diff --git a/packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src/editor/Editable.tsx b/packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src/editor/Editable.tsx
index ea3b7f5801f..b90f1017d67 100644
--- a/packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src/editor/Editable.tsx
+++ b/packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src/editor/Editable.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-import {BaseRange, Transforms, Text} from 'slate'
-import React, {useCallback, useMemo, useEffect, forwardRef, useState, KeyboardEvent} from 'react'
+import {BaseRange, Transforms, Text, NodeEntry, Range as SlateRange} from 'slate'
+import React, {
+  forwardRef,
+  KeyboardEvent,
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useState,
+} from 'react'
 import {
   Editable as SlateEditable,
   ReactEditor,
@@ -7,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   RenderLeafProps,
   useSlate,
 } from 'slate-react'
-import {noop} from 'lodash'
+import {flatten, noop} from 'lodash'
 import {PortableTextBlock} from '@sanity/types'
 import {
   EditorChange,
@@ -15,6 +22,8 @@ import {
   OnCopyFn,
   OnPasteFn,
   OnPasteResult,
+  PortableTextSlateEditor,
+  RangeDecoration,
   RenderAnnotationFunction,
   RenderBlockFunction,
   RenderChildFunction,
@@ -59,6 +68,7 @@ export type PortableTextEditableProps = Omit<
   onBeforeInput?: (event: InputEvent) => void
   onPaste?: OnPasteFn
   onCopy?: OnCopyFn
+  rangeDecorations?: RangeDecoration[]
   renderAnnotation?: RenderAnnotationFunction
   renderBlock?: RenderBlockFunction
   renderChild?: RenderChildFunction
@@ -86,6 +96,7 @@ export const PortableTextEditable = forwardRef(function PortableTextEditable(
     onBeforeInput,
     onPaste,
     onCopy,
+    rangeDecorations,
     renderAnnotation,
     renderBlock,
     renderChild,
@@ -149,28 +160,39 @@ export const PortableTextEditable = forwardRef(function PortableTextEditable(
   )
 
   const renderLeaf = useCallback(
-    (lProps: RenderLeafProps & {leaf: Text & {placeholder?: boolean}}) => {
-      const rendered = (
-        <Leaf
-          {...lProps}
-          schemaTypes={schemaTypes}
-          renderAnnotation={renderAnnotation}
-          renderChild={renderChild}
-          renderDecorator={renderDecorator}
-          readOnly={readOnly}
-        />
-      )
-      if (renderPlaceholder && lProps.leaf.placeholder && lProps.text.text === '') {
-        return (
-          <>
-            <span style={PLACEHOLDER_STYLE} contentEditable={false}>
-              {renderPlaceholder()}
-            </span>
-            {rendered}
-          </>
+    (
+      lProps: RenderLeafProps & {
+        leaf: Text & {placeholder?: boolean; rangeDecoration?: RangeDecoration}
+      },
+    ) => {
+      if (lProps.leaf._type === 'span') {
+        let rendered = (
+          <Leaf
+            {...lProps}
+            schemaTypes={schemaTypes}
+            renderAnnotation={renderAnnotation}
+            renderChild={renderChild}
+            renderDecorator={renderDecorator}
+            readOnly={readOnly}
+          />
         )
+        if (renderPlaceholder && lProps.leaf.placeholder && lProps.text.text === '') {
+          return (
+            <>
+              <span style={PLACEHOLDER_STYLE} contentEditable={false}>
+                {renderPlaceholder()}
+              </span>
+              {rendered}
+            </>
+          )
+        }
+        const decoration = lProps.leaf.rangeDecoration
+        if (decoration) {
+          rendered = decoration.component({children: rendered})
+        }
+        return rendered
       }
-      return rendered
+      return lProps.children
     },
     [readOnly, renderAnnotation, renderChild, renderDecorator, renderPlaceholder, schemaTypes],
   )
@@ -393,24 +415,34 @@ export const PortableTextEditable = forwardRef(function PortableTextEditable(
     }
   }, [portableTextEditor, scrollSelectionIntoView])
 
-  const decorate = useCallback(() => {
-    if (isEqualToEmptyEditor(slateEditor.children, schemaTypes)) {
-      return [
-        {
-          anchor: {
-            path: [0, 0],
-            offset: 0,
+  const decorate: (entry: NodeEntry) => BaseRange[] = useCallback(
+    ([node, path]) => {
+      if (isEqualToEmptyEditor(slateEditor.children, schemaTypes)) {
+        return [
+          {
+            anchor: {
+              path: [0, 0],
+              offset: 0,
+            },
+            focus: {
+              path: [0, 0],
+              offset: 0,
+            },
+            placeholder: true,
           },
-          focus: {
-            path: [0, 0],
-            offset: 0,
-          },
-          placeholder: true,
-        },
-      ]
-    }
-    return EMPTY_DECORATORS
-  }, [schemaTypes, slateEditor])
+        ]
+      }
+      return rangeDecorations && rangeDecorations.length
+        ? getChildNodeToRangeDecorations({
+            slateEditor,
+            portableTextEditor,
+            rangeDecorations,
+            nodeEntry: [node, path],
+          })
+        : EMPTY_DECORATORS
+    },
+    [slateEditor, schemaTypes, portableTextEditor, rangeDecorations],
+  )
 
   // Set the forwarded ref to be the Slate editable DOM element
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -442,3 +474,32 @@ export const PortableTextEditable = forwardRef(function PortableTextEditable(
     />
   )
 })
+
+const getChildNodeToRangeDecorations = ({
+  rangeDecorations = [],
+  nodeEntry,
+  slateEditor,
+  portableTextEditor,
+}: {
+  rangeDecorations: RangeDecoration[]
+  nodeEntry: NodeEntry
+  slateEditor: PortableTextSlateEditor
+  portableTextEditor: PortableTextEditor
+}): SlateRange[] => {
+  if (rangeDecorations.length === 0) {
+    return EMPTY_DECORATORS
+  }
+  const [, path] = nodeEntry
+  return flatten(
+    rangeDecorations.map((decoration) => {
+      const slateRange = toSlateRange(decoration.selection, slateEditor)
+      if (decoration.isRangeInvalid(portableTextEditor)) {
+        return EMPTY_DECORATORS
+      }
+      if (slateRange && SlateRange.includes(slateRange, path) && path.length > 0) {
+        return {...slateRange, rangeDecoration: decoration}
+      }
+      return EMPTY_DECORATORS
+    }),
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src/types/editor.ts b/packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src/types/editor.ts
index 52b2c9d0e6c..8dc8a1e0369 100644
--- a/packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src/types/editor.ts
+++ b/packages/@sanity/portable-text-editor/src/types/editor.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export interface EditableAPI {
   blur: () => void
   delete: (selection: EditorSelection, options?: EditableAPIDeleteOptions) => void
   findByPath: (path: Path) => [PortableTextBlock | PortableTextChild | undefined, Path | undefined]
-  findDOMNode: (element: PortableTextBlock | PortableTextChild) => Node | undefined
+  findDOMNode: (element: PortableTextBlock | PortableTextChild) => DOMNode | undefined
   focus: () => void
   focusBlock: () => PortableTextBlock | undefined
   focusChild: () => PortableTextChild | undefined
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export interface PortableTextSlateEditor extends ReactEditor {
   isTextSpan: (value: unknown) => value is PortableTextSpan
   isListBlock: (value: unknown) => value is PortableTextListBlock
   subscriptions: (() => () => void)[]
+  nodeToRangeDecorations?: Map<Node, Range[]>
 
   /**
    * Increments selected list items levels, or decrements them if `reverse` is true.
@@ -481,6 +482,38 @@ export type ScrollSelectionIntoViewFunction = (
   domRange: globalThis.Range,
 ) => void
 
+/**
+ * A range decoration is a UI affordance that wraps a given selection range in the editor
+ * with a custom component. This can be used to highlight search results,
+ * mark validation errors on specific words, draw user presence and similar.
+ * @alpha */
+export interface RangeDecoration {
+  /**
+   * A component for rendering the range decoration.
+   * This component takes only children, and you could render
+   * your own component with own props by wrapping those children.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```ts
+   * (rangeComponentProps: PropsWithChildren) => (
+   *    <BlackListHighlighter {...location}>
+   *      {rangeComponentProps.children}
+   *    </BlackListHighlighter>
+   *  )
+   * ```
+   */
+  component: (props: PropsWithChildren) => ReactElement
+  /**
+   * A function that will can tell if the range has become invalid.
+   * The range will not be rendered when you return `true` from this function.
+   */
+  isRangeInvalid: (editor: PortableTextEditor) => boolean
+  /**
+   * The editor content selection range
+   */
+  selection: EditorSelection
+}
+
 /** @internal */
 export type PortableTextMemberSchemaTypes = {
   annotations: ObjectSchemaType[]
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/Compositor.tsx b/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/Compositor.tsx
index 3a7fe14eb29..392dfc16d4e 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/Compositor.tsx
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/Compositor.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   BlockChildRenderProps as EditorChildRenderProps,
   BlockAnnotationRenderProps,
   EditorSelection,
+  RangeDecoration,
 } from '@sanity/portable-text-editor'
 import {Path, PortableTextBlock, PortableTextTextBlock} from '@sanity/types'
 import {Box, Portal, PortalProvider, useBoundaryElement, usePortal} from '@sanity/ui'
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ interface InputProps extends ArrayOfObjectsInputProps<PortableTextBlock> {
   onPaste?: OnPasteFn
   onToggleFullscreen: () => void
   path: Path
+  rangeDecorations?: RangeDecoration[]
   renderBlockActions?: RenderBlockActionsCallback
   renderCustomMarkers?: RenderCustomMarkers
 }
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ export function Compositor(props: Omit<InputProps, 'schemaType' | 'arrayFunction
     onToggleFullscreen,
     path,
     readOnly,
+    rangeDecorations,
     renderAnnotation,
     renderBlock,
     renderBlockActions,
@@ -145,13 +148,12 @@ export function Compositor(props: Omit<InputProps, 'schemaType' | 'arrayFunction
     [
       _renderBlockActions,
       _renderCustomMarkers,
-      scrollElement,
+      boundaryElement,
       isFullscreen,
       onItemClose,
       onItemOpen,
       onItemRemove,
       onPathFocus,
-      boundaryElement,
       path,
       readOnly,
       renderAnnotation,
@@ -277,14 +279,14 @@ export function Compositor(props: Omit<InputProps, 'schemaType' | 'arrayFunction
       )
     },
     [
-      boundaryElement,
-      scrollElement,
       editor.schemaTypes.span.name,
+      boundaryElement,
       onItemClose,
       onItemOpen,
       onPathFocus,
       path,
       readOnly,
+      scrollElement,
       renderAnnotation,
       renderBlock,
       renderCustomMarkers,
@@ -393,6 +395,7 @@ export function Compositor(props: Omit<InputProps, 'schemaType' | 'arrayFunction
         onPaste={onPaste}
         onToggleFullscreen={handleToggleFullscreen}
         path={path}
+        rangeDecorations={rangeDecorations}
         readOnly={readOnly}
         renderAnnotation={editorRenderAnnotation}
         renderBlock={editorRenderBlock}
@@ -407,6 +410,16 @@ export function Compositor(props: Omit<InputProps, 'schemaType' | 'arrayFunction
     [
       ariaDescribedBy,
       editorHotkeys,
+      editorHotkeys,
+      isActive,
+      isFullscreen,
+      onItemOpen,
+      onCopy,
+      onPaste,
+      handleToggleFullscreen,
+      path,
+      rangeDecorations,
+      readOnly,
       editorRenderAnnotation,
       editorRenderBlock,
       editorRenderChild,
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/Editor.tsx b/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/Editor.tsx
index 780282a1c68..2659d3d7a08 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/Editor.tsx
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/Editor.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   EditorSelection,
   RenderStyleFunction,
   RenderListItemFunction,
+  RangeDecoration,
 } from '@sanity/portable-text-editor'
 import {Path} from '@sanity/types'
 import {BoundaryElementProvider, useBoundaryElement, useGlobalKeyDown, useLayer} from '@sanity/ui'
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ interface EditorProps {
   onToggleFullscreen: () => void
   path: Path
   readOnly?: boolean
+  rangeDecorations?: RangeDecoration[]
   renderAnnotation: RenderAnnotationFunction
   renderBlock: RenderBlockFunction
   renderChild: RenderChildFunction
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ export function Editor(props: EditorProps) {
     onToggleFullscreen,
     path,
     readOnly,
+    rangeDecorations,
     renderAnnotation,
     renderBlock,
     renderChild,
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ export function Editor(props: EditorProps) {
         onCopy={onCopy}
         onPaste={onPaste}
         ref={editableRef}
+        rangeDecorations={rangeDecorations}
         renderAnnotation={renderAnnotation}
         renderBlock={renderBlock}
         renderChild={renderChild}
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ export function Editor(props: EditorProps) {
       initialSelection,
       onCopy,
       onPaste,
+      rangeDecorations,
       renderAnnotation,
       renderBlock,
       renderChild,
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/PortableTextInput.tsx b/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/PortableTextInput.tsx
index 69bf1ab68cc..c9c1b11e4fa 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/PortableTextInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/form/inputs/PortableText/PortableTextInput.tsx
@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@ export function PortableTextInput(props: PortableTextInputProps) {
     members,
     onChange,
     onCopy,
+    onEditorChange,
     onItemRemove,
     onInsert,
     onPaste,
     onPathFocus,
     path,
     readOnly,
+    rangeDecorations,
     renderBlockActions,
     renderCustomMarkers,
     schemaType,
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@ export function PortableTextInput(props: PortableTextInputProps) {
                 onInsert={onInsert}
                 onPaste={onPaste}
                 onToggleFullscreen={handleToggleFullscreen}
+                rangeDecorations={rangeDecorations}
                 renderBlockActions={renderBlockActions}
                 renderCustomMarkers={renderCustomMarkers}
               />
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/form/types/inputProps.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/form/types/inputProps.ts
index 068c026e9d6..7292aee13b4 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/form/types/inputProps.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/form/types/inputProps.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ import {
   StringSchemaType,
 } from '@sanity/types'
 import React, {ComponentType, FocusEventHandler, FormEventHandler} from 'react'
-import {HotkeyOptions, OnCopyFn, OnPasteFn} from '@sanity/portable-text-editor'
+import {
+  EditorChange,
+  HotkeyOptions,
+  OnCopyFn,
+  OnPasteFn,
+  RangeDecoration,
+} from '@sanity/portable-text-editor'
 import {FormPatch, PatchEvent} from '../patch'
 import {
   ArrayOfObjectsFormNode,
@@ -488,6 +494,10 @@ export interface PortableTextInputProps
    * Use the `renderBlock` interface instead.
    */
   markers?: PortableTextMarker[]
+  /**
+   * Returns changes from the underlying editor
+   */
+  onEditorChange?: (change: EditorChange) => void
   /**
    * Custom copy function
    */
@@ -508,6 +518,7 @@ export interface PortableTextInputProps
    * Use the `renderBlock` interface instead.
    */
   renderCustomMarkers?: RenderCustomMarkers
+  rangeDecorations?: RangeDecoration[]
 }
 
 /**