The latest articles on DEV Community by Lawrence Mila (@lawrence). https://dev.to/lawrence https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F148983%2Ffac2eeae-2cfc-4fe3-8375-b21d2dac3570.png https://dev.to/lawrence en Lawrence Mila Sat, 13 Apr 2019 07:55:44 +0000 https://dev.to/lawrence/why-is-it-so-hard-to-build-or-use-a-rich-text-editor-yet-amazing-editors-like-vscode-or-atom-are-built-with-web-technologies-506a https://dev.to/lawrence/why-is-it-so-hard-to-build-or-use-a-rich-text-editor-yet-amazing-editors-like-vscode-or-atom-are-built-with-web-technologies-506a <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fiimco1cwlf0cfrkofjqz.gif" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/cdn-cgi/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fiimco1cwlf0cfrkofjqz.gif" alt="Rich Text Editor" width="714" height="270"></a></p> <p>Hi, </p> <p>I have tried to build a rich text editor in a React web app, and the common libraries used like slate.js or draft.js make it seem like it's actually very tricky to build or even use a rich text editor that ticks all the boxes.</p> <p>Yet code editors like vscode and atom give users amazing text editing possibilities such as multi-cursors and other countless refinements, and they are built on top of web technologies. </p> <p>Can anyone explain how that can be? I'm probably missing a few steps in my understanding. </p> <p>Thanks!</p> help