fix: Visual differences between live editor and rendered exported HTML #2348
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| // Set of transforms to run on the output HTML element after serializing | ||
| // blocks. These are used to add HTML elements, attributes, or class names | ||
| // which would normally be done by extensions and plugins. Since these don't | ||
| // run when converting blocks to HTML, tranforms are used to mock their | ||
| // functionality so that the rendered HTML looks identical to that of a live | ||
| // editor. | ||
| const transforms: ((element: HTMLElement) => HTMLElement)[] = [ | ||
| addIndexToNumberedListItems, | ||
| makeCheckListItemsReadOnly, | ||
| forceToggleBlocksShow, | ||
| addTableMinCellWidths, | ||
| addTableWrappers, | ||
| addTrailingBreakToEmptyInlineContent, | ||
| ]; |
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This is fantastic @matthewlipski I'm really happy with how this came out
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Summary
This PR fixes some visual & DOM inconsistencies between the rendered HTML from a live editor, and the rendered static HTML from exporting blocks.
These differences come mostly from plugins/extensions that use decorations not running when doing an export, as well as a few other fixes due to the HTML being static.
Rationale
One of the use cases of BlockNote is writing content in the editor, taking advantage of its UX and formatting, then exporting that content to HTML so it can be displayed read-only without requiring an editor instance.
However, this is only useful if the static HTML output closely matches what a user sees when editing content in BlockNote.
Changes
transformstocreateInternalHTMLSerializer. These are functions which modify the HTML element created from exporting blocks. SeeinternalHTMLSerializer.tsfor more info.Impact
N/A
Testing
TODO (e2e)
Screenshots/Video
N/A
Checklist
Additional Notes