Inline tools

Inline tools apply formatting to the current selection. They populate the floating toolbar (and the document toolbar's formatting row) and are wired to keyboard shortcuts.

Built-in inline tools

Key	Class	Effect	Shortcut
bold	BoldTool	<strong>	Ctrl/Cmd+B
italic	ItalicTool	<em>	Ctrl/Cmd+I
underline	UnderlineTool	<u>	Ctrl/Cmd+U
strike	StrikethroughTool	<s>	—
code	CodeInlineTool	<code>	—
mark	MarkTool	<mark> highlight	—
color	ColorTool	Text color palette	—
background	BackgroundColorTool	Background color palette	—
link	LinkTool	URL popover; rel="noopener noreferrer"; URL validation	Ctrl/Cmd+K

All of them are exported both individually and as a map:

import { BUILTIN_INLINE_TOOLS, BoldTool, LinkTool } from "ezynota";

BUILTIN_INLINE_TOOLS.bold === BoldTool; // true

The full set (in default order) is registered unless you provide config.inlineTools.

InlineTool interface

interface InlineTool {
  render(): HTMLElement;               // button contents (required)
  apply(range, context): void;         // apply to the preserved selection (required)
  remove?(range, context): void;       // toggle-off behavior
  isActive(selection): boolean;        // highlight state in toolbar
  destroy?(): void;
}

Static surface:

class BoldTool {
  static isInline = true;
  static title = "Bold";
  static icon = "bold";      // from the built-in icon set
  static shortcut = "CMD+B";
}

Most formatting tools extend MarkInlineTool, which handles button rendering, aria-pressed state, and toggling a named mark. Custom marks render as <span data-ez-mark="…">.

Popover-based tools

LinkTool, ColorTool, and BackgroundColorTool open popovers instead of applying instantly. InlineToolOptions.onActivate() lets custom popover tools hook the editor's preserved selection — the selection is saved when the toolbar button is clicked (which naturally blurs the editor) and restored for apply().

Activation path

Everything funnels through one shared function — toolbar clicks and keyboard shortcuts alike:

applyInlineTool(host, "bold");

That guarantees identical selection handling, undo participation, and active-state updates regardless of how the tool was triggered.

Registering custom inline tools

const editor = new Ezynota({
  target: "#app",
  inlineTools: [
    // Replace the whole set, or append to the defaults in your own order
    ...defaultInlineTools,
    MyHighlighterTool,
  ],
});

See Custom tools for a full worked example.