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Understanding The Document Structureīefore we dive into building the editor, let’s look at how a document is structured for a Rich Text Editor and what are the different types of data structures involved. With this article, we try to not only lay the foundation of building an editor but also give the readers a glimpse into how little nuggets of functionalities when brought together can create a great user experience for a content creator.
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Taking advantage of the massive outreach of social media platforms, there is a new wave of independent content creators using platforms like Medium to create content and share it with their audience.Īs so many people from different professions and backgrounds try to create content on these products, it’s important that these products provide a performant and seamless experience of content creation and have teams of designers and engineers who develop some level of domain expertise over time in this space. The widespread success of products like Quip, Google Docs and Dropbox Paper has shown how companies are racing to build the best experience for content creators in the enterprise domain and trying to find innovative ways of breaking the traditional moulds of how content is shared and consumed. In recent years, the field of Content Creation and Representation on Digital platforms has seen a massive disruption. The code for the application is available on GitHub for reference.
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We will use SlateJS to build the shell of the editor and then add a toolbar and custom configurations.
#React document editor how to#
In this article, we will learn how to build a WYSIWYG/Rich-Text Editor that supports rich text, images, links and some nuanced features from word processing apps.