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Cmd+A doesn't work when a document starts with checkboxes #2973
When a document starts with one or more checkbox blocks, Cmd+A followed by Backspace does not correctly clear the document content.
The issue appears to be specific to documents where a checkbox is the first block. Instead of selecting and deleting the entire document content as expected, the editor gets into a state where the content cannot be fully erased using Cmd+A + Backspace.
A screen recording demonstrating the issue is available here:
Pressing Cmd+A and then Backspace should select and delete all content in the document, including checkbox blocks, leaving an empty document with the default empty block.
Steps to reproduce
Create a new BlockNote document.
Add a checkbox block as the first block in the document.
Add some additional content below it, such as text or more checkbox blocks.
Focus the editor.
Press Cmd+A to select all document content.
Press Backspace.
Observe that the document content cannot be fully deleted.
changed the title [-]cmd + a doesn't work with a doc started with checkboxes[/-][+]Cmd+A doesn't work when a document starts with checkboxes[/+]on Aug 15, 2026
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[-]cmd + a doesn't work with a doc started with checkboxes[/-][+]Cmd+A doesn't work when a document starts with checkboxes[/+]Asodariyasujal commentedon Aug 16, 2026
Hello 👋 @sinashamsizadeh, could you please assign this issue to me?