I'm investigating the use of Quill for a project, and I need to know if it's possible to create a custom format/blot with more complexity than a single element and a single parameter.
An example of one of the layouts I want would be:
<span class="format-container">
<span class="format-info" data-attr="param 1 (non-displayed)">
param 2 (displayed to user -- click to invoke application UI to edit)
</span>
<span class="format-content">
User's text/child elements go here
</span>
</span>
In all cases I'm looking into, the custom formats are of inline scope and still have a single parent container and a single place for the child content to go.
Custom formats in Quill don't seem to be very well documented at the moment. I poked around in the sources and was able to figure out that this most likely isn't possible in 0.20.1. However, I feel like it could be doable in the 1.0.0 beta w/ Parchment, I'm just not sure on the specifics of what I'd actually need to write.
So is this possible in 1.0.0? If so, how could it be done?
EDIT: This is what I'm going for:
So, I figured out how to do this in the end with minimal effort. It involves defining a new blot type for Quill 1.3 or greater, the same code should work on older versions however is untested.
See the code snippet for a working example. The crux is to extend the existing Embed blot 'blots/embed' and define your own toolbar handler to inject arbitrary DOM node instances.
// utility function used to inherit non prototypical methods/properties
function extend(target, base) {
for (var prop in base) {
target[prop] = base[prop];
}
}
// definition of a custom Blot.
(function(Embed) {
'use strict';
function Span() {
Object.getPrototypeOf(Embed).apply(this, arguments);
}
Span.prototype = Object.create(Embed && Embed.prototype);
Span.prototype.constructor = Span;
extend(Span, Embed);
Span.create = function create(value) {
return value; // expects a domNode as value
};
Span.value = function value(domNode) {
return domNode;
};
Span.blotName = 'span';
Span.tagName = 'SPAN';
Span.className = 'complex';
Quill.register(Span, true);
})(Quill.import('blots/embed')); // import the embed blot. This is important as this is being extended
// custom handler for the toolbar button
var handler = function() {
var complexSpan = document.getElementById('complextype').firstElementChild.cloneNode(true);
var selection = quill.getSelection();
quill.insertEmbed(selection.index, 'span', complexSpan);
}
// instantiate quill. Note that modules.toolbar.handlers has a 'span' handler. Quill parses this from // the class on the button in the toolbar markup: 'ql-span' this is 'ql-' + blotName
var quill = new Quill('#editor', {
modules: {
toolbar: {
container: '.toolbar',
handlers: {
'span': handler
}
}
},
theme: 'snow'
});
:root {
--complex-bgcolor: #767676;
--font-color: #FFFFFF;
}
html {
font-size: 10px;
}
button.ql-span {
width: 15rem !important;
}
.complex {
border-radius: 1rem;
border: 0.2rem solid black;
margin: 0.3rem;
}
.inner {
border-radius: 1rem;
background: var(--complex-bgcolor);
color: var(--font-color);
padding-left: 0.6rem;
padding-right: 0.6rem;
}
.formatting {
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
text-decoration: underline;
}
.nested {
margin-left: 0.3rem;
margin-right: 0.3rem;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/quill/1.3.1/quill.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/quill/1.3.1/quill.snow.css" />
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="toolbar" class="toolbar">
<span class="ql-formats">
<button class="ql-bold"></button>
<button class="ql-italic"></button>
<button class="ql-underline"></button>
</span>
<span class="ql-formats">
<button class="ql-span">Complex Span Type</button>
</span>
</div>
<div id="editor">Lorem Ipsum
<span contenteditable="false">
<span class="complex" spellcheck="false">
<span class="inner">Format applied</span>
<span class="nested">More text</span>
<span class="formatting">with formatting</span>
<span class="nested">dolor</span>
</span>
</span> sit amet
</div>
</div>
<div id="complextype" style="display:none;">
<span contenteditable="false"><span class="complex" spellcheck="false"><span class="inner">Format applied</span><span class="nested">More text</span><span class="formatting">with formatting</span><span class="nested">dolor</span></span></span>
</div>
Documentation and guides are still being written but a good place to look is how existing custom formats are implemented. The formula format in particular seems very similar to your use case.