally do, in which case
// this hardcoded list wouldn't be necessary. Note that these files don't currently go
// through ts, only through eslint.
```
6. [Differentiate errors from warnings in VScode ESLint
Rules](5914d2f48d)
There's no reason to do that. If an eslint rule isn't an error, it
should be disabled or converted to a warning.
7. [Disable skip lint, and lint over the entire repo now that it's
faster](e4b28f1360)
The GitHub action linted only the files that had changed in the PR.
While this seems like a good idea, once exceptions were introduced with
[skip lint], they opened the door to propagating more and more errors.
Often, the linter was skipped, not because someone introduced new
errors, but because they were trying to avoid those that had already
crept in, sometimes accidentally introducing new ones.
On the other hand, `pnpm lint` now runs in parallel (commit 1), so it's
not that slow. Additionally, it runs in parallel with other GitHub
actions like e2e tests, which take much longer, so it can't represent a
bottleneck in CI.
8. [fix lint in next
package](4506595f91)
Small fix missing from commit 5
9. [Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into
fix-eslint](563d4909c1)
10. [add again eslint.config.js in payload
package](78f6ffcae7)
The comment in the code explains it. Basically, after the merge from
main, the payload package runs out of memory when linting, probably
because it grew in recent PRs. That package will sooner or later
collapse for our tooling, so we may have to split it. It's already too
big.
## Future Actions
- Resolve React compiler violations, as mentioned in commit 3.
- Decouple the `tsconfig` used for typechecking and build across the
entire monorepo (as explained in point 5) to ensure ts coverage even for
files that aren't transpiled (such as scripts).
- Remove the few remaining `eslint.config.js`. I had to leave the
`richtext-lexical` and `next` ones for now. They could be moved to the
root config and scoped to their packages, as we do for example with
`templates/vercel-postgres/**`. However, I couldn't get it to work, I
don't know why.
- Make eslint in the test folder usable. Not only are we not linting
`test` in CI, but now the `pnpm eslint .` command is so large that my
computer freezes. If each suite were its own package, this would be
solved, and dynamic codegen + git hooks to modify tsconfig.base.json
wouldn't be necessary
([related](https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/pull/11984)).
**BREAKING CHANGE:**
This bumps the **minimum required Next.js** version from 15.0.0 to
15.2.3. This update is necessary due to a critical security
vulnerability found in earlier Next.js versions, which requires an
exception to our standard semantic versioning process.
Additionally, this bumps all templates to the latest Next.js and Payload
versions.
- Introduces a new lexical => plaintext converter
- Introduces a new lexical <=> markdown converter
- Restructures converter docs. Each conversion type gets its own docs
pag
Deprecates the old HTML converter and introduces a new one that functions similarly to our Lexical => JSX converter.
The old converter had the following limitations:
- It imported the entire lexical bundle
- It was challenging to implement. The sanitized lexical editor config had to be passed in as an argument, which was difficult to obtain
- It only worked on the server
This new HTML converter is lightweight, user-friendly, and works on both server and client. Instead of retrieving HTML converters from the editor config, they can be explicitly provided to the converter function.
By default, the converter expects populated data to function properly. If you need to use unpopulated data (e.g., when running it from a hook), you also have the option to use the async HTML converter, exported from `@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/html-async`, and provide a `populate` function - this function will then be used to dynamically populate nodes during the conversion process.
## Example 1 - generating HTML in your frontend
```tsx
'use client'
import type { SerializedEditorState } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/lexical'
import { convertLexicalToHTML } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/html'
import React from 'react'
export const MyComponent = ({ data }: { data: SerializedEditorState }) => {
const html = convertLexicalToHTML({ data })
return <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: html }} />
}
```
## Example - converting Lexical Blocks
```tsx
'use client'
import type { MyInlineBlock, MyTextBlock } from '@/payload-types'
import type {
DefaultNodeTypes,
SerializedBlockNode,
SerializedInlineBlockNode,
} from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical'
import type { SerializedEditorState } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/lexical'
import {
convertLexicalToHTML,
type HTMLConvertersFunction,
} from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/html'
import React from 'react'
type NodeTypes =
| DefaultNodeTypes
| SerializedBlockNode<MyTextBlock>
| SerializedInlineBlockNode<MyInlineBlock>
const htmlConverters: HTMLConvertersFunction<NodeTypes> = ({ defaultConverters }) => ({
...defaultConverters,
blocks: {
// Each key should match your block's slug
myTextBlock: ({ node, providedCSSString }) =>
`<div style="background-color: red;${providedCSSString}">${node.fields.text}</div>`,
},
inlineBlocks: {
// Each key should match your inline block's slug
myInlineBlock: ({ node, providedStyleTag }) =>
`<span${providedStyleTag}>${node.fields.text}</span$>`,
},
})
export const MyComponent = ({ data }: { data: SerializedEditorState }) => {
const html = convertLexicalToHTML({
converters: htmlConverters,
data,
})
return <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: html }} />
}
```
## Example 3 - outputting HTML from the collection
```ts
import type { HTMLConvertersFunction } from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical/html'
import type { MyTextBlock } from '@/payload-types.js'
import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
import {
BlocksFeature,
type DefaultNodeTypes,
lexicalEditor,
lexicalHTMLField,
type SerializedBlockNode,
} from '@payloadcms/richtext-lexical'
const Pages: CollectionConfig = {
slug: 'pages',
fields: [
{
name: 'nameOfYourRichTextField',
type: 'richText',
editor: lexicalEditor(),
},
lexicalHTMLField({
htmlFieldName: 'nameOfYourRichTextField_html',
lexicalFieldName: 'nameOfYourRichTextField',
}),
{
name: 'customRichText',
type: 'richText',
editor: lexicalEditor({
features: ({ defaultFeatures }) => [
...defaultFeatures,
BlocksFeature({
blocks: [
{
interfaceName: 'MyTextBlock',
slug: 'myTextBlock',
fields: [
{
name: 'text',
type: 'text',
},
],
},
],
}),
],
}),
},
lexicalHTMLField({
htmlFieldName: 'customRichText_html',
lexicalFieldName: 'customRichText',
// can pass in additional converters or override default ones
converters: (({ defaultConverters }) => ({
...defaultConverters,
blocks: {
myTextBlock: ({ node, providedCSSString }) =>
`<div style="background-color: red;${providedCSSString}">${node.fields.text}</div>`,
},
})) as HTMLConvertersFunction<DefaultNodeTypes | SerializedBlockNode<MyTextBlock>>,
}),
],
}
```
