Facebook open sources Lexical, an extensible text editor library

Re:Facebook open sources Lexical, an extensible text editor ... by trueadm on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @10:13PM (#31022706)

Awesome! Thank you for this. Would you be able to upload a video or maybe add more context in a Github issue? It's really difficult getting Android right.

The combination between browser + keyboard + OS version + keyboard language, it just makes it so much harder than it should be for Android. So any additional context you can provide will be a MASSIVE help. :)

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Re:Facebook open sources Lexical, an extensible text editor ... by hiimshort on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @10:31PM (#31022837)

Added an issue here: https://github.com/facebook/lexical/issues/1699

And, as a side note, great work on this project. I had previously built a wysiwyg system from Slate and a custom plugin system; Lexical seems like a solid progression and has some interesting ideas like using React components the way it does to facilitate editor plugins. May have to try creating a Preact wrapper so I can use it in my projects.

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Re:Facebook open sources Lexical, an extensible text editor ... by netghost on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:52AM (#31023531)

What's your approach to Android support? Are you relying on mutation events, `beforeinput`, something else?

I built a really solid android adapter (after spilling gallons of tears) for our Draft.JS fork, and might have a few tips if it's helpful.

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Re:Facebook open sources Lexical, an extensible text editor ... by zurfyx on Thursday April 14, 2022 @02:19AM (#31023914)

We listen to a few typing related events and do some computation from here: keydown, input, beforeinput. Android, contrary to any other device, mostly relies on composition so Lexical makes sure to handle and flush these events accordingly.

If you're curious, this is where it all starts - https://github.com/facebook/lexical/blob/main/packages/lexic...

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