removeFormat doesn't remove all formatting tags

[mriesewijk]

Hi,

Thanks for all your great work on this library.
We did however have an issue reported in our application where the editor is used.

Header-tags (h1 through h6) or list-tags (ol/ ul) in your texts will not be removed when you use the button removeFormat.
I would expect that ALL formatting will be removed

Schermopname.2026-01-13.140700.mp4

Is there a way, this can be fixed?

[kolkov]

Hi @mriesewijk,

Thanks for the detailed report!

This is a limitation of the browser's native document.execCommand('removeFormat') API - it only removes inline formatting (bold, italic, underline, font color, etc.) but does NOT remove block-level elements like headings (h1-h6) or lists (ol/ul).

Workaround:

1. Select the text with headings/lists
2. Use the "Heading" dropdown in the toolbar and select "Normal" or "Paragraph" to convert headings to <p>
3. For lists, you may need to manually restructure the content

A custom implementation that strips all formatting including block elements would be a nice enhancement. I've labeled this as enhancement for future consideration.

If this is critical for your use case, PRs are welcome!