I love how Trix [0] and (I think) ProseMirror [1] work in that regard: it does use contenteditable, but every edit you make is applied to an internal model inst

I love how Trix [0] and (I think) ProseMirror [1] work in that regard: it does use contenteditable, but every edit you make is applied to an internal model instead, then the editor state is updated back from the model. [0]: https://trix-editor.org/ https://trix-editor.org/ [1]: https://prosemirror.net/ https://prosemirror.net/ Edit: also Quill! I think it’s pretty much the goto strategy for WYSIWYG editors nowadays: https://v1.quilljs.com/guides/comparison-with-other-rich-text-editors https://v1.quilljs.com/guides/comparison-with-other-rich-tex...