tiptap

A renderless and extendable rich-text editor for Vue.js

Why I built tiptap

I was looking for a text editor for Vue.js and found some solutions that didn't really satisfy me. The editor should be easy to extend and not based on old dependencies such as jQuery. For React there is already a great editor called Slate.js, which impresses with its modularity. I came across Prosemirror and decided to build on it. Prosemirror is a toolkit for building rich-text editors that are already in use at many well-known companies such as Atlassian or New York Times.

What does `renderless` mean?

With renderless components you'll have (almost) full control over markup and styling. I don't want to tell you what a menu should look like or where it should be rendered in the DOM. That's all up to you. There is also a good article about renderless components by Adam Wathan.

How is the data stored under the hood?

You can save your data as a raw HTML string or can get a JSON-serializable representation of your document. And of course, you can pass these two types back to the editor.

Examples

To check out some live examples, visit tiptap.scrumpy.io.

Installation

npm install tiptap

yarn add tiptap

Basic Setup

<template>
  <editor-content :editor="editor" />
</template>

<script>
// Import the editor
import { Editor, EditorContent } from 'tiptap'

export default {
  components: {
    EditorContent,
  },
  data() {
    return {
      editor: null,
    }
  },
  mounted() {
    this.editor = new Editor({
      content: '<p>This is just a boring paragraph</p>',
    })
  },
  beforeDestroy() {
    this.editor.destroy()
  },
}
</script>

Editor Properties

Property	Type	Default	Description
`content`	`Object\|String`	`null`	The editor state object used by Prosemirror. You can also pass HTML to the `content` slot. When used both, the `content` slot will be ignored.
`editorProps`	`Object`	`{}`	A list of Prosemirror editorProps.
`editable`	`Boolean`	`true`	When set to `false` the editor is read-only.
`autoFocus`	`Boolean`	`false`	Focus the editor on init.
`extensions`	`Array`	`[]`	A list of extensions used, by the editor. This can be `Nodes`, `Marks` or `Plugins`.
`useBuiltInExtensions`	`Boolean`	`true`	By default tiptap adds a `Doc`, `Paragraph` and `Text` node to the Prosemirror schema.
`dropCursor`	`Object`	`{}`	Config for `prosemirror-dropcursor`.
`onInit`	`Function`	`undefined`	This will return an Object with the current `state` and `view` of Prosemirror on init.
`onFocus`	`Function`	`undefined`	This will return an Object with the `event` and current `state` and `view` of Prosemirror on focus.
`onBlur`	`Function`	`undefined`	This will return an Object with the `event` and current `state` and `view` of Prosemirror on blur.
`onUpdate`	`Function`	`undefined`	This will return an Object with the current `state` of Prosemirror, a `getJSON()` and `getHTML()` function and the `transaction` on every change.

Editor Methods

Method	Arguments	Description
`setContent`	`content, emitUpdate`	Replace the current content. You can pass an HTML string or a JSON document. `emitUpdate` defaults to `false`.
`clearContent`	`emitUpdate`	Clears the current content. `emitUpdate` defaults to `false`.
`setOptions`	`options`	Overwrites the current editor properties.
`registerPlugin`	`plugin`	Register a Prosemirror plugin.
`getJSON`	–	Get the current content as JSON.
`getHTML`	–	Get the current content as HTML.
`focus`	–	Focus the editor.
`blur`	–	Blur the editor.
`destroy`	–	Destroy the editor.

Components

Name	Description
`<editor-content />`	Here the content will be rendered.
`<editor-menu-bar />`	Here a menu bar will be rendered.
`<editor-menu-bubble />`	Here a menu bubble will be rendered.
`<editor-floating-menu />`	Here a floating menu will be rendered.

EditorMenuBar

The <editor-menu-bar /> component is renderless and will receive some properties through a scoped slot.

Property	Type	Description
`commands`	`Array`	A list of all commands.
`isActive`	`Object`	An object of functions to check if your selected text is a node or mark. `isActive.{node
`getMarkAttrs`	`Function`	A function to get all mark attributes of your selection.
`focused`	`Boolean`	Whether the editor is focused.
`focus`	`Function`	A function to focus the editor.

Example

<template>
  <editor-menu-bar :editor="editor">
    <div slot-scope="{ commands, isActive }">
      <button :class="{ 'is-active': isActive.bold() }" @click="commands.bold">
        Bold
      </button>
      <button :class="{ 'is-active': isActive.heading({ level: 2 }) }" @click="commands.heading({ level: 2 })">
        H2
      </button>
    </div>
  </editor-menu-bar>
</template>

EditorMenuBubble

The <editor-menu-bubble /> component is renderless and will receive some properties through a scoped slot.

Property	Type	Description
`commands`	`Array`	A list of all commands.
`isActive`	`Object`	An object of functions to check if your selected text is a node or mark. `isActive.{node
`getMarkAttrs`	`Function`	A function to get all mark attributes of your selection.
`focused`	`Boolean`	Whether the editor is focused.
`focus`	`Function`	A function to focus the editor.
`menu`	`Object`	An object for positioning your menu.

Example

<template>
  <editor-menu-bubble :editor="editor">
    <div
      slot-scope="{ commands, isActive, menu }"
      :class="{ 'is-active': menu.isActive }"
      :style="`left: ${menu.left}px; bottom: ${menu.bottom}px;`"
    >
      <button :class="{ 'is-active': isActive.bold() }" @click="commands.bold">
        Bold
      </button>
      <button :class="{ 'is-active': isActive.heading({ level: 2 }) }" @click="commands.heading({ level: 2 })">
        H2
      </button>
    </div>
  </editor-menu-bubble>
</template>

EditorFloatingMenu

The <editor-floating-menu /> component is renderless and will receive some properties through a scoped slot.

Property	Type	Description
`commands`	`Array`	A list of all commands.
`isActive`	`Object`	An object of functions to check if your selected text is a node or mark. `isActive.{node
`getMarkAttrs`	`Function`	A function to get all mark attributes of your selection.
`focused`	`Boolean`	Whether the editor is focused.
`focus`	`Function`	A function to focus the editor.
`menu`	`Object`	An object for positioning your menu.

Example

<template>
  <editor-floating-menu :editor="editor">
    <div
      slot-scope="{ commands, isActive, menu }"
      :class="{ 'is-active': menu.isActive }"
      :style="`top: ${menu.top}px`"
    >
      <button :class="{ 'is-active': isActive.bold() }" @click="commands.bold">
        Bold
      </button>
      <button :class="{ 'is-active': isActive.heading({ level: 2 }) }" @click="commands.heading({ level: 2 })">
        H2
      </button>
    </div>
  </editor-floating-menu>
</template>

Extensions

By default, the editor will only support paragraphs. Other nodes and marks are available as extensions. There is a package called tiptap-extensions with the most basic nodes, marks, and plugins.

Available Extensions

<template>
  <div>
    <editor-menu-bar :editor="editor">
      <div slot-scope="{ commands, isActive }">
        <button :class="{ 'is-active': isActive.bold() }" @click="commands.bold">
          Bold
        </button>
      </div>
    </editor-menu-bar>
    <editor-content :editor="editor" />
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import { Editor, EditorContent, EditorMenuBar } from 'tiptap'
import {
  Blockquote,
  CodeBlock,
  HardBreak,
  Heading,
  OrderedList,
  BulletList,
  ListItem,
  TodoItem,
  TodoList,
  Bold,
  Code,
  Italic,
  Link,
  Strike,
  Underline,
  History,
} from 'tiptap-extensions'

export default {
  components: {
    EditorMenuBar,
    EditorContent,
  },
  data() {
    return {
      editor: new Editor({
        extensions: [
          new Blockquote(),
          new CodeBlock(),
          new HardBreak(),
          new Heading({ levels: [1, 2, 3] }),
          new BulletList(),
          new OrderedList(),
          new ListItem(),
          new TodoItem(),
          new TodoList(),
          new Bold(),
          new Code(),
          new Italic(),
          new Link(),
          new Strike(),
          new Underline(),
          new History(),
        ],
        content: `
          <h1>Yay Headlines!</h1>
          <p>All these <strong>cool tags</strong> are working now.</p>
        `,
      }),
    }
  },
  beforeDestroy() {
    this.editor.destroy()
  },
}
</script>

Create Custom Extensions

The most powerful feature of tiptap is that you can create your own extensions. There are 3 types of extensions.

Type	Description
`Extension`	The most basic type. It's useful to register some Prosemirror plugins or some input rules.
`Node`	Add a custom node. Nodes are block elements like a headline or a paragraph.
`Mark`	Add a custom mark. Marks are used to add extra styling or other information to inline content like a strong tag or links.

Extension Class

Method	Type	Default	Description
`get name()`	`String`	`null`	Define a name for your extension.
`get defaultOptions()`	`Object`	`{}`	Define some default options. The options are available as `this.$options`.
`get plugins()`	`Array`	`[]`	Define a list of Prosemirror plugins.
`keys({ schema })`	`Object`	`null`	Define some keybindings.
`commands({ schema, attrs })`	`Object`	`null`	Define a command.
`inputRules({ schema })`	`Array`	`[]`	Define a list of input rules.
`pasteRules({ schema })`	`Array`	`[]`	Define a list of paste rules.

Node|Mark Class

Method	Type	Default	Description
`get name()`	`String`	`null`	Define a name for your node or mark.
`get defaultOptions()`	`Object`	`{}`	Define some default options. The options are available as `this.$options`.
`get schema()`	`Object`	`null`	Define a schema.
`get view()`	`Object`	`null`	Define a node view as a vue component.
`keys({ type, schema })`	`Object`	`null`	Define some keybindings.
`commands({ type, schema, attrs })`	`Object`	`null`	Define a command. For example this is used for menus to convert to this node or mark.
`inputRules({ type, schema })`	`Array`	`[]`	Define a list of input rules.
`pasteRules({ type, schema })`	`Array`	`[]`	Define a list of paste rules.
`get plugins()`	`Array`	`[]`	Define a list of Prosemirror plugins.

Create a Node

Let's take a look at a real example. This is basically how the default blockquote node from tiptap-extensions looks like.

import { Node } from 'tiptap'
import { wrappingInputRule, setBlockType, toggleWrap } from 'tiptap-commands'

export default class BlockquoteNode extends Node {

  // choose a unique name
  get name() {
    return 'blockquote'
  }

  // the prosemirror schema object
  // take a look at https://prosemirror.net/docs/guide/#schema for a detailed explanation
  get schema() {
    return {
      content: 'block+',
      group: 'block',
      defining: true,
      draggable: false,
      // define how the editor will detect your node from pasted HTML
      // every blockquote tag will be converted to this blockquote node
      parseDOM: [
        { tag: 'blockquote' },
      ],
      // this is how this node will be rendered
      // in this case a blockquote tag with a class called `awesome-blockquote` will be rendered
      // the '0' stands for its text content inside
      toDOM: () => ['blockquote', { class: 'awesome-blockquote' }, 0],
    }
  }

  // this command will be called from menus to add a blockquote
  // `type` is the prosemirror schema object for this blockquote
  // `schema` is a collection of all registered nodes and marks
  commands({ type, schema }) {
    return () => toggleWrap(type)
  }

  // here you can register some shortcuts
  // in this case you can create a blockquote with `ctrl` + `>`
  keys({ type }) {
    return {
      'Ctrl->': toggleWrap(type),
    }
  }

  // a blockquote will be created when you are on a new line and type `>` followed by a space
  inputRules({ type }) {
    return [
      wrappingInputRule(/^\s*>\s$/, type),
    ]
  }

}

Create a Node as a Vue Component

The real power of the nodes comes in combination with Vue components. Let us build an iframe node, where you can change its URL (this can also be found in our examples).

import { Node } from 'tiptap'

export default class IframeNode extends Node {

  get name() {
    return 'iframe'
  }

  get schema() {
    return {
      // here you have to specify all values that can be stored in this node
      attrs: {
        src: {
          default: null,
        },
      },
      group: 'block',
      selectable: false,
      // parseDOM and toDOM is still required to make copy and paste work
      parseDOM: [{
        tag: 'iframe',
        getAttrs: dom => ({
          src: dom.getAttribute('src'),
        }),
      }],
      toDOM: node => ['iframe', {
        src: node.attrs.src,
        frameborder: 0,
        allowfullscreen: 'true',
      }],
    }
  }

  // return a vue component
  // this can be an object or an imported component
  get view() {
    return {
      // there are some props available
      // `node` is a Prosemirror Node Object
      // `updateAttrs` is a function to update attributes defined in `schema`
      // `editable` is the global editor prop whether the content can be edited
      // `options` is an array of your extension options
      // `selected`
      props: ['node', 'updateAttrs', 'editable'],
      computed: {
        src: {
          get() {
            return this.node.attrs.src
          },
          set(src) {
            // we cannot update `src` itself because `this.node.attrs` is immutable
            this.updateAttrs({
              src,
            })
          },
        },
      },
      template: `
        <div class="iframe">
          <iframe class="iframe__embed" :src="src"></iframe>
          <input class="iframe__input" type="text" v-model="src" v-if="editable" />
        </div>
      `,
    }
  }

}

Development Setup

Currently, only Yarn is supported for development because of a feature called workspaces we are using here.

# install dependencies
yarn install

# serve examples at localhost:3000
yarn start

# build dist files for packages
yarn build:packages

# build dist files for examples
yarn build:examples

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Credits

Packages Using Tiptap

Laravel Nova Tiptap Editor Field by @manogi

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

MatheusRich/tiptap

tiptap

Why I built tiptap

What does renderless mean?

How is the data stored under the hood?

Examples

Installation

Basic Setup

Editor Properties

Editor Methods

Components

EditorMenuBar

Example

EditorMenuBubble

Example

EditorFloatingMenu

Example

Extensions

Available Extensions

Create Custom Extensions

Extension Class

Node|Mark Class

Create a Node

Create a Node as a Vue Component

Development Setup

Contributing

Credits

Packages Using Tiptap

License

What does `renderless` mean?