diff --git a/docs/src/demos/Extensions/TextAlign/index.vue b/docs/src/demos/Extensions/TextAlign/index.vue
index 25ddd3bf..08ec6d50 100644
--- a/docs/src/demos/Extensions/TextAlign/index.vue
+++ b/docs/src/demos/Extensions/TextAlign/index.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <button @click="editor.chain().focus().textAlign('right').run()">
       right
     </button>
-    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setDefaultNodeAttributes(['textAlign']).run()">
+    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().resetNodeAttributes(['textAlign']).run()">
       set default
     </button>
     <editor-content :editor="editor" />
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/clearNodes.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/clearNodes.ts
index 5d755767..cb4ab185 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/clearNodes.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/clearNodes.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { createExtension } from '../Extension'
 export const ClearNodes = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      clearNodes: (): Command => ({ state, tr }) => {
+      clearNodes: (): Command => ({ state, tr, dispatch }) => {
         const { selection } = tr
         const { from, to } = selection
 
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ export const ClearNodes = createExtension({
             if (nodeRange) {
               const targetLiftDepth = liftTarget(nodeRange)
 
-              if (node.type.isTextblock) {
+              if (node.type.isTextblock && dispatch) {
                 tr.setNodeMarkup(nodeRange.start, state.schema.nodes.paragraph)
               }
 
-              if (targetLiftDepth || targetLiftDepth === 0) {
+              if ((targetLiftDepth || targetLiftDepth === 0) && dispatch) {
                 tr.lift(nodeRange, targetLiftDepth)
               }
             }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/focus.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/focus.ts
index 8f9ffdb3..1719a6b8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/focus.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/focus.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ function resolveSelection(editor: Editor, position: Position = null): ResolvedSe
 export const Focus = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      focus: (position: Position = null): Command => ({ editor, view, tr }) => {
+      focus: (position: Position = null): Command => ({
+        editor, view, tr, dispatch,
+      }) => {
         if ((view.hasFocus() && position === null) || position === false) {
           return true
         }
@@ -51,7 +53,10 @@ export const Focus = createExtension({
         const resolvedEnd = minMax(to, 0, doc.content.size)
         const selection = TextSelection.create(doc, resolvedFrom, resolvedEnd)
 
-        tr.setSelection(selection)
+        if (dispatch) {
+          tr.setSelection(selection)
+        }
+
         view.focus()
 
         return true
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/index.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/index.ts
index f21bbac3..0d2de36f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export { RemoveMarks } from './removeMarks'
 export { ScrollIntoView } from './scrollIntoView'
 export { SelectAll } from './selectAll'
 export { SelectParentNode } from './selectParentNode'
-export { SetDefaultNodeAttributes } from './setDefaultNodeAttributes'
+export { ResetNodeAttributes } from './resetNodeAttributes'
 export { SetNodeAttributes } from './setNodeAttributes'
 export { SetBlockType } from './setBlockType'
 export { SetContent } from './setContent'
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/insertHTML.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/insertHTML.ts
index 2a567a40..8d0f395f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/insertHTML.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/insertHTML.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@ function selectionToInsertionEnd(tr: Transaction, startLen: number, bias: number
 export const InsertHTML = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      insertHTML: (value: string): Command => ({ tr, state }) => {
+      insertHTML: (value: string): Command => ({ tr, state, dispatch }) => {
         const { selection } = tr
         const element = elementFromString(value)
         const slice = DOMParser.fromSchema(state.schema).parseSlice(element)
 
-        tr.insert(selection.anchor, slice.content)
-        selectionToInsertionEnd(tr, tr.steps.length - 1, -1)
+        if (dispatch) {
+          tr.insert(selection.anchor, slice.content)
+          selectionToInsertionEnd(tr, tr.steps.length - 1, -1)
+        }
 
         return true
       },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/insertText.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/insertText.ts
index cdef3263..a7302fe0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/insertText.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/insertText.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import { createExtension } from '../Extension'
 export const InsertText = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      insertText: (value: string): Command => ({ tr }) => {
-        tr.insertText(value)
+      insertText: (value: string): Command => ({ tr, dispatch }) => {
+        if (dispatch) {
+          tr.insertText(value)
+        }
 
         return true
       },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/removeMark.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/removeMark.ts
index f4463341..3bd0ccf3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/removeMark.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/removeMark.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import getMarkRange from '../utils/getMarkRange'
 export const RemoveMark = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      removeMark: (typeOrName: string | MarkType): Command => ({ tr, state }) => {
+      removeMark: (typeOrName: string | MarkType): Command => ({ tr, state, dispatch }) => {
         const { selection } = tr
         const type = getMarkType(typeOrName, state.schema)
         let { from, to } = selection
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ export const RemoveMark = createExtension({
           }
         }
 
-        tr.removeMark(from, to, type)
+        if (dispatch) {
+          tr.removeMark(from, to, type)
+        }
 
         return true
       },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/removeMarks.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/removeMarks.ts
index af527062..fcc5ed1b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/removeMarks.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/removeMarks.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { createExtension } from '../Extension'
 export const RemoveMarks = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      removeMarks: (): Command => ({ tr, state }) => {
+      removeMarks: (): Command => ({ tr, state, dispatch }) => {
         const { selection } = tr
         const { from, to, empty } = selection
 
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ export const RemoveMarks = createExtension({
           return true
         }
 
-        Object
-          .entries(state.schema.marks)
-          .forEach(([, mark]) => {
-            tr.removeMark(from, to, mark as any)
-          })
+        if (dispatch) {
+          Object
+            .entries(state.schema.marks)
+            .forEach(([, mark]) => {
+              tr.removeMark(from, to, mark as any)
+            })
+        }
 
         return true
       },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/setDefaultNodeAttributes.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/resetNodeAttributes.ts
similarity index 71%
rename from packages/core/src/extensions/setDefaultNodeAttributes.ts
rename to packages/core/src/extensions/resetNodeAttributes.ts
index 8347b141..a9babeff 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/setDefaultNodeAttributes.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/resetNodeAttributes.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { Command } from '../Editor'
 import { createExtension } from '../Extension'
 
-export const SetDefaultNodeAttributes = createExtension({
+export const ResetNodeAttributes = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      setDefaultNodeAttributes: (attributeNames: string[] = []): Command => ({ tr, state }) => {
+      resetNodeAttributes: (attributeNames: string[] = []): Command => ({ tr, state, dispatch }) => {
         const { selection } = tr
         const { from, to } = selection
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const SetDefaultNodeAttributes = createExtension({
               const attribute = node.type.spec.attrs?.[name]
               const defaultValue = attribute?.default
 
-              if (attribute && defaultValue !== undefined) {
+              if (attribute && defaultValue !== undefined && dispatch) {
                 tr.setNodeMarkup(pos, undefined, {
                   [name]: defaultValue,
                 })
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ export const SetDefaultNodeAttributes = createExtension({
 
 declare module '../Editor' {
   interface AllExtensions {
-    SetDefaultNodeAttributes: typeof SetDefaultNodeAttributes,
+    ResetNodeAttributes: typeof ResetNodeAttributes,
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/scrollIntoView.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/scrollIntoView.ts
index 44fee958..30dc3d9e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/scrollIntoView.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/scrollIntoView.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import { createExtension } from '../Extension'
 export const ScrollIntoView = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      scrollIntoView: (): Command => ({ tr }) => {
-        tr.scrollIntoView()
+      scrollIntoView: (): Command => ({ tr, dispatch }) => {
+        if (dispatch) {
+          tr.scrollIntoView()
+        }
 
         return true
       },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/setContent.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/setContent.ts
index f19fb906..a9069f1e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/setContent.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/setContent.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ import { createExtension } from '../Extension'
 export const SetContent = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      setContent: (content: string, emitUpdate: Boolean = false, parseOptions = {}): Command => ({ tr, editor }) => {
+      setContent: (content: string, emitUpdate: Boolean = false, parseOptions = {}): Command => ({ tr, editor, dispatch }) => {
         const { createDocument } = editor
         const { doc } = tr
         const document = createDocument(content, parseOptions)
         const selection = TextSelection.create(doc, 0, doc.content.size)
 
-        tr.setSelection(selection)
-          .replaceSelectionWith(document, false)
-          .setMeta('preventUpdate', !emitUpdate)
+        if (dispatch) {
+          tr.setSelection(selection)
+            .replaceSelectionWith(document, false)
+            .setMeta('preventUpdate', !emitUpdate)
+        }
 
         return true
       },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/setNodeAttributes.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/setNodeAttributes.ts
index d049ba3b..9333a554 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/setNodeAttributes.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/setNodeAttributes.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import { createExtension } from '../Extension'
 export const SetNodeAttributes = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      setNodeAttributes: (attributes: {}): Command => ({ tr, state }) => {
+      setNodeAttributes: (attributes: {}): Command => ({ tr, state, dispatch }) => {
         const { selection } = tr
         const { from, to } = selection
 
         state.doc.nodesBetween(from, to, (node, pos) => {
-          if (!node.type.isText) {
+          if (!node.type.isText && dispatch) {
             tr.setNodeMarkup(pos, undefined, attributes)
           }
         })
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/splitBlock.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/splitBlock.ts
index 37aaa7da..39b78241 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/splitBlock.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/splitBlock.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const SplitBlock = createExtension({
             }
           }
 
-          dispatch(tr.scrollIntoView())
+          tr.scrollIntoView()
         }
 
         return true
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/toggleList.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/toggleList.ts
index acfaf05b..fe8bcc2b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/toggleList.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/toggleList.ts
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ export const ToggleList = createExtension({
           }
 
           // change list type
-          if (isList(parentList.node.type.name, extensions) && listType.validContent(parentList.node.content)) {
-            if (dispatch) {
-              tr.setNodeMarkup(parentList.pos, listType)
-            }
+          if (
+            isList(parentList.node.type.name, extensions)
+            && listType.validContent(parentList.node.content)
+            && dispatch
+          ) {
+            tr.setNodeMarkup(parentList.pos, listType)
 
             return true
           }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/extensions/updateMark.ts b/packages/core/src/extensions/updateMark.ts
index 0200cf0d..5c7885c0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/extensions/updateMark.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/extensions/updateMark.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import getMarkRange from '../utils/getMarkRange'
 export const UpdateMark = createExtension({
   addCommands() {
     return {
-      updateMark: (typeOrName: string | MarkType, attrs: {}): Command => ({ tr, state }) => {
+      updateMark: (typeOrName: string | MarkType, attrs: {}): Command => ({ tr, state, dispatch }) => {
         const { selection, doc } = tr
         let { from, to } = selection
         const { $from, empty } = selection
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ export const UpdateMark = createExtension({
 
         const hasMark = doc.rangeHasMark(from, to, type)
 
-        if (hasMark) {
+        if (hasMark && dispatch) {
           tr.removeMark(from, to, type)
         }
 
-        tr.addMark(from, to, type.create(attrs))
+        if (dispatch) {
+          tr.addMark(from, to, type.create(attrs))
+        }
 
         return true
       },