Table cell text color & background color not applied via Table Handle Menu

[yannishin]

What’s broken?

In Table blocks, cell text color and cell background color are no longer applied when using the Table Handle Menu. This is a regression from v0.47.3.

Detailed behavior by entry point:

Entry Point	Text Color	Background Color
Table Handle Menu	❌ Not applied	❌ Not applied
Formatting Toolbar	✅ Applied	❌ Not applied
Block Side Menu	✅ Applied	(not tested)

Common issue across all entry points: The modern color picker UI does not commit/apply the selected color — the picker appears to accept input but no color change is reflected in the cell.

What did you expect to happen?

All color options (text color and background color) should be applied to table cells regardless of which UI entry point is used — Table Handle Menu, Formatting Toolbar, or Block Side Menu.

The color picker should visually confirm and apply the selected color immediately upon selection.

This worked correctly in v0.47.3.

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to https://www.blocknotejs.org/examples/ui-components/advanced-tables (confirmed reproducible on the official playground)
2. Click on a table cell to focus it
3. Open the Table Handle Menu (click the table handle icon)
4. Attempt to change text color or background color
5. Observe that no color change is applied

To confirm partial behavior via Formatting Toolbar:

1. Select text inside a table cell
2. Open the Formatting Toolbar
3. Apply text color → ✅ color is applied
4. Apply background color → ❌ color is NOT applied

BlockNote version

v0.51.1

Environment

No response

Additional context

Regression confirmed between v0.47.3 (working) and v0.51.1 (broken).

• 0_47_3_OK.mov — v0.47.3: text color & background color work correctly via Table Handle Menu

0.47.3_OK.mov

• 0_51_1_error.mov — v0.51.1: color not applied via Table Handle Menu

0.51.1_error.mov

• 0_51_1_toolbar_ok.mov — v0.51.1: text color works via Formatting Toolbar; background color still broken

0.51.1_toolbar_ok.mov

• 0_51_1_handlemenu_ok.mov — v0.51.1: text color works via Block Side Menu

0.51.1_handlemenu_ok.mov

• 0.47.3 color picker

• 0.51.1 color picker

Contribution

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