I sympathize with anybody who attempts to write an editor that runs in a browser. If you're going to even entertain the thought of writing an editor I recommen

I sympathize with anybody who attempts to write an editor that runs in a browser. If you're going to even entertain the thought of writing an editor I recommend reading Piotrek Koszuliński's article on Medium [1]. There are many pitfalls when writing an editor and the sooner you know of them the better. On the plus side a new spec for a more low-level version of contentEditable is currently being worked on.[2] It's a complicated undertaking but the task force is making progress. There is participation from all major browser vendors so we have reasons to be optimistic: we may make it out of the Dark Ages of web-based rich editing one day. [1] https://medium.com/content-uneditable/contenteditable-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-261a38555e9c https://medium.com/content-uneditable/contenteditable-the-go... [2] https://medium.com/content-uneditable/fixing-contenteditable-1a9a5073c35d https://medium.com/content-uneditable/fixing-contenteditable...