Setup

This example demonstrates the use of Shadcn-ui for ui, but alternative libraries and components can also be employed.

Shadcn-ui

You can find more info about installing shadcn-ui here. You will need to add the following components: Button, Separator, Popover, Command, Dialog

This example will use the same stucture from here: Anatomy
You can find the full example here: Tailwind Example

Configure Wrapper

"use client";

import { EditorContent, EditorRoot } from "novel";
import { useState } from "react";

const TailwindEditor = () => {
  const [content, setContent] = useState(null);
  return (
    <EditorRoot>
      <EditorContent
        initialContent={content}
        onUpdate={({ editor }) => {
          const json = editor.getJSON();
          setContent(json);
        }}
      />
    </EditorRoot>
  );
};
export default TailwindEditor;

onUpdate runs on every change. In most cases, you will want to debounce the updates to prevent too many state changes.

import { EditorInstance } from "novel"

...
const debouncedUpdates = useDebouncedCallback(async (editor: EditorInstance) => {
  const json = editor.getJSON();
  setContent(json);
  setSaveStatus("Saved");
}, 500);

onUpdate={debouncedUpdates};

Configure Extensions

Extensions

You can find here example of extensions

import { defaultExtensions } from "./extensions";

const extensions = [...defaultExtensions];

<EditorContent
  extensions={extensions}
  ...
/>;

Create Menus

Slash Command

Slash commands are a way to quickly insert content into the editor.

Bubble Menu

The bubble menu is a context menu that appears when you select text.

Add Editor Props

handleCommandNavigation is required for fixing the arrow navigation in the / command;

import { handleCommandNavigation } from "novel/extensions";
import { defaultEditorProps, EditorContent } from "novel";

<EditorContent
  ...
  editorProps={{
      handleDOMEvents: {
        keydown: (_view, event) => handleCommandNavigation(event),
      },
      attributes: {
        class: `prose prose-lg dark:prose-invert prose-headings:font-title font-default focus:outline-none max-w-full`,
      }
  }}
/>

Add Styles

Prosemirror Styles

prosemirror.css

.ProseMirror {
  @apply p-12 px-8 sm:px-12;
}

.ProseMirror .is-editor-empty:first-child::before {
  content: attr(data-placeholder);
  float: left;
  color: hsl(var(--muted-foreground));
  pointer-events: none;
  height: 0;
}
.ProseMirror .is-empty::before {
  content: attr(data-placeholder);
  float: left;
  color: hsl(var(--muted-foreground));
  pointer-events: none;
  height: 0;
}

/* Custom image styles */
.ProseMirror img {
  transition: filter 0.1s ease-in-out;

  &:hover {
    cursor: pointer;
    filter: brightness(90%);
  }

  &.ProseMirror-selectednode {
    outline: 3px solid #5abbf7;
    filter: brightness(90%);
  }
}

.img-placeholder {
  position: relative;

  &:before {
    content: "";
    box-sizing: border-box;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    width: 36px;
    height: 36px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border: 3px solid var(--novel-stone-200);
    border-top-color: var(--novel-stone-800);
    animation: spinning 0.6s linear infinite;
  }
}

@keyframes spinning {
  to {
    transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}

/* Custom TODO list checkboxes – shoutout to this awesome tutorial: https://moderncss.dev/pure-css-custom-checkbox-style/ */
ul[data-type="taskList"] li > label {
  margin-right: 0.2rem;
  user-select: none;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
  ul[data-type="taskList"] li > label {
    margin-right: 0.5rem;
  }
}

ul[data-type="taskList"] li > label input[type="checkbox"] {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  appearance: none;
  background-color: hsl(var(--background));
  margin: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  width: 1.2em;
  height: 1.2em;
  position: relative;
  top: 5px;
  border: 2px solid hsl(var(--border));
  margin-right: 0.3rem;
  display: grid;
  place-content: center;

  &:hover {
    background-color: hsl(var(--accent));
  }

  &:active {
    background-color: hsl(var(--accent));
  }

  &::before {
    content: "";
    width: 0.65em;
    height: 0.65em;
    transform: scale(0);
    transition: 120ms transform ease-in-out;
    box-shadow: inset 1em 1em;
    transform-origin: center;
    clip-path: polygon(14% 44%, 0 65%, 50% 100%, 100% 16%, 80% 0%, 43% 62%);
  }

  &:checked::before {
    transform: scale(1);
  }
}

ul[data-type="taskList"] li[data-checked="true"] > div > p {
  color: var(--muted-foreground);
  text-decoration: line-through;
  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
}

/* Overwrite tippy-box original max-width */
.tippy-box {
  max-width: 400px !important;
}

.ProseMirror:not(.dragging) .ProseMirror-selectednode {
  outline: none !important;
  background-color: var(--novel-highlight-blue);
  transition: background-color 0.2s;
  box-shadow: none;
}

.drag-handle {
  position: fixed;
  opacity: 1;
  transition: opacity ease-in 0.2s;
  border-radius: 0.25rem;

  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 10 10' style='fill: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)'%3E%3Cpath d='M3,2 C2.44771525,2 2,1.55228475 2,1 C2,0.44771525 2.44771525,0 3,0 C3.55228475,0 4,0.44771525 4,1 C4,1.55228475 3.55228475,2 3,2 Z M3,6 C2.44771525,6 2,5.55228475 2,5 C2,4.44771525 2.44771525,4 3,4 C3.55228475,4 4,4.44771525 4,5 C4,5.55228475 3.55228475,6 3,6 Z M3,10 C2.44771525,10 2,9.55228475 2,9 C2,8.44771525 2.44771525,8 3,8 C3.55228475,8 4,8.44771525 4,9 C4,9.55228475 3.55228475,10 3,10 Z M7,2 C6.44771525,2 6,1.55228475 6,1 C6,0.44771525 6.44771525,0 7,0 C7.55228475,0 8,0.44771525 8,1 C8,1.55228475 7.55228475,2 7,2 Z M7,6 C6.44771525,6 6,5.55228475 6,5 C6,4.44771525 6.44771525,4 7,4 C7.55228475,4 8,4.44771525 8,5 C8,5.55228475 7.55228475,6 7,6 Z M7,10 C6.44771525,10 6,9.55228475 6,9 C6,8.44771525 6.44771525,8 7,8 C7.55228475,8 8,8.44771525 8,9 C8,9.55228475 7.55228475,10 7,10 Z'%3E%3C/path%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  background-size: calc(0.5em + 0.375rem) calc(0.5em + 0.375rem);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center;
  width: 1.2rem;
  height: 1.5rem;
  z-index: 50;
  cursor: grab;

  &:hover {
    background-color: var(--novel-stone-100);
    transition: background-color 0.2s;
  }

  &:active {
    background-color: var(--novel-stone-200);
    transition: background-color 0.2s;
    cursor: grabbing;
  }

  &.hide {
    opacity: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
  }

  @media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
    display: none;
    pointer-events: none;
  }
}

.dark .drag-handle {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 10 10' style='fill: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)'%3E%3Cpath d='M3,2 C2.44771525,2 2,1.55228475 2,1 C2,0.44771525 2.44771525,0 3,0 C3.55228475,0 4,0.44771525 4,1 C4,1.55228475 3.55228475,2 3,2 Z M3,6 C2.44771525,6 2,5.55228475 2,5 C2,4.44771525 2.44771525,4 3,4 C3.55228475,4 4,4.44771525 4,5 C4,5.55228475 3.55228475,6 3,6 Z M3,10 C2.44771525,10 2,9.55228475 2,9 C2,8.44771525 2.44771525,8 3,8 C3.55228475,8 4,8.44771525 4,9 C4,9.55228475 3.55228475,10 3,10 Z M7,2 C6.44771525,2 6,1.55228475 6,1 C6,0.44771525 6.44771525,0 7,0 C7.55228475,0 8,0.44771525 8,1 C8,1.55228475 7.55228475,2 7,2 Z M7,6 C6.44771525,6 6,5.55228475 6,5 C6,4.44771525 6.44771525,4 7,4 C7.55228475,4 8,4.44771525 8,5 C8,5.55228475 7.55228475,6 7,6 Z M7,10 C6.44771525,10 6,9.55228475 6,9 C6,8.44771525 6.44771525,8 7,8 C7.55228475,8 8,8.44771525 8,9 C8,9.55228475 7.55228475,10 7,10 Z'%3E%3C/path%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}

/* Custom Youtube Video CSS */
iframe {
  border: 8px solid #ffd00027;
  border-radius: 4px;
  min-width: 200px;
  min-height: 200px;
  display: block;
  outline: 0px solid transparent;
}

div[data-youtube-video] > iframe {
  cursor: move;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
  width: 100%;
}

.ProseMirror-selectednode iframe {
  transition: outline 0.15s;
  outline: 6px solid #fbbf24;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 480px) {
  div[data-youtube-video] > iframe {
    max-height: 50px;
  }
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 720px) {
  div[data-youtube-video] > iframe {
    max-height: 100px;
  }
}

/* CSS for bold coloring and highlighting issue*/
span[style] > strong {
  color: inherit;
}

mark[style] > strong {
  color: inherit;
}

Globals CSS

Update your globals.css with Novel css vars

globals.css

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

@layer base {
  :root {
    ...
    --novel-highlight-default: #ffffff;
    --novel-highlight-purple: #f6f3f8;
    --novel-highlight-red: #fdebeb;
    --novel-highlight-yellow: #fbf4a2;
    --novel-highlight-blue: #c1ecf9;
    --novel-highlight-green: #acf79f;
    --novel-highlight-orange: #faebdd;
    --novel-highlight-pink: #faf1f5;
    --novel-highlight-gray: #f1f1ef;

  }

  .dark {
    ....

    --novel-highlight-default: #000000;
    --novel-highlight-purple: #3f2c4b;
    --novel-highlight-red: #5c1a1a;
    --novel-highlight-yellow: #5c4b1a;
    --novel-highlight-blue: #1a3d5c;
    --novel-highlight-green: #1a5c20;
    --novel-highlight-orange: #5c3a1a;
    --novel-highlight-pink: #5c1a3a;
    --novel-highlight-gray: #3a3a3a;

  }
}

You need require("@tailwindcss/typography") for the prose styling

Usage within Dialogs

Novel has been designed to work automatically within Radix Dialogs, namely by looking for the closest parent attribute [role="dialog"]. If you’re using a different implementation for popups and dialogs, ensure you add this attribute above the editor so the drag handle calculates the correct position.

Get Started

Guides

Shadcn-ui

Configure Wrapper

Configure Extensions

Extensions

Create Menus

Slash Command

Bubble Menu

Add Editor Props

Add Styles

Usage within Dialogs

Shadcn-ui

​Configure Wrapper

​Configure Extensions

Extensions

​Create Menus

Slash Command

Bubble Menu

​Add Editor Props

​Add Styles

​Usage within Dialogs

Configure Wrapper

Configure Extensions

Create Menus

Add Editor Props

Add Styles

Usage within Dialogs