Notebook editors: native rich-text + live-markdown#5896
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Add EnrichedNoteInput as an alternative to the TipTap webview editor, gated behind the 'enrichedInput' feature flag. The enriched editor provides native rich text formatting (bold, italic, headings, lists, code blocks, blockquotes, links, inline images) via Software Mansion's react-native-enriched library. - EnrichedNoteInput wraps EnrichedTextInput with a TlonEditorBridge adapter - FormattingToolbar is a standalone toolbar (no tentap dependency) - BigInput supports enriched mode alongside the existing webview editor - Web fallback renders a plain TextArea since the lib is native-only
Add storyToHtml and htmlToStory converters in packages/shared that enable the enriched editor to properly load and save content. The enriched editor now uses HTML as its content format (via setValue/getHTML) instead of plain text, providing full rich text round-trip fidelity. - storyToHtml: converts Story (Verse[]) to HTML for the enriched editor - htmlToStory: parses HTML from the enriched editor back to Story format - Update EnrichedNoteInput to use onChangeHtml/initialHtml instead of plain text onChangeText/value - BigInput now loads existing post content as HTML when editing in enriched mode, and converts HTML→Story on send - 33 unit tests covering all element types and round-trip conversion
react-native-enriched is native-only, so always fall back to the TipTap webview editor on web regardless of the feature flag.
Detect markdown patterns at the start of a line and automatically convert to the corresponding block type: - # through ###### + space → Headings 1-6 - > + space → Blockquote - ``` → Code block - 1. + space → Ordered list - * + space → Unordered list - [] or [ ] + space → Task/checkbox list Works by monitoring onChangeText for pattern matches at the cursor position, selecting the trigger characters, then applying the toggle.
Patch react-native-enriched to add a configurable `textShortcuts` prop
that enables markdown-like text shortcuts at the native level. This
intercepts text input in shouldChangeTextInRange (iOS) / afterTextChanged
(Android) — same mechanism as the built-in "- " and "1." list shortcuts.
Configured shortcuts:
- # through ###### + space → Headings 1-6
- > + space → Blockquote
- ``` → Code block
- [] + space → Checkbox list
- * + space → Unordered list
The prop API is designed for upstream contribution:
textShortcuts: Array<{ trigger: string; style: string }>
where style is one of: h1-h6, blockquote, codeblock, unordered_list,
ordered_list, checkbox_list.
Replaces the previous JS-based shortcut detection which had timing
issues since onChangeText fires after text is committed.
Remove hardcoded "- " and "1." shortcuts from native code and route them through the same textShortcuts prop as the new ones. All shortcuts are now defined in JS and passed to native as config: - # through ###### + space → Headings 1-6 - > + space → Blockquote - ``` → Code block - - + space → Unordered list (was hardcoded) - * + space → Unordered list - 1. → Ordered list (was hardcoded) - [] + space → Checkbox list This makes the API the single source of truth for all shortcuts, making it cleaner for upstream contribution.
Extend the textShortcuts prop to support inline formatting shortcuts
in addition to block shortcuts. When a closing delimiter is typed
around text, the native code scans backwards for the opening delimiter
and applies the inline style.
New type field: { trigger, style, type: 'block' | 'inline' }
Configured inline shortcuts:
- `code` → inline code
- **text** → bold
- *text* → italic
- ~~text~~ → strikethrough
Implementation uses the same native interception as block shortcuts
(shouldChangeTextInRange on iOS, afterTextChanged on Android).
The codegen generates the type field as std::string not std::optional, so use empty() check instead of has_value().
The patch now includes the regenerated codegen output (ios/generated, android/generated) with the textShortcuts struct. Also adds operator== and operator!= outside the RN_SERIALIZABLE_STATE ifdef so the vector comparison in updateProps works.
## Mentions
- Wire up react-native-enriched's native mention API (mentionIndicators,
onStartMention/onChangeMention/onEndMention, setMention)
- EnrichedNoteInput forwards mention events to BigInput
- BigInput queries mention candidates via DB, shows MentionPopup,
calls setMention on selection
- Mention styling via htmlStyle.mention (blue text + subtle bg)
## HTML ↔ Story mention conversion
- storyToHtml: Ship inlines render as <span data-mention="~ship">
- htmlToStory: Parses both <span data-mention="..."> and native
<mention> tags back to Ship inlines
- Full round-trip fidelity for mentions
## Draft persistence
- Save enriched HTML drafts as { type: 'enrichedHtml', html: '...' }
- Load enriched drafts on mount (distinguishes from TipTap JSON drafts)
- Clear draft when content is empty
- Existing TipTap drafts are dropped (incompatible format)
Use the same <mention text="..." indicator="~" id="~ship"> format that react-native-enriched produces, instead of a separate <span data-mention> format. This means htmlToStory only needs to parse one mention format.
Use extractContentTypesFromPost + constructStory to convert PostContent
(BlockData[]) to Story (Verse[]) before calling storyToHtml. The
previous code assumed post.content was { story: [...] } but it's
actually PostContent format.
- Use <codeblock> format matching enriched editor's native output
- Code blocks stored as inline { code: "text" } (backend-compatible)
- Parse <ul data-type="checkbox"> and <li checked> for task lists
- Strip whitespace/breaks from blockquote and paragraph content
- Preserve intentional blank lines as <br> between blocks
- Handle <codeblock> tag in htmlToStory parser
- Add postContentToHtml for direct PostContent → HTML conversion
- Switch to codegen (remove includesGeneratedCode)
- Add textShortcuts, returnKeyType, returnKeyLabel, submitBehavior to JS spec
- Fix inline shortcut: longer triggers (** bold) checked before shorter (* italic)
- Fix inline shortcut: reset style after applying (typing after **bold** is unstyled)
- Fix inline shortcut: correct cursor position for multi-char delimiters
- Skip shortcuts with empty trigger/style
- Manual operator== for textShortcuts struct (codegen lacks it)
- Add paragraph spacing (12pt) between blocks
- Update codegen import paths to react/renderer/components/ReactNativeEnrichedSpec/
- Restore feature flag gating for enriched input
- Show editor implementation label in __DEV__ mode
- Fix stale editingPost after save (sync focusedPost with parentPost)
- Heading sizes match preview (h1=24, h2=20, h3=16, h4=14)
develop moved postContent types from @tloncorp/api/lib to @tloncorp/api/client; point postContentToHtml at the new path.
react-native-enriched pulls org.ccil.cowan.tagsoup:tagsoup:1.2.1 for its HTML parsing; add it to the app gradle.lockfile so the locked Android build resolves.
…raphSpacing
Point the react-native-enriched override at the vendored configurable
build, which exposes a `paragraphSpacing` prop, fixes Android block
spacing (gap below a block's last line, list items stay tight), and
clamps the iOS caret to the line height. Pass `paragraphSpacing={12}`
from EnrichedNoteInput so block spacing matches the read-only renderer,
and drop the obsolete 0.5.2 patch.
A blank line typed inside a list is emitted by the editor as an empty <li>. htmlToStory kept it as an empty list item, so saving turned the blank line into an empty bullet (and merged two lists into one). Now the <ul>/<ol> converter splits the list at empty <li> separators into separate listings with a break verse between them; leading/trailing/consecutive empties collapse, and checkbox lists (where empty items are real) are exempt. Adds round-trip unit tests covering lists, blank lines, and real editor output shapes. Also removes a leftover onChangeHtml debug log.
storyToHtml prepends a structural <br> to checkbox lists so the editor doesn't absorb the previous block; htmlToStory turned that into a break verse, so every save added another blank line. Now htmlToStory drops the <br> that immediately precedes a checkbox list. Expands the round-trip suite to a fixed-point check over 24 realistic editor HTML shapes plus 6-save stability over nested lists, multi-paragraph items, and a kitchen-sink document — guarding against any future drift.
…d escaping Adds fixed-point tests for deeply nested mixed lists, links/mentions/ formatting inside list items, multi-paragraph blockquotes, and HTML escaping in paragraphs, list items, blockquotes, headings, inline code, and link hrefs. All pass — confirms no loss/drift across these combinations.
Intent tests (beyond fixed-point stability) confirming the first conversion preserves nested list structure and images inside list items.
Ports the spike-live-markdown-input @expensify/react-native-live-markdown editor (LiveMarkdownMessageInput + native/web wrappers) into the branch and wires it as a 3rd notebook editor option in BigInput, gated by a new liveMarkdownInput feature flag (native-only, takes precedence over enrichedInput). Adds @expensify/react-native-live-markdown + expensify-common deps (reanimated 4.1.6 + worklets 0.7.2 satisfy peers). Lets us swap between old (TipTap), enriched (react-native-enriched), and live-markdown editors.
@expensify/react-native-live-markdown's parseExpensiMark runs on a reanimated worklet and requires html-entities exactly 2.5.3 (for its lib/ build) with a 'worklet'; directive at the top of lib/index.js. Pin html-entities to 2.5.3 via pnpm.overrides and add patches/html-entities@2.5.3.patch. Fixes the [runtime not ready] crash when the live-markdown editor mounts.
pod install adds RNLiveMarkdown 0.1.327 (+ RNWorklets dep). PostHog unchanged.
The frameless MessageInputContainer wrapper had no flex, so the live-markdown editor's flex child collapsed to its content height and cropped after switching editors. onContentSizeChange sets the height on the initial mount but does not refire on remount, so the editor only laid out correctly the first time it was shown. Flex the frameless wrapper (YStack + children XStack) and size the live-markdown editor by flex in big-input mode instead of by content size. Remove the key/collapsable remount workaround from BigInput, which did not address the cropping.
…itor Custom worklet parser in Tlon markdown dialect replaces ExpensiMark for highlighting. Entity-based mentions track picked spans, seed from story on edit, and serialize via sentinels so a typed duplicate is not a mention. Adds markdownToStory parseMentions option. Also includes in-progress image paste and headings deps.
The patch added h2-h6 heading rules to ExpensiMark, but the live-markdown editor now uses our own parser instead of parseExpensiMark, so the patch is never reached. Multi-level header styles will instead come from our parser emitting h2-h6 against the headings fork.
Headings now map to h1-h6 by the number of leading #, matching the headings fork's range types and native styling.
… editor BigInput's header Post button is gated by isEmpty/hasContentChanges and sent by handleSend, but the live-markdown editor never reported its content and handleSend had no live-markdown branch, so Post stayed disabled and would not send. LiveMarkdownMessageInput now reports content via onEditorContentChange, and handleSend converts that content for the live-markdown path.
storyToMdast emitted a node only for ship mentions, so sect (group/role) inlines were dropped by storyToMarkdown -- losing @all/@ROLE when a note was loaded for edit. Emit a groupMention node for sect and render it like ship mentions. Adds a story<->markdown round-trip fidelity test across headings, lists, code, quotes, links, and mentions.
storyToMarkdown entity-encodes significant whitespace (e.g. a leading space as  ) so it survives markdown parsing. The live-markdown editor shows raw markdown, so that leaked as a visible  . Decode whitespace entities (space/tab/nbsp only) on load so the editor shows real characters; other entities are left intact so markdown-significant text is not reinterpreted.
…h post renderer Override the library's default code style (light-gray, hard 1px border, 20pt) with the post renderer's CodeText look: secondary-background, primaryText, no border, slightly rounded, 14pt monospace.
… editor
Mentions now display the contact's nickname (resolved via the contact index on load and the picked option on compose), matching the post renderer, while still serializing to the underlying {ship} inline. Adds an optional display field to the tracked mention entity.
The native side draws the blockquote bar from a depth attribute at the line's start glyph. The parser emitted the blockquote range only over the content (after the > marker) and without depth, so the line start had no depth and no bar drew. Emit the blockquote range over the whole line with depth=1; the syntax range still dims the marker.
…patch The live-markdown lib statically re-exports parseExpensiMark, whose module top-level throws unless html-entities is workletized (the patch) and which pulls expensify-common. We never use it (the editor passes its own parser), so a metro resolveRequest redirects the lib's parseExpensiMark import to an empty stub. Drops the html-entities@2.5.3 patch + override. (expensify-common stays as the lib's declared peer dep.)
The react-native-enriched override pointed at an absolute path under a local home dir and the tarball was gitignored, so CI's frozen-lockfile install failed with ENOENT. Commit the tarball under vendor/ (negating the *.tgz ignore for that dir) and reference it with a repo-relative override path that resolves to the repo root from both consuming packages.
Vendoring react-native-enriched under vendor/ surfaced two follow-on CI breaks: - The generated .prettierignore mirrors .gitignore, so the new '!vendor/*.tgz' line must be regenerated (test-build checks it). - The e2e Docker image runs a frozen install but never copied vendor/, and .dockerignore's '**/*.tgz' excluded the tarball from the build context. Negate it for vendor/ and COPY vendor/ before install.
JSONToInlines popped marks off the input node in place. BigInput stores the live-markdown editor's reported tiptap JSON in a ref and runs JSONToInlines over it twice (edit change-detection, then send), so the second pass saw emptied marks and dropped all inline formatting (bold/italic/strike/code/link) when editing a post. Copy the marks before consuming them; add a round-trip regression test.
Drafts now save via textAndMentionsToStory (entity-aware) and restore both text and tracked mentions on reload, so a drafted mention (including a contact shown by nickname, which has no ~ship text to reparse) survives close/reopen. The mention popup in the frameless notebook editor was anchored at containerHeight+24 from the container bottom; since that container fills the screen and containerHeight tracks the growing editor content height, the popup was pushed off the top of the screen. Anchor it just above the keyboard when frameless.
mentionMarkdownRanges/findMentionRanges was only referenced by its own test (the editor highlights mentions via entity ranges), so remove it. Correct the parseExpensiMark stub comments: the html-entities patch was dropped, but expensify-common remains the fork's peer dep (never loaded).
The mention popup plus the keyboard cover most of the notebook editor, so add a tap-outside affordance: render the popup inside a full-bleed pressable backdrop that calls the existing mention-escape handler (which also blocks re-opening at the same trigger). Nesting the popup as the backdrop's child keeps it on top, and a plain RN Pressable avoids Tamagui press quirks. Only wired for the live-markdown editor via onDismissMention.
… escapes P2-B: storyToMdast read .inline on every non-block verse, so a verse that is neither a block nor an inline verse (e.g. a ContentReference embedded in a post's content) crashed the serializer — meaning such a note couldn't be opened in the live-markdown editor. Skip those verses instead; the note now loads (the reference has no Markdown form and isn't editable here, but the rest of the content loads). Cite blocks were already dropped gracefully. L3: the editor display now undoes backslash escapes that can't change how the text re-parses — intra-word underscores (snake_case) and @ — so it no longer shows stray backslashes. Load-bearing escapes (\*, \#/\. at line start, word-boundary \_) are kept so the text still round-trips on save.
LiveMarkdownMessageInput is only ever rendered frameless (by BigInput), and MessageInputContainer renders no send button in that mode — the host performs the send via its own handler. So the component's handleSend, isSending/sendError state, and the storyToContent/domain imports and sendPostFromDraft/onSend/ setShowBigInput/image props it used were all dead. Remove them; pass inert values for the two required container props (onPressSend/sendError).
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react-native-enriched pulls tiptap 3.x alongside the repo's tiptap 2.x, and the two @tiptap/core copies make the tentap editor bridges fail tsc. Suppress those 4 bridge files with @ts-nocheck (runtime is unaffected) until the tiptap split is resolved. Also cast EnrichedNoteInput's textShortcuts to the component's prop type — react-native-enriched's exported TextShortcut type omits the `type` field its native side uses for inline shortcuts (and isn't re-exported). Makes `pnpm -r tsc` (CI Check Types) pass.
The @ts-nocheck added to dodge the tiptap 2.x/3.x typecheck clash trips eslint's ban-ts-comment rule. Add a file-level disable for that one rule above each directive; @ts-nocheck stays honored by tsc.
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Summary
PoC for moving the notebook post composer to a native editor. Adds two editors behind feature flags alongside the existing TipTap one — a native rich-text editor (
react-native-enriched) and a live-markdown editor (@expensify/react-native-live-markdown). Mobile/native only; web keeps TipTap.Draft / proof-of-concept, opened for visibility and on-device evaluation — the implementation hasn't been reviewed in depth.
Changes
BigInput, behind flagsenrichedInputandliveMarkdownInput(default off). TipTap remains the fallback, plus a dev-only switcher to flip between them.markdownToStory/ story↔html round-trip the editors rely on.react-native-enriched, live-markdown headings fork).How did I test?
Tried both editors on the iOS simulator (formatting, mentions, headings, edit/save). The markdown/story conversion has some unit tests.
Risks and impact
pnpm install+ a native rebuild) and the editors are flag-gated.Rollback plan
Flags are off by default (
liveMarkdownInput); flipenrichedInputoff to fall back to TipTap, or revert the branch.Screenshots / videos
Can attach on request.