How to select text/node inside block programmatically?

[tonyAndr]

I'm looking for any alternative to TinyMCE's editor.selection.select() functionality or any other way to select DOM node or text by it's position in the document.

In my case: I have a plugin, which shows all links from the article's content in the sidebar panel.
When I click on any of those links, I want it to be selected (highlighted) in the editor.

The problem is, I can't find any documentation about selection functionality in Gutenberg, and standart
window.getSelection/addRange isn't working as expected (it works once, but then there is no way to remove selection - .removeRange / .removeAllRanges or addRange(someNewRange) make no effect when another link clicked in the sidebar).

What is the best way to find a piece of text or DOM node (by selector), which could be in any block and then select it (not a whole block, only particular text/node)?

[ellatrix]

This is currently not possible with Gutenberg APIs, as the selection state is local to the RichText component. There are plans to move this state to the editor state, which would make it possible to alter it. See also #12002.

I think you could use the browser API as well if you're fine with trying to find the right nodes etc. I'm a bit surprised that it doesn't work. It should work just like user selection. We don't have any logic separating user selection vs selection with the browser API. Maybe I can help more if I see an example in code.

[mtias]

@ellatrix can this one be closed?