From cf10119ad858b79d624d1e35814f534c20a9d362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Anderson <joe@mousetrapped.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:27:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Generic return type for `Node.fragment` (#5926)

---
 .changeset/pretty-cobras-sleep.md     |  5 +++++
 packages/slate/src/interfaces/node.ts | 15 +++++----------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/pretty-cobras-sleep.md

diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-cobras-sleep.md b/.changeset/pretty-cobras-sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..908459db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-cobras-sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'slate': patch
+---
+
+Use generics for the return type of `Node.fragment`
diff --git a/packages/slate/src/interfaces/node.ts b/packages/slate/src/interfaces/node.ts
index 755578b40..89b2aad9f 100644
--- a/packages/slate/src/interfaces/node.ts
+++ b/packages/slate/src/interfaces/node.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ export interface NodeInterface {
   /**
    * Get the sliced fragment represented by a range inside a root node.
    */
-  fragment: (root: Node, range: Range) => Descendant[]
+  fragment: <T extends Ancestor = Editor>(
+    root: T,
+    range: Range
+  ) => T['children']
 
   /**
    * Get the descendant node referred to by a specific path. If the path is an
@@ -353,15 +356,7 @@ export const Node: NodeInterface = {
     return [n, p]
   },
 
-  fragment(root: Node, range: Range): Descendant[] {
-    if (Text.isText(root)) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Cannot get a fragment starting from a root text node: ${Scrubber.stringify(
-          root
-        )}`
-      )
-    }
-
+  fragment<T extends Ancestor = Editor>(root: T, range: Range): T['children'] {
     const newRoot = produce({ children: root.children }, r => {
       const [start, end] = Range.edges(range)
       const nodeEntries = Node.nodes(r, {