Document apiReferenceBlocks

blocks.split

Split a paragraph at a visible-text offset, producing two paragraphs. Preserves unambiguous simple run properties around the cut. Rejects when the paragraph contains fields, content controls, drawings, equations, or unsupported tracked-change wrappers.

mutates documenttracked modenon-idempotent
doc.blocks.split(…)

Expected result

Returns a BlocksSplitResult; on success carries the new tail paragraph address, affectedStories, and (for engines that report them) story-absolute textRangeShifts and a txId for history correlation.

Inputs

targetBlockNodeAddressrequired
Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"paragraph" | "heading" | "listItem" | "table" | "tableRow" | "tableCell" | "tableOfContents" | "image" | "sdt"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
offsetintegerrequired

Result

Output fields
status"NO_OP"
changeTagstring

Caller correlation for this commit only; never persisted or replayed on Undo/Redo.

temporaryobject
Fields
idstringrequired
phase"begin" | "replace" | "rollback" | "commit"required
tagstringrequired
onNativeEdit"cancel" | "preserve"
cancelledBy"native-edit"
appliedChangeMode"direct" | "tracked"
idstring
insertedBlockNodeAddressrequired
Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"paragraph" | "heading" | "listItem" | "table" | "tableRow" | "tableCell" | "tableOfContents" | "image" | "sdt"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
updatedEntityAddress[]
removedEntityAddress[]
invalidatedRefsAffectedRef[]
remappedRefsAffectedRefRemapping[]
affectedStoriesStoryLocator[]
textRangeShiftsTextRangeShift[]
trackedTextRangeShiftsTrackedTextRangeShift[]
txIdstring
warningsReviewWarning[]
effectsReceiptEffects
Fields
insertedTextTextMutationEffect[]
insertedBlocksBlockMutationEffect[]
resultTextTextTarget
Fields
kind"text"required
segmentsTextSegment[]required
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
coordinateSpaceTextCoordinateSpace
trackedChangeRefsTrackedChangeAddress[]
trackedChangeCountinteger
changedboolean
successtruerequired
anchorBlockNodeAddress
Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"paragraph" | "heading" | "listItem" | "table" | "tableRow" | "tableCell" | "tableOfContents" | "image" | "sdt"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired

Failures

Pre-apply throws

  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
  • INVALID_TARGET
1 more codes
  • INVALID_INPUT

Non-applied receipt codes

  • INVALID_TARGET
  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
2 more codes
  • INVALID_CONTEXT
  • INVALID_INPUT

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