BlockSuite: An open-source Notion-like editor with multiplayer support

Post by kjs3 » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 5:38 AM UTC

lopkeny12ko wrote: post #12

Does anyone else feel that the whole entire-canvas-is-editable-by-default approach of Notion and similar tools is an extremely annoying antipattern? I want to be able to open a document in read-only mode. Otherwise, while just navigating through pages or reading content, it's far too easy to accidentally add text to a block by pressing anything on the keyboard, or move things around with an accidental drag of the mou…

Post by jitl » Sun, Jul 02, 2023, 7:12 PM UTC

julienr2 wrote: post #72

jitl wrote: post #42

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Notion used this strategy until January 2021, when we rolled over to one-big-ContentEditable. I actually tried the tactic Affine is using, that is implementing drag-to-select gesture yourself and forcing that selection on the browser, but I hit a bunch of roadblocks on iOS and Android that made me abandon it and go with big-ContentEditable.

Curious about the issues you faced on mobile! At Slite I was part of the mobile team, and the editor is using Slate. So to make it work in React Native we had to go for a WebView (similar to what Notion uses), with all the downside it can bring.. I tickled with the possibilty to do a native adapter of Slate, but the fact that it's based on a content editable, makes it complicated to adapt in React Native.. I have the…

Post by maxloh » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 7:31 AM UTC

benabbottnz wrote: post #104

maxloh wrote: post #102

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Seems that they will take the proprietary source available approach instead. I don't think that is the same thing as "open source". https://community.anytype.io/t/which-license-would-anytype-c...

No it's definitely going to be proper open-source: https://community.anytype.io/t/sprint-review-58-59-60/9754?u...