TypeCellOS · Hector-Zhuang · Jul 4, 2025 · Jul 5, 2025 · Jul 6, 2025
diff --git a/docs/pages/docs/custom-schemas/custom-inline-content.mdx b/docs/pages/docs/custom-schemas/custom-inline-content.mdx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type CustomInlineContentConfig = {
   type: string;
   content: "styled" | "none";
   readonly propSchema: PropSchema;
+  draggable?: boolean;
 };
 ```
 
@@ -84,6 +85,12 @@ type PropSchema<
 
 _In the mentions demo, we add a `user` prop for the user that's being mentioned._
 
+**`draggable`**
+
+Specifies whether the inline content can be dragged within the editor. If set to `true`, the inline content will be draggable. Defaults to `false` if not specified.
+
+If this is true, you should add `data-drag-handle` to the DOM element that should function as the drag handle.
+
 #### Inline Content Implementation (`ReactCustomInlineContentImplementation`)
 
 The Inline Content Implementation defines how the inline content should be rendered to HTML.

diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/.bnexample.json b/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/.bnexample.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "playground": true,
+  "docs": false,
+  "author": "hectorzhuang",
+  "tags": []
+}
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/App.tsx b/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/App.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { BlockNoteSchema, defaultInlineContentSpecs } from "@blocknote/core";
+import "@blocknote/core/fonts/inter.css";
+import {
+  createReactInlineContentSpec,
+  useCreateBlockNote,
+} from "@blocknote/react";
+import { BlockNoteView } from "@blocknote/mantine";
+import "@blocknote/mantine/style.css";
+
+const draggableButton = createReactInlineContentSpec(
+  {
+    type: "draggableButton",
+    propSchema: {
+      title: {
+        default: "",
+      },
+    },
+    draggable: true,
+    content: "none"
+  },
+  {
+    render: (props) => {
+      return (
+        <span
+          style={{
+            border: "none",
+            background: "blue",
+            color: "white",
+            padding: "5px 10px",
+            borderRadius: "4px",
+            cursor: "move",
+          }}
+          data-drag-handle>
+          {props.inlineContent.props.title}
+        </span>
+      );
+    },
+  }
+);
+
+const schema = BlockNoteSchema.create({
+  inlineContentSpecs: {
+    draggableButton,
+    ...defaultInlineContentSpecs,
+  },
+});
+
+export default function ReactInlineContent() {
+  const editor = useCreateBlockNote({
+    schema,
+    initialContent: [
+      {
+        type: "paragraph",
+        content: [
+          "I enjoy working with ",
+          {
+            type: "draggableButton",
+            props: {
+              title: "Hector",
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        type: "paragraph",
+        content: [
+          "I love ",
+          {
+            type: "draggableButton",
+            props: {
+              title: "BlockNote",
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+
+  return <BlockNoteView editor={editor} />;
+}
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/README.md b/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Inline Content Draggable
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/index.html b/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <script>
+      <!-- AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY -->
+    </script>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <title>Draggable Inline Content</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="root"></div>
+    <script type="module" src="./main.tsx"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/main.tsx b/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/main.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY
+import React from "react";
+import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
+import App from "./App";
+
+const root = createRoot(document.getElementById("root")!);
+root.render(
+  <React.StrictMode>
+    <App />
+  </React.StrictMode>
+);
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/package.json b/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "name": "@blocknote/example-inline-content-draggable",
+  "description": "AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "0.12.4",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "vite",
+    "dev": "vite",
+    "build": "tsc && vite build",
+    "preview": "vite preview",
+    "lint": "eslint . --max-warnings 0"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@blocknote/core": "latest",
+    "@blocknote/react": "latest",
+    "@blocknote/ariakit": "latest",
+    "@blocknote/mantine": "latest",
+    "@blocknote/shadcn": "latest",
+    "react": "^18.3.1",
+    "react-dom": "^18.3.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/react": "^18.0.25",
+    "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.9",
+    "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.3.1",
+    "eslint": "^8.10.0",
+    "vite": "^5.3.4"
+  },
+  "eslintConfig": {
+    "extends": [
+      "../../../.eslintrc.js"
+    ]
+  },
+  "eslintIgnore": [
+    "dist"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/tsconfig.json b/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "__comment": "AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ESNext",
+    "useDefineForClassFields": true,
+    "lib": [
+      "DOM",
+      "DOM.Iterable",
+      "ESNext"
+    ],
+    "allowJs": false,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": false,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "Node",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "isolatedModules": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "jsx": "react-jsx",
+    "composite": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "."
+  ],
+  "__ADD_FOR_LOCAL_DEV_references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../../packages/core/"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../packages/react/"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/vite.config.ts b/examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable/vite.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// AUTO-GENERATED FILE, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY
+import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import * as path from "path";
+import { defineConfig } from "vite";
+// import eslintPlugin from "vite-plugin-eslint";
+// https://vitejs.dev/config/
+export default defineConfig((conf) => ({
+  plugins: [react()],
+  optimizeDeps: {},
+  build: {
+    sourcemap: true,
+  },
+  resolve: {
+    alias:
+      conf.command === "build" ||
+      !fs.existsSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "../../packages/core/src"))
+        ? {}
+        : ({
+            // Comment out the lines below to load a built version of blocknote
+            // or, keep as is to load live from sources with live reload working
+            "@blocknote/core": path.resolve(
+              __dirname,
+              "../../packages/core/src/",
+            ),
+            "@blocknote/react": path.resolve(
+              __dirname,
+              "../../packages/react/src/",
+            ),
+          } as any),
+  },
+}));
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/SideMenu/SideMenuPlugin.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/SideMenu/SideMenuPlugin.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,14 @@ export class SideMenuView<
       return;
     }
 
+    // if (
+    //   this.sideMenuDetection === "editor" ||
+    //   (event as any).synthetic ||
+    //   !event.dataTransfer?.types.includes("blocknote/html")
+    // ) {
+    //   return;
+    // }
+
     this.editor._tiptapEditor.commands.blur();
 
     // Finds the BlockNote editor element that the drop event occurred in (if
@@ -335,14 +343,6 @@ export class SideMenuView<
       }
     }
 
-    if (
-      this.sideMenuDetection === "editor" ||
-      (event as any).synthetic ||
-      !event.dataTransfer?.types.includes("blocknote/html")
-    ) {
-      return;
-    }
-
     const pos = this.pmView.posAtCoords({
       left: event.clientX,
       top: event.clientY,

diff --git a/packages/core/src/schema/inlineContent/types.ts b/packages/core/src/schema/inlineContent/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { StyleSchema, Styles } from "../styles/types.js";
 export type CustomInlineContentConfig = {
   type: string;
   content: "styled" | "none"; // | "plain"
+  draggable?: boolean;
   readonly propSchema: PropSchema;
   // content: "inline" | "none" | "table";
 };

diff --git a/packages/react/src/schema/ReactInlineContentSpec.tsx b/packages/react/src/schema/ReactInlineContentSpec.tsx
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export function createReactInlineContentSpec<
     group: "inline",
     selectable: inlineContentConfig.content === "styled",
     atom: inlineContentConfig.content === "none",
+    draggable: inlineContentConfig.draggable,
     content: (inlineContentConfig.content === "styled"
       ? "inline*"
       : "") as T["content"] extends "styled" ? "inline*" : "",

diff --git a/playground/src/examples.gen.tsx b/playground/src/examples.gen.tsx
@@ -1238,6 +1238,27 @@
           "pathFromRoot": "examples/06-custom-schema",
           "slug": "custom-schema"
         }
+      },
+      {
+        "projectSlug": "inline-content-draggable",
+        "fullSlug": "custom-schema/inline-content-draggable",
+        "pathFromRoot": "examples/06-custom-schema/inline-content-draggable",
+        "config": {
+          "playground": true,
+          "docs": true,
+          "author": "hectorchong",
+          "tags": [
+            "Intermediate",
+            "Inline Content",
+            "Custom Schemas",
+            "Draggable"
+          ]
+        },
+        "title": "Draggable Inline Content",
+        "group": {
+          "pathFromRoot": "examples/06-custom-schema",
+          "slug": "custom-schema"
+        }
       }
     ]
   },