BookStackApp/BookStack · error · Error

Expected table cell to be inside of table row.

Error message

Expected table cell to be inside of table row.

What it means

Internal invariant in $getTableRowNodeFromTableCellNodeOrThrow: walking parents from the given node finds no TableRowNode, meaning the starting node is not (or not inside) a table cell within a row. Input at fault: a LexicalNode outside a table row structure.

Source

Thrown at resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/table/LexicalTableUtils.ts:103

  const node = $findMatchingParent(startingNode, (n) => $isTableCellNode(n));

  if ($isTableCellNode(node)) {
    return node;
  }

  return null;
}

export function $getTableRowNodeFromTableCellNodeOrThrow(
  startingNode: LexicalNode,
): TableRowNode {
  const node = $findMatchingParent(startingNode, (n) => $isTableRowNode(n));

  if ($isTableRowNode(node)) {
    return node;
  }

  throw new Error('Expected table cell to be inside of table row.');
}

export function $getTableNodeFromLexicalNodeOrThrow(
  startingNode: LexicalNode,
): TableNode {
  const node = $findMatchingParent(startingNode, (n) => $isTableNode(n));

  if ($isTableNode(node)) {
    return node;
  }

  throw new Error('Expected table cell to be inside of table.');
}

export function $getTableRowIndexFromTableCellNode(
  tableCellNode: TableCellNode,
): number {
  const tableRowNode = $getTableRowNodeFromTableCellNodeOrThrow(tableCellNode);

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Solutions

1. Pass a node that is inside a table cell ($isTableCellNode check first)
2. Use the non-throwing $findMatchingParent lookup and handle null before calling the *OrThrow variant
3. Check selection anchors actually point into table content before row operations

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/table/LexicalTableUtils.ts:103 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of BookStackApp/BookStack@18f8469a1c (2026-09-02). Data as JSON: /api/errors/17a3a9c8ba99b390. Report an issue: GitHub.