diff --git a/src/commands.ts b/src/commands.ts
index f253541f..ed910bab 100644
--- a/src/commands.ts
+++ b/src/commands.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 // This file defines a number of table-related commands.
 
-import { Fragment, Node, NodeType, ResolvedPos } from 'prosemirror-model';
+import {
+  Fragment,
+  Node,
+  NodeType,
+  ResolvedPos,
+  Slice,
+} from 'prosemirror-model';
 import {
   Command,
   EditorState,
@@ -857,3 +863,31 @@ export function deleteTable(
   }
   return false;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Deletes the content of the selected cells, if they are not empty.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export function deleteCellSelection(
+  state: EditorState,
+  dispatch?: (tr: Transaction) => void,
+): boolean {
+  const sel = state.selection;
+  if (!(sel instanceof CellSelection)) return false;
+  if (dispatch) {
+    const tr = state.tr;
+    const baseContent = tableNodeTypes(state.schema).cell.createAndFill()!
+      .content;
+    sel.forEachCell((cell, pos) => {
+      if (!cell.content.eq(baseContent))
+        tr.replace(
+          tr.mapping.map(pos + 1),
+          tr.mapping.map(pos + cell.nodeSize - 1),
+          new Slice(baseContent, 0, 0),
+        );
+    });
+    if (tr.docChanged) dispatch(tr);
+  }
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index db21e4cb..367a28d7 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export { TableView, updateColumnsOnResize } from './tableview';
 export {
   addColSpan,
   cellAround,
+  cellNear,
   colCount,
   columnIsHeader,
   findCell,
diff --git a/src/input.ts b/src/input.ts
index 3c23708c..f8d54839 100644
--- a/src/input.ts
+++ b/src/input.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // This file defines a number of helpers for wiring up user input to
 // table-related functionality.
 
+import { keydownHandler } from 'prosemirror-keymap';
 import { Fragment, ResolvedPos, Slice } from 'prosemirror-model';
 import {
   Command,
@@ -9,21 +10,21 @@ import {
   TextSelection,
   Transaction,
 } from 'prosemirror-state';
-import { keydownHandler } from 'prosemirror-keymap';
 
+import { EditorView } from 'prosemirror-view';
+import { CellSelection } from './cellselection';
+import { deleteCellSelection } from './commands';
+import { clipCells, fitSlice, insertCells, pastedCells } from './copypaste';
+import { tableNodeTypes } from './schema';
+import { TableMap } from './tablemap';
 import {
   cellAround,
   inSameTable,
   isInTable,
-  tableEditingKey,
   nextCell,
   selectionCell,
+  tableEditingKey,
 } from './util';
-import { CellSelection } from './cellselection';
-import { TableMap } from './tablemap';
-import { clipCells, fitSlice, insertCells, pastedCells } from './copypaste';
-import { tableNodeTypes } from './schema';
-import { EditorView } from 'prosemirror-view';
 
 type Axis = 'horiz' | 'vert';
 
@@ -118,29 +119,6 @@ function shiftArrow(axis: Axis, dir: Direction): Command {
   };
 }
 
-function deleteCellSelection(
-  state: EditorState,
-  dispatch?: (tr: Transaction) => void,
-): boolean {
-  const sel = state.selection;
-  if (!(sel instanceof CellSelection)) return false;
-  if (dispatch) {
-    const tr = state.tr;
-    const baseContent = tableNodeTypes(state.schema).cell.createAndFill()!
-      .content;
-    sel.forEachCell((cell, pos) => {
-      if (!cell.content.eq(baseContent))
-        tr.replace(
-          tr.mapping.map(pos + 1),
-          tr.mapping.map(pos + cell.nodeSize - 1),
-          new Slice(baseContent, 0, 0),
-        );
-    });
-    if (tr.docChanged) dispatch(tr);
-  }
-  return true;
-}
-
 export function handleTripleClick(view: EditorView, pos: number): boolean {
   const doc = view.state.doc,
     $cell = cellAround(doc.resolve(pos));
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 70fd658f..bb4bfbb5 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ export function selectionCell(state: EditorState): ResolvedPos {
   throw new RangeError(`No cell found around position ${sel.head}`);
 }
 
-function cellNear($pos: ResolvedPos): ResolvedPos | undefined {
+/**
+ * @public
+ */
+export function cellNear($pos: ResolvedPos): ResolvedPos | undefined {
   for (
     let after = $pos.nodeAfter, pos = $pos.pos;
     after;