feat: text alignment text shortcuts

android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/utils/ShortcutsHandler.kt

@@ -30,19 +30,26 @@ class ShortcutsHandler(
     val (start, end) = s.getParagraphBounds(cursorPosition)
     val paragraphText = s.substring(start, end)
 
-    val effectiveTriggerStart =
-      if (paragraphText.startsWith(EnrichedConstants.ZWS_STRING)) {
-        if (paragraphHasNonAlignmentSpan(s, start, end)) return
-        start + 1
-      } else {
-        start
-      }
+    val startsWithZws = paragraphText.startsWith(EnrichedConstants.ZWS_STRING)
+    val effectiveTriggerStart = if (startsWithZws) start + 1 else start
+    val paragraphHasActiveStyle = startsWithZws && paragraphHasNonAlignmentSpan(s, start, end)
 
     for ((trigger, styleName) in shortcuts) {
+      val isAlignmentShortcut = isAlignmentShortcutStyle(styleName)
       if (isInlineShortcutStyle(styleName)) continue
+      if (paragraphHasActiveStyle && !isAlignmentShortcut) continue
       if (trigger.isEmpty()) continue
       if (!s.substring(effectiveTriggerStart, end).startsWith(trigger)) continue
 
+      if (isAlignmentShortcut) {
+        if (view.alignmentStyles?.getCurrentAlignment() == styleName) continue
+
+        s.replace(effectiveTriggerStart, effectiveTriggerStart + trigger.length, "")
+        view.alignmentStyles?.setAlignment(styleName)
+        view.selection?.validateStyles()
+        return
+      }
+
       val resolvedStyle = resolveStyleName(styleName) ?: continue
 
       s.replace(effectiveTriggerStart, effectiveTriggerStart + trigger.length, "")

android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/enriched/textinput/utils/StyleUtils.kt

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ fun isInlineShortcutStyle(styleName: String): Boolean {
   return EnrichedSpans.inlineSpans.containsKey(resolvedStyle)
 }
 
+private val ALIGNMENT_SHORTCUT_STYLES = setOf("left", "center", "right", "justify")
+
+fun isAlignmentShortcutStyle(styleName: String): Boolean = styleName in ALIGNMENT_SHORTCUT_STYLES
+
 fun isStyleBlockedOnRange(
   styleName: String,
   start: Int,

apps/example-web/src/App.tsx

@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ function App() {
           htmlStyle={WEB_DEFAULT_HTML_STYLE}
           linkRegex={LINK_REGEX}
           sanitizationConfig={SANITIZATION_CONFIG}
+          textShortcuts={[
+            { trigger: '++', style: 'center' },
+            { trigger: '##', style: 'h6' },
+          ]}
         />
         <MentionPopup
           variant="user"

apps/example/src/screens/DevScreen.tsx

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ export function DevScreen({ onSwitch }: DevScreenProps) {
               ANDROID_EXPERIMENTAL_SYNCHRONOUS_EVENTS
             }
             onPasteImages={(e) => editor.handlePasteImagesEvent(e.nativeEvent)}
+            textShortcuts={[
+              { trigger: '++', style: 'center' },
+              { trigger: '##', style: 'h6' },
+            ]}
             testID="editor-input"
           />
           <Toolbar

docs/docs/api-reference/enriched-text-input.md

@@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ list item), typing the trigger pattern has no effect.
 
 :::
 
+**[Text alignment](/rich-text-formatting/text-alignment)** shortcuts fire with the same scheme
+as paragraph styles, but don't require a plain paragraph to be effective.
+
 **[Inline styles](/fundamentals/html-format-and-supported-tags#inline-tags)**
 fire when a closing delimiter is typed around text (e.g. `**text**` → bold). The
 trigger is the delimiter string (e.g. `**`, `*`, `~~`). Supported styles:

docs/docs/rich-text-formatting/text-shortcuts.mdx

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ things:
   one paragraph style, these only fire on a **plain** paragraph: if the line is
   already a heading or a list item, typing the prefix does nothing.
 
+- **Alignment shortcuts** (`left`, `center`, `right`, `justify`) can be applied with no limits,
+  to any already styled paragraph.
+
 - **Inline shortcuts** (`bold`, `italic`, `underline`, `strikethrough`,
   `inline_code`) fire when you type a **closing delimiter** around some text, so
   typing `**word**` bolds `word`.

ios/EnrichedTextInputView.h

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
   NSValue *dotReplacementRange;
 @public
   NSArray<NSDictionary *> *textShortcuts;
+@public
+  BOOL preserveTypingAttributesOnNextEmptyCheck;
 }
 - (CGSize)measureSize:(CGFloat)maxWidth;
 - (void)emitOnLinkDetectedEvent:(LinkData *)linkData range:(NSRange)range;

ios/EnrichedTextInputView.mm

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ - (void)setDefaults {
   _recentlyEmittedHtml = @"<html>\n<p></p>\n</html>";
   _emitHtml = NO;
   blockEmitting = NO;
+  preserveTypingAttributesOnNextEmptyCheck = NO;
   _emitFocusBlur = YES;
   _emitTextChange = NO;
   dotReplacementRange = nullptr;
@@ -1673,10 +1674,14 @@ - (void)anyTextMayHaveBeenModified {
 
   // emptying input typing attributes management
   if (textView.textStorage.string.length == 0 &&
-      _recentInputString.length > 0) {
-    // reset typing attribtues
+      _recentInputString.length > 0 &&
+      !preserveTypingAttributesOnNextEmptyCheck) {
+    // reset typing attributes if we emptied the string
+    // adding alignment via shortcuts wants to preserve typing attributes, so we
+    // don't reset then
     textView.typingAttributes = defaultTypingAttributes;
   }
+  preserveTypingAttributesOnNextEmptyCheck = NO;
 
   // mentions management: removal and editing
   MentionStyle *mentionStyleClass =

ios/utils/ShortcutsUtils.mm

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #import "ShortcutsUtils.h"
+#import "AlignmentUtils.h"
 #import "ParagraphAttributesUtils.h"
 #import "StyleBase.h"
+#import "StyleHeaders.h"
 #import "StyleUtils.h"
 #import "TextInsertionUtils.h"
 
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@ @implementation ShortcutsUtils
       @"unordered_list" : @(UnorderedList),
       @"ordered_list" : @(OrderedList),
       @"checkbox_list" : @(CheckboxList),
+      @"left" : @(Alignment),
+      @"center" : @(Alignment),
+      @"right" : @(Alignment),
+      @"justify" : @(Alignment),
       // Inline shortcuts
       @"bold" : @(Bold),
       @"italic" : @(Italic),
@@ -331,20 +337,22 @@ + (BOOL)paragraphHasActiveParagraphStyleInRange:(NSRange)paragraphRange
 /// Handles a paragraph-level shortcut (e.g. `# ` → H1, `- ` → unordered list)
 /// on character insertion.
 ///
-///  1. Skip if no shortcuts configured, or the paragraph already has an active
-///     paragraph style — triggers only apply to plain paragraphs.
+///  1. Skip if no shortcuts configured.
 ///  2. Find a paragraph shortcut whose trigger is anchored to the paragraph
-///     start. Skip if the resolved style is blocked by another active style.
-///  3. Save the current text alignment.
-///  4. Suppress events, delete the trigger text, unsuppress.
-///  5. Remove styles from the range that conflict with the new style (e.g.
-///     italic is removed when applying codeblock).
-//   6. Reset typing attrs to defaults preserving alignment — without this, the
-//   new paragraph
-///     style would inherit the alignment of the previous paragraph.
-///  7. Apply the paragraph style with withTyping:YES so the next typed
-///  character
-///     inherits it immediately.
+///     start. Non-alignment shortcuts only trigger on a plain paragraph;
+///     alignment is not a real paragraph style and can combine with one
+///     (e.g. an already-heading paragraph). Skip if the resolved style is
+///     blocked by another active style.
+///  3. Suppress events, delete the trigger text, unsuppress.
+///  4. For alignment, just layer the alignment marker on top of whatever
+///     paragraph style is already active.
+///  5. For other paragraph styles: remove styles from the range that
+///     conflict with the new style (e.g. italic is removed when applying
+///     codeblock), then reset typing attrs to defaults preserving alignment
+///     — without this, the new paragraph style would inherit stale typing
+///     attributes from the previous style.
+///  6. Apply the paragraph style withTyping:YES so the next typed
+///     character inherits it immediately.
 + (BOOL)tryHandlingParagraphShortcutsInRange:(NSRange)range
                              replacementText:(NSString *)text
                                        input:(EnrichedTextInputView *)input {
@@ -356,10 +364,9 @@ + (BOOL)tryHandlingParagraphShortcutsInRange:(NSRange)range
                                                   replacementText:text
                                                             input:input];
 
-  if ([self paragraphHasActiveParagraphStyleInRange:context.paragraphRange
-                                              input:input]) {
-    return NO;
-  }
+  BOOL paragraphHasActiveStyle =
+      [self paragraphHasActiveParagraphStyleInRange:context.paragraphRange
+                                              input:input];
 
   for (NSDictionary *shortcut in input->textShortcuts) {
     if ([self isInlineShortcutStyleName:shortcut[@"style"] input:input]) {
@@ -385,17 +392,29 @@ + (BOOL)tryHandlingParagraphShortcutsInRange:(NSRange)range
       continue;
     }
 
+    // we don't allow for paragraph style shortcuts in non-plain text
+    // paragraphs, where the only exception is a text alignment, which we can
+    // always apply. paragraphHasActiveStyle doesn't consider text alignment,
+    // so we can apply paragraph style shortcuts also when text alignment
+    // is already applied
+    if (type != Alignment && paragraphHasActiveStyle) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (type == Alignment) {
+      AlignmentStyle *alignmentStyle =
+          (AlignmentStyle *)input->stylesDict[@(type)];
+      if ([[alignmentStyle getStyleState] isEqualToString:styleName]) {
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+
     if ([StyleUtils isStyleBlocked:type
                              range:context.paragraphRange
                            forHost:input]) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    NSParagraphStyle *currentParaStyle =
-        input->textView.typingAttributes[NSParagraphStyleAttributeName];
-    NSTextAlignment savedAlignment =
-        currentParaStyle ? currentParaStyle.alignment : NSTextAlignmentNatural;
-
     NSRange triggerRange = NSMakeRange(match.delimStart, match.delimPrefixLen);
 
     input->blockEmitting = YES;
@@ -407,6 +426,31 @@ + (BOOL)tryHandlingParagraphShortcutsInRange:(NSRange)range
 
     input->blockEmitting = NO;
 
+    StyleBase *style = input->stylesDict[@(type)];
+    if (style == nil) {
+      return YES;
+    }
+
+    if (type == Alignment) {
+      [(AlignmentStyle *)style
+            addAlignment:[AlignmentUtils stringToAlignment:styleName]
+                   range:input->textView.selectedRange
+              withTyping:YES
+          withDirtyRange:YES];
+      // the trigger may have consumed the whole paragraph (e.g. an empty
+      // editor); don't let the empty-text reset wipe the alignment we just
+      // set on the typing attributes. This is an issue only with alignment
+      // shortcuts, as alignment doesn't use ZWS, which makes e.g. headings
+      // survive the empty-text typing attributes reset
+      input->preserveTypingAttributesOnNextEmptyCheck = YES;
+      return YES;
+    }
+
+    NSParagraphStyle *currentParaStyle =
+        input->textView.typingAttributes[NSParagraphStyleAttributeName];
+    NSTextAlignment savedAlignment =
+        currentParaStyle ? currentParaStyle.alignment : NSTextAlignmentNatural;
+
     // Drop conflicting inline styles (e.g. italic) across the whole paragraph
     // before applying the block style.
     NSRange paragraphRange = [input->textView.textStorage.string
@@ -418,12 +462,7 @@ + (BOOL)tryHandlingParagraphShortcutsInRange:(NSRange)range
     [ParagraphAttributesUtils resetTypingAttributes:input
                                 preservingAlignment:savedAlignment];
 
-    StyleBase *style = input->stylesDict[@(type)];
-    if (style != nil) {
-      [style add:input->textView.selectedRange
-              withTyping:YES
-          withDirtyRange:YES];
-    }
+    [style add:input->textView.selectedRange withTyping:YES withDirtyRange:YES];
     return YES;
   }
 

src/types.ts

@@ -257,7 +257,11 @@ export type TextShortcutStyle =
   | 'codeblock'
   | 'unordered_list'
   | 'ordered_list'
-  | 'checkbox_list';
+  | 'checkbox_list'
+  | 'left'
+  | 'center'
+  | 'right'
+  | 'justify';
 
 /**
  * Defines a single text shortcut: a character sequence that, when typed is replaced by the corresponding paragraph or inline style.

src/web/pmPlugins/TextShortcutsPlugin.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Plugin, PluginKey, TextSelection } from '@tiptap/pm/state';
 import type { EditorView } from '@tiptap/pm/view';
 import type { TextShortcut, TextShortcutStyle, HtmlStyle } from '../../types';
 import {
+  getCurrentAlignment,
   isAnyParagraphFormatActive,
   isFormatBlocked,
 } from '../formats/formatRules';
@@ -21,6 +22,13 @@ const INLINE_STYLES = new Set<TextShortcutStyle>([
   'inline_code',
 ]);
 
+const ALIGNMENT_STYLES = new Set<TextShortcutStyle>([
+  'left',
+  'center',
+  'right',
+  'justify',
+]);
+
 // Maps every TextShortcutStyle to its corresponding TipTap extension name.
 const TIPTAP_NAME: Record<TextShortcutStyle, string> = {
   bold: 'bold',
@@ -39,6 +47,10 @@ const TIPTAP_NAME: Record<TextShortcutStyle, string> = {
   unordered_list: 'unorderedList',
   ordered_list: 'orderedList',
   checkbox_list: 'checkboxList',
+  left: 'textAlign',
+  center: 'textAlign',
+  right: 'textAlign',
+  justify: 'textAlign',
 };
 
 function applyParagraphCommand(style: string, editor: Editor): boolean {
@@ -65,6 +77,11 @@ function applyParagraphCommand(style: string, editor: Editor): boolean {
       return editor.commands.toggleOrderedList();
     case 'checkbox_list':
       return editor.commands.toggleCheckboxList(false);
+    case 'left':
+    case 'center':
+    case 'right':
+    case 'justify':
+      return editor.commands.setTextAlign(style);
     default:
       return false;
   }
@@ -124,6 +141,8 @@ function isDelimPartOfLongerTrigger(
  *
  * Fires only when the trigger is anchored at the very start of the current
  * text block and no paragraph style is already active on that block.
+ * Alignment shortcuts are the exception: they may fire regardless of the
+ * active paragraph style, as long as that alignment isn't already applied.
  */
 function tryParagraphShortcut(
   view: EditorView,
@@ -133,16 +152,16 @@ function tryParagraphShortcut(
   shortcuts: TextShortcut[],
   htmlStyle: Required<HtmlStyle>
 ): boolean {
-  if (isAnyParagraphFormatActive(editor)) return false;
-
   const ctx = getBlockContext(view.state.doc, from);
   if (!ctx) return false;
 
   const { blockStart } = ctx;
   const offsetInBlock = from - blockStart;
+  const anyParagraphFormatActive = isAnyParagraphFormatActive(editor);
 
   for (const { trigger, style } of shortcuts) {
     if (INLINE_STYLES.has(style)) continue;
+    if (anyParagraphFormatActive && !ALIGNMENT_STYLES.has(style)) continue;
     if (!trigger) continue;
 
     const lastChar = trigger[trigger.length - 1]!;
@@ -159,6 +178,8 @@ function tryParagraphShortcut(
       if (docPrefix !== trigger.slice(0, prefixLen)) continue;
     }
 
+    if (ALIGNMENT_STYLES.has(style) && getCurrentAlignment(editor) === style)
+      continue;
     if (isFormatBlocked(TIPTAP_NAME[style], editor, htmlStyle)) continue;
 
     const marksToPreserve = view.state.selection.$from.marks();
@@ -213,6 +234,7 @@ function tryInlineShortcut(
 
   for (const { trigger, style } of inlineShortcuts) {
     const markName = TIPTAP_NAME[style];
+    if (markName === undefined) continue;
 
     const lastChar = trigger[trigger.length - 1]!;
     if (text !== lastChar) continue;