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Two probably dumb questions, but I can't tell from looking at the examples and a brief scan of the docs: 1) Can this be used as as content-editable substitute?

Two probably dumb questions, but I can't tell from looking at the examples and a brief scan of the docs: 1) Can this be used as as content-editable substitute? 2) What format is the marked-up text stored in, and does it require Slate to be rendered?

ianstormtaylor 9y ago
Not dumb! (Author here.) 1) It depends on what you mean by substitute. It's kind of like a contenteditable that's been implemented with React components and an Immutable.js data model. It's not a drop-in replacement for contenteditable, since the APIs are different. But that is essentially what it lets you do. 2) The data is stored internally in an Immutable.js tree data model. You can convert it to JSON with the built-in `Raw` serializer. And you can define a schema with the `Html` serializer to convert it to HTML, which then you could render anywhere you want. I do this for one of my projects.
- amelius 9y ago
  Does slate.js use contenteditable as an underlying primitive?
  - mbrookes 9y ago
    Yes. (That much I figured out). :-)
    - amelius 9y ago
      Thanks. Do you know why? If I had to write a text editor, I would not build it on top of something as unreliable (across browsers) as contenteditable. But I'm sure there is a good reason for it.
- mbrookes 9y ago
  By "substitute" (poor choice of words), I meant - can this be used to allow live editing of parts of page, with their layout and formatting intact? Thanks for clarifying the data model & serializers.