diff --git a/examples/textarea/index.html b/examples/textarea/index.html
index 8b0b474f..939a90c5 100644
--- a/examples/textarea/index.html
+++ b/examples/textarea/index.html
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
   <textarea style="width:80%;" rows=40 id="textfield" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" spellcheck="false"></textarea>
   <script src="../../y.js"></script>
   <script src="../../../y-array/y-array.js"></script>
-  <script src="../../../y-text/dist/y-text.js"></script>
-  <script src="../../../y-memory/y-memory.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../y-text/y-text.js"></script>
   <script src="../../../y-websockets-client/y-websockets-client.js"></script>
   <script src="./index.js"></script>
 </body>
diff --git a/examples/textarea/index.js b/examples/textarea/index.js
index 3a8cd505..37922d2b 100644
--- a/examples/textarea/index.js
+++ b/examples/textarea/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 /* global Y */
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line
-let search = new URLSearchParams(location.search)
-
 // initialize a shared object. This function call returns a promise!
 Y({
   db: {
@@ -10,10 +7,9 @@ Y({
   },
   connector: {
     name: 'websockets-client',
-    room: 'Textarea-example',
+    room: 'Textarea-example2',
     // url: '//localhost:1234',
     url: 'https://yjs-v13.herokuapp.com/'
-    // options: { transports: ['websocket'], upgrade: false }
   },
   share: {
     textarea: 'Text'
@@ -24,7 +20,4 @@ Y({
 
   // bind the textarea to a shared text element
   y.share.textarea.bind(document.getElementById('textfield'))
-  // thats it..
-}).catch(() => {
-  console.log('Something went wrong while creating the instance..')
 })
diff --git a/test/y-xml.tests.js b/test/y-xml.tests.js
index aa8d55d2..46f572a2 100644
--- a/test/y-xml.tests.js
+++ b/test/y-xml.tests.js
@@ -224,16 +224,61 @@ test('move element to a different position', async function xml13 (t) {
   await compareUsers(t, users)
 })
 
+test('filter node', async function xml14 (t) {
+  var { users, xml0, xml1 } = await initArrays(t, { users: 3 })
+  let dom0 = xml0.getDom()
+  let dom1 = xml1.getDom()
+  let domFilter = (node, attrs) => {
+    if (node.nodeName === 'H1') {
+      return null
+    } else {
+      return attrs
+    }
+  }
+  xml0.setDomFilter(domFilter)
+  xml1.setDomFilter(domFilter)
+  dom0.append(document.createElement('div'))
+  dom0.append(document.createElement('h1'))
+  await flushAll(t, users)
+  t.assert(dom1.childNodes.length === 1, 'Only one node was not transmitted')
+  t.assert(dom1.childNodes[0].nodeName === 'DIV', 'div node was transmitted')
+  await compareUsers(t, users)
+})
+
+test('filter attribute', async function xml15 (t) {
+  var { users, xml0, xml1 } = await initArrays(t, { users: 3 })
+  let dom0 = xml0.getDom()
+  let dom1 = xml1.getDom()
+  let domFilter = (node, attrs) => {
+    return attrs.filter(name => name !== 'hidden')
+  }
+  xml0.setDomFilter(domFilter)
+  xml1.setDomFilter(domFilter)
+  dom0.setAttribute('hidden', 'true')
+  await flushAll(t, users)
+  t.assert(dom0.getAttribute('hidden') === 'true', 'User 0 still has the attribute')
+  t.assert(dom1.getAttribute('hidden') == null, 'User 1 did not receive update')
+  await compareUsers(t, users)
+})
+
 // TODO: move elements
 var xmlTransactions = [
   function attributeChange (t, user, chance) {
     user.share.xml.getDom().setAttribute(chance.word(), chance.word())
   },
+  function attributeChangeHidden (t, user, chance) {
+    user.share.xml.getDom().setAttribute('hidden', chance.word())
+  },
   function insertText (t, user, chance) {
     let dom = user.share.xml.getDom()
     var succ = dom.children.length > 0 ? chance.pickone(dom.children) : null
     dom.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(chance.word()), succ)
   },
+  function insertHiddenDom (t, user, chance) {
+    let dom = user.share.xml.getDom()
+    var succ = dom.children.length > 0 ? chance.pickone(dom.children) : null
+    dom.insertBefore(document.createElement('hidden'), succ)
+  },
   function insertDom (t, user, chance) {
     let dom = user.share.xml.getDom()
     var succ = dom.children.length > 0 ? chance.pickone(dom.children) : null
@@ -274,30 +319,30 @@ var xmlTransactions = [
   }
 ]
 
-test('y-xml: Random tests (10)', async function randomXml10 (t) {
+test('y-xml: Random tests (10)', async function xmlRandom10 (t) {
   await applyRandomTests(t, xmlTransactions, 10)
 })
 
-test('y-xml: Random tests (42)', async function randomXml42 (t) {
+test('y-xml: Random tests (42)', async function xmlRandom42 (t) {
   await applyRandomTests(t, xmlTransactions, 42)
 })
 
-test('y-xml: Random tests (43)', async function randomXml43 (t) {
+test('y-xml: Random tests (43)', async function xmlRandom43 (t) {
   await applyRandomTests(t, xmlTransactions, 43)
 })
 
-test('y-xml: Random tests (44)', async function randomXml44 (t) {
+test('y-xml: Random tests (44)', async function xmlRandom44 (t) {
   await applyRandomTests(t, xmlTransactions, 44)
 })
 
-test('y-xml: Random tests (45)', async function randomXml45 (t) {
+test('y-xml: Random tests (45)', async function xmlRandom45 (t) {
   await applyRandomTests(t, xmlTransactions, 45)
 })
 
-test('y-xml: Random tests (46)', async function randomXml46 (t) {
+test('y-xml: Random tests (46)', async function xmlRandom46 (t) {
   await applyRandomTests(t, xmlTransactions, 46)
 })
 
-test('y-xml: Random tests (47)', async function randomXml47 (t) {
+test('y-xml: Random tests (47)', async function xmlRandom47 (t) {
   await applyRandomTests(t, xmlTransactions, 47)
 })
diff --git a/tests-lib/helper.js b/tests-lib/helper.js
index b47d4949..1fbc1b1b 100644
--- a/tests-lib/helper.js
+++ b/tests-lib/helper.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import _Y from '../../yjs/src/y.js'
 
 import yArray from '../../y-array/src/y-array.js'
-import yText from '../../y-text/src/Text.js'
+import yText from '../../y-text/src/y-text.js'
 import yMap from '../../y-map/src/y-map.js'
 import yXml from '../../y-xml/src/y-xml.js'
 import yTest from './test-connector.js'
@@ -48,11 +48,17 @@ export async function garbageCollectUsers (t, users) {
   await Promise.all(users.map(u => u.db.emptyGarbageCollector()))
 }
 
-export function attrsToObject (attrs) {
+export function attrsObject (dom) {
+  let keys = []
+  let yxml = dom.__yxml
+  for (let i = 0; i < dom.attributes.length; i++) {
+    keys.push(dom.attributes[i].name)
+  }
+  keys = yxml._domFilter(dom, keys)
   let obj = {}
-  for (var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++) {
-    let attr = attrs[i]
-    obj[attr.name] = attr.value
+  for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+    let key = keys[i]
+    obj[key] = dom.getAttribute(key)
   }
   return obj
 }
@@ -61,8 +67,10 @@ export function domToJson (dom) {
   if (dom.nodeType === document.TEXT_NODE) {
     return dom.textContent
   } else if (dom.nodeType === document.ELEMENT_NODE) {
-    let attributes = attrsToObject(dom.attributes)
-    let children = Array.from(dom.childNodes.values()).map(domToJson)
+    let attributes = attrsObject(dom, dom.__yxml)
+    let children = Array.from(dom.childNodes.values())
+      .filter(d => d.__yxml !== false)
+      .map(domToJson)
     return {
       name: dom.nodeName,
       children: children,
@@ -198,6 +206,13 @@ export async function initArrays (t, opts) {
     for (let name in share) {
       result[name + i] = y.share[name]
     }
+    y.share.xml.setDomFilter(function (d, attrs) {
+      if (d.nodeName === 'HIDDEN') {
+        return null
+      } else {
+        return attrs.filter(a => a !== 'hidden')
+      }
+    })
   }
   result.array0.delete(0, result.array0.length)
   if (result.users[0].connector.testRoom != null) {