[WIKI-543] fix: unable to delete last cell of a table

packages/editor/src/core/components/menus/bubble-menu/root.tsx

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { CORE_EXTENSIONS } from "@/constants/extension";
 import { isCellSelection } from "@/extensions/table/table/utilities/helpers";
 // types
 import { TEditorCommands } from "@/types";
-// local components
+// local imports
 import { TextAlignmentSelector } from "./alignment-selector";
 
 type EditorBubbleMenuProps = Omit<BubbleMenuProps, "children">;

packages/editor/src/core/extensions/table/table-cell.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import { mergeAttributes, Node } from "@tiptap/core";
+import { TableMap } from "@tiptap/pm/tables";
 // constants
 import { CORE_EXTENSIONS } from "@/constants/extension";
+// helpers
+import { findParentNodeOfType } from "@/helpers/common";
 // local imports
 import { TableCellSelectionOutlinePlugin } from "./plugins/selection-outline/plugin";
 import { DEFAULT_COLUMN_WIDTH } from "./table";
+import { isCellSelection } from "./table/utilities/helpers";
 
 export interface TableCellOptions {
   HTMLAttributes: Record<string, any>;
@@ -54,6 +58,47 @@ export const TableCell = Node.create<TableCellOptions>({
     return [TableCellSelectionOutlinePlugin(this.editor)];
   },
 
+  addKeyboardShortcuts() {
+    return {
+      Backspace: ({ editor }) => {
+        const { state } = editor.view;
+        const { selection } = state;
+
+        if (isCellSelection(selection)) return false;
+
+        // Check if we're at the start of the cell
+        if (selection.from !== selection.to || selection.$head.parentOffset !== 0) return false;
+
+        // Find table and current cell
+        const tableNode = findParentNodeOfType(selection, [CORE_EXTENSIONS.TABLE])?.node;
+        const currentCellInfo = findParentNodeOfType(selection, [
+          CORE_EXTENSIONS.TABLE_CELL,
+          CORE_EXTENSIONS.TABLE_HEADER,
+        ]);
+        const currentCellNode = currentCellInfo?.node;
+        const cellPos = currentCellInfo?.pos;
+        const cellDepth = currentCellInfo?.depth;
+
+        if (!tableNode || !currentCellNode || cellPos === null || cellDepth === null) return false;
+
+        // Check if this is the only cell in the TableMap (1 row, 1 column)
+        const tableMap = TableMap.get(tableNode);
+        const isOnlyCell = tableMap.width === 1 && tableMap.height === 1;
+        if (!isOnlyCell) return false;
+
+        // Cell has content, select the entire cell
+        // Use the position that points to the cell node itself, not its content
+        const cellNodePos = selection.$head.before(cellDepth);
+
+        editor.commands.setCellSelection({
+          anchorCell: cellNodePos,
+          headCell: cellNodePos,
+        });
+        return true;
+      },
+    };
+  },
+
   parseHTML() {
     return [{ tag: "td" }];
   },

packages/editor/src/core/extensions/table/table/utilities/insert-line-above-table-action.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const insertLineAboveTableAction: KeyboardShortcutCommand = ({ editor })
     const { selection } = editor.state;
 
     // Find the table node and its position
-    const tableNode = findParentNodeOfType(selection, CORE_EXTENSIONS.TABLE);
+    const tableNode = findParentNodeOfType(selection, [CORE_EXTENSIONS.TABLE]);
     if (!tableNode) return false;
 
     const tablePos = tableNode.pos;

packages/editor/src/core/extensions/table/table/utilities/insert-line-below-table-action.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const insertLineBelowTableAction: KeyboardShortcutCommand = ({ editor })
     const { selection } = editor.state;
 
     // Find the table node and its position
-    const tableNode = findParentNodeOfType(selection, CORE_EXTENSIONS.TABLE);
+    const tableNode = findParentNodeOfType(selection, [CORE_EXTENSIONS.TABLE]);
     if (!tableNode) return false;
 
     const tablePos = tableNode.pos;

packages/editor/src/core/helpers/common.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Node as ProseMirrorNode } from "@tiptap/pm/model";
 import { EditorState, Selection } from "@tiptap/pm/state";
 // plane imports
 import { cn } from "@plane/utils";
@@ -21,17 +22,28 @@ export const getEditorClassNames = ({ noBorder, borderOnFocus, containerClassNam
   );
 
 // Helper function to find the parent node of a specific type
-export function findParentNodeOfType(selection: Selection, typeName: string) {
+export const findParentNodeOfType = (
+  selection: Selection,
+  typeName: string[]
+): {
+  node: ProseMirrorNode;
+  pos: number;
+  depth: number;
+} | null => {
   let depth = selection.$anchor.depth;
   while (depth > 0) {
     const node = selection.$anchor.node(depth);
-    if (node.type.name === typeName) {
-      return { node, pos: selection.$anchor.start(depth) - 1 };
+    if (typeName.includes(node.type.name)) {
+      return {
+        node,
+        pos: selection.$anchor.start(depth) - 1,
+        depth,
+      };
     }
     depth--;
   }
   return null;
-}
+};
 
 export const findTableAncestor = (node: Node | null): HTMLTableElement | null => {
   while (node !== null && node.nodeName !== "TABLE") {