v0.38.1 is a monthly release with a lot of fixes and a few potentially breaking changes (this is a re-publish of v0.38.0, which had problems during initial npm publish).

Breaking Changes

#7926 Static transforms from superclasses are always applied

Before $config there was a limited amount of "automatic" re-use of the static transform by subclasses, because class inheritance also inherits static methods, so you get the implementation of whatever static transform method was in the superclass if it wasn't overridden.

Now the application of these static transforms (whether by method or $config) is implicit. There is no need to call super if adding an additional transform. The implementation walks up the inheritance tree by $config extends or Object.getPrototypeOf and will register all transforms it finds.

#7936 Extension configuration for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension has been flattened

If you are using CodeHighlighterShikiExtension the configuration has changed.

Before:

configExtension(CodeHighlighterShikiExtension, {tokenizer: {...ShikiTokenizer, defaultTheme: …})

After:

configExtension(CodeHighlighterShikiExtension, {defaultTheme: …})

#7933 LexicalTableSelectionHelpers listener priorities lowered to HIGH from CRITICAL

This is unlikely to break most applications but the priority of these command listeners has been lowered to allow them to be overridden.

Highlights

Core:

• ✅ #7926 Apply static transform and $config $transform from all superclasses (fixes ListNode/ListItemNode subclassing)
• ✅ #7941 Retain lexical selection during updates on unfocused editors
• ✅ #7947 Update block cursor if selection has changed

Extension:

• 🆕 #7930 Allow nodes config to be deferred for circular dependency reasons
• ⚠️ #7936 Implement mergeConfig for LinkExtension and flatten config for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension

List:

• 🆕 #7946 importDOM support for joplin checklists

Table:

• ⚠️ #7933 Lower table handler command priority

Clipboard:

• ✅ #7942 Log exceptions in clipboard paste handlers

Link:

• 🆕 #7944 Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text

React:

• ✅ #7935 Add getServerSnapshot for improved RSC compatibility

Collab v2:

• ✅ #7922 Skip elements that were added and removed between snapshots

Code:

• ✅ #7921 Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks

Markdown:

• ✅ #7812 Fix bugs in normalizeMarkdown when using shouldMergeAdjacentLines
• ✅ #7923 Prevent markdown links with empty strings from being automatically removed
• ✅ #7928 Fix implicit checklist marker export regression

Playground:

• ✅ #7920 Fix image caption overflow

Examples:

• 🧹 #7939 Remove workaround from svelte example

Documentation:

• 🧹 #7931 Update docusaurus and contributing docs

What's Changed

• v0.37.0 by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7910
• Update examples for v0.37.0 by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7911
• [Documentation] Chore: Update bounty program link in CONTRIBUTING.md by @mustkem in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7915
• [lexical-yjs] Fix: skip elements that were added and removed between snapshots by @james-atticus in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7922
• [lexical-code] Bug Fix: Respect RTL when moving to line start/end in code blocks by @ashmod in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7921
• [lexical-markdown] Fix: bugs in normalizeMarkdown by @GermanJablo in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7812
• [lexical-playground] Bug Fix: Fix image caption overflow issue by @ritoban23 in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7920
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Prevent Markdown links with empty string link text from being automatically removed by @adambolcsfoldi in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7923
• [lexical-website] Chore: Update docusuarus and add contributing docs by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7931
• [lexical-markdown] Bug Fix: Fix implicit checklist marker export regression by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7928
• [lexical][lexical-list] Bug Fix: Apply static transform and $config $transform from all superclasses by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7926
• [lexical-extension] Feature: Allow nodes config to be deferred for circular dependency reasons by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7930
• [lexical-website] Documentation Update: change setText to setTextContent by @bbertold in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7932
• [lexical-react] Bug Fix: Add getServerSnapshot for RSC compatibility by @nestarz in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7935
• [lexical-link][lexical-code-shiki][examples] Feature: Implement mergeConfig for LinkExtension and flatten config for CodeHighlighterShikiExtension by @etrepum in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7936
• [lexical-table] Chore: Lower table handler command priority by @patrick-atticus in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7933
• [lexical] Bug Fix: retain selection during updates on unfocused editor by @fantactuka in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7941
• [lexical-clipboard] Bug Fix: Log exceptions in clipboard paste handler by @niikkhilsharma in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7942
• [lexical-link] Feature: Enable Selective Removal Within Linked Text by @normtronics in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7944
• [lexical] Bug Fix: update block cursor if selection has changed by @fantactuka in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7947
• [lexical-list] Bug Fix: fix pasting checklist from joplin by @antsgar in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7946

New Contributors

• @mustkem made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7915
• @ashmod made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7921
• @ritoban23 made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7920
• @adambolcsfoldi made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7923
• @bbertold made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7932
• @nestarz made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7935
• @normtronics made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7944
• @antsgar made their first contribution in https://github.com/facebook/lexical/pull/7946

Full Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/lexical/compare/v0.37.0...v0.38.1