diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 8e87abee..cb2a1bdf 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ module.exports = {
         '@typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define': ['error'],
         'no-dupe-class-members': 'off',
         '@typescript-eslint/no-dupe-class-members': ['error'],
+        'lines-between-class-members': 'off',
+        '@typescript-eslint/lines-between-class-members': ['error'],
         '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'off',
         '@typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface': 'off',
         '@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-type': 'off',
diff --git a/docs/src/demos/Examples/Formatting/index.vue b/docs/src/demos/Examples/Formatting/index.vue
index 2d54b041..d573f20e 100644
--- a/docs/src/demos/Examples/Formatting/index.vue
+++ b/docs/src/demos/Examples/Formatting/index.vue
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
       <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setParagraph().run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive('paragraph') }">
         paragraph
       </button>
-      <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('left').run()">
+      <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('left').run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive({ textAlign: 'left' }) }">
         left
       </button>
-      <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('center').run()">
+      <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('center').run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive({ textAlign: 'center' }) }">
         center
       </button>
-      <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('right').run()">
+      <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('right').run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive({ textAlign: 'right' }) }">
         right
       </button>
-      <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('justify').run()">
+      <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('justify').run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive({ textAlign: 'justify' }) }">
         justify
       </button>
     </div>
diff --git a/docs/src/demos/Extensions/TextAlign/index.vue b/docs/src/demos/Extensions/TextAlign/index.vue
index 0ecb20be..5c472b19 100644
--- a/docs/src/demos/Extensions/TextAlign/index.vue
+++ b/docs/src/demos/Extensions/TextAlign/index.vue
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <template>
   <div v-if="editor">
-    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('left').run()">
+    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('left').run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive({ textAlign: 'left' }) }">
       left
     </button>
-    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('center').run()">
+    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('center').run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive({ textAlign: 'center' }) }">
       center
     </button>
-    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('right').run()">
+    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('right').run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive({ textAlign: 'right' }) }">
       right
     </button>
-    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('justify').run()">
+    <button @click="editor.chain().focus().setTextAlign('justify').run()" :class="{ 'is-active': editor.isActive({ textAlign: 'justify' }) }">
       justify
     </button>
     <button @click="editor.chain().focus().unsetTextAlign().run()">
diff --git a/packages/core/src/Editor.ts b/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
index 59f30a38..6aa49edb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Editor.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ import { EditorView } from 'prosemirror-view'
 import { Schema, DOMParser, Node } from 'prosemirror-model'
 import magicMethods from './utils/magicMethods'
 import elementFromString from './utils/elementFromString'
-import nodeIsActive from './utils/nodeIsActive'
-import markIsActive from './utils/markIsActive'
 import getNodeAttributes from './utils/getNodeAttributes'
 import getMarkAttributes from './utils/getMarkAttributes'
+import isActive from './utils/isActive'
 import removeElement from './utils/removeElement'
-import getSchemaTypeNameByName from './utils/getSchemaTypeNameByName'
 import getHTMLFromFragment from './utils/getHTMLFromFragment'
 import createStyleTag from './utils/createStyleTag'
 import CommandManager from './CommandManager'
@@ -350,18 +348,20 @@ export class Editor extends EventEmitter {
    * Returns if the currently selected node or mark is active.
    *
    * @param name Name of the node or mark
-   * @param attrs Attributes of the node or mark
+   * @param attributes Attributes of the node or mark
    */
-  public isActive(name: string, attrs = {}) {
-    const schemaType = getSchemaTypeNameByName(name, this.schema)
+  public isActive(name: string, attributes?: {}): boolean;
+  public isActive(attributes: {}): boolean;
+  public isActive(nameOrAttributes: string, attributesOrUndefined?: {}): boolean {
+    const name = typeof nameOrAttributes === 'string'
+      ? nameOrAttributes
+      : null
 
-    if (schemaType === 'node') {
-      return nodeIsActive(this.state, this.schema.nodes[name], attrs)
-    } if (schemaType === 'mark') {
-      return markIsActive(this.state, this.schema.marks[name], attrs)
-    }
+    const attributes = typeof nameOrAttributes === 'string'
+      ? attributesOrUndefined
+      : nameOrAttributes
 
-    return false
+    return isActive(this.state, name, attributes)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/isActive.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/isActive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c0b63e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/isActive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { EditorState } from 'prosemirror-state'
+import { Node, Mark } from 'prosemirror-model'
+import nodeIsActive from './nodeIsActive'
+import markIsActive from './markIsActive'
+import objectIncludes from './objectIncludes'
+import getSchemaTypeNameByName from './getSchemaTypeNameByName'
+
+export default function isActive(state: EditorState, name: string | null, attributes: { [key: string ]: any } = {}): boolean {
+  if (name) {
+    const schemaType = getSchemaTypeNameByName(name, state.schema)
+
+    if (schemaType === 'node') {
+      return nodeIsActive(state, state.schema.nodes[name], attributes)
+    } if (schemaType === 'mark') {
+      return markIsActive(state, state.schema.marks[name], attributes)
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!name) {
+    const { from, to, empty } = state.selection
+    let nodes: Node[] = []
+    let marks: Mark[] = []
+
+    if (empty) {
+      marks = state.selection.$head.marks()
+    }
+
+    state.doc.nodesBetween(from, to, node => {
+      nodes = [...nodes, node]
+
+      if (!empty) {
+        marks = [...marks, ...node.marks]
+      }
+    })
+
+    const anyNodeWithAttributes = nodes.find(node => objectIncludes(node.attrs, attributes))
+    const anyMarkWithAttributes = marks.find(mark => objectIncludes(mark.attrs, attributes))
+
+    if (anyNodeWithAttributes || anyMarkWithAttributes) {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/markHasAttributes.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/markHasAttributes.ts
index a76b1b53..6db66894 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/markHasAttributes.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/markHasAttributes.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ import { MarkType } from 'prosemirror-model'
 import getMarkAttributes from './getMarkAttributes'
 import { AnyObject } from '../types'
 import isEmptyObject from './isEmptyObject'
+import objectIncludes from './objectIncludes'
 
 export default function markHasAttributes(state: EditorState, type: MarkType, attributes: AnyObject) {
   if (isEmptyObject(attributes)) {
     return true
   }
 
-  const originalAttrs = getMarkAttributes(state, type)
+  const originalAttributes = getMarkAttributes(state, type)
 
-  return !!Object
-    .keys(attributes)
-    .filter(key => attributes[key] === originalAttrs[key])
-    .length
+  return objectIncludes(originalAttributes, attributes)
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/objectIncludes.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/objectIncludes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2853919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/objectIncludes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export default function objectIncludes(object1: { [key: string ]: any }, object2: { [key: string ]: any }): boolean {
+  return !!Object
+    .keys(object2)
+    .filter(key => object2[key] === object1[key])
+    .length
+}