react-markdown-editor

Markdown editor with Github-like autocomplete

Install

yarn add @webscopeio/react-markdown-editor

Demo

https://webscope-react-markdown-editor.firebaseapp.com/

Why does it exist?

We needed a simple markdown editor with preview functionality and OOTB support for emojis.

Since we're very satisfied with Github's markdown editor, the goal is to get as close as possible to it's functionality.

Core characteristics

1. Out of the box solution - It should be possible to use this plugin without futher configuration/coding - yarn install & import and you're ready to go -> If you're looking for more customizable solution, check out @webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete, which is more low-level.
2. Configurable - Even though it's working OOTB, it is possible to override styles (especially with CSS modules) or pass custom properties to any of the components at the lower level (RTA, showdown)
3. Modular - We plan to export smaller chunks of this solution either directly or as a separate npm modules in a future (markdown functionality, autocomplete functionality, etc.)
4. TDD - We write test before functionality is implemented

Usage

import React, { Component } from 'react'

import ReactMarkdownEditor from '@webscopeio/react-markdown-editor'

export default class App extends Component {
  state = {
    value: 'Hello world',
  }

  render () {
    return (
      <div>
        <ReactMarkdownEditor
          placeholder={'Write something ...'}
          value={this.state.value}
          onChange={({ target: { value } }) => this.setState({ value })}
        />
      </div>
    )
  }
}

Properties

Props	Type	Description	Default
value	string	value property	''
onChange	(Event) => void	onChange handler	None
placeholder	string	Placeholder value	''
textAreaProperties	Object	RTA properties	{}
noPreviewMessage	string	Message to be displayed in a preview panel if no content is present	Nothing to preview
previewClass	string	Main class name that is used to format Markup preview	markdown-body see githubb-markdown-css
classes	{[key: string]: string}	classes / CSS modules reference to override styling

Styling

We provide basic styles so that the plugin can be used out of the box. You can override styles by passing classes property.

Ideally, you will pass a reference to your CSS module. Check out the source code for more info. Optionally you can pass class names directly if you don't use CSS modules.

Acknowledgment

If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants. (Isaac Newton)

This library is here thanks to the great open source software that is used under the hood. The most important parts are:

• @webscopeio/react-textarea-autocomplete
• showdownjs/showdown
• sindresorhus/github-markdown-css
• muan/emojilib
• see other dependencies in package.json

License

MIT