Trix: The functionality on the toolbar is poor

Created on 18 Jan 2019  路  4Comments  路  Source: basecamp/trix

This editor is so cool and works quickly, thank you for your working. But I want to ask that why this rich editor just have h1 element in it. I think may be h2 - h6 will be the common request for people. Do you plan to add them to trix? In addition, the image/file resource just can upload to the editor by dragged, Do you have a plan to add the relevant button on the toolbar?

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Perhaps a more helpful framing would be: Is there an API for extending the Trix toolbar with new buttons / actions?

Some concrete use cases I've previously shipped via CKeditor:

  • Heading levels, tables, etc (markup which may or may not be supported by the default internal model).
  • Picking a lat/long from a map (custom linking).
  • Add a hyperlink to another piece of content within the same application (with autocomplete UX rather than a text field for the hyperlink).

@FreeApophis this is no way to behave towards volunteers who are giving their time to help you out. Shame on you.

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+1 for the upload image button on the toolbar

I would say VERY poor... I was looking forward to Rails 6, but this Editor is mostly useless. Basic Features requested 4 years ago are still missing. First I just thought, ok the small Editor is probably the base setting, but you can activate the rest via configuration.

  • Adequate support for Headers
  • Adequate support for image editing. Resize, Flow Control (Left, Right, Inline), HiDPI - just to name the most basic
  • Image Library? No Button? rly? just Drag and Drop?
  • Tables! No Tables at all? Even very basic markdown supports tables.
  • Alignment

Wow, this is not production ready.

Perhaps a more helpful framing would be: Is there an API for extending the Trix toolbar with new buttons / actions?

Some concrete use cases I've previously shipped via CKeditor:

  • Heading levels, tables, etc (markup which may or may not be supported by the default internal model).
  • Picking a lat/long from a map (custom linking).
  • Add a hyperlink to another piece of content within the same application (with autocomplete UX rather than a text field for the hyperlink).

@FreeApophis this is no way to behave towards volunteers who are giving their time to help you out. Shame on you.

So, Ruby on Rails wants to be treated like an amateur project? Maybe that is part of the problem why rails is dying. Delivering immature features like this will just accelerate the decline

Why would I ask for basic features on a unfinished product? No, I obviously will avoid this software and won't use it. There are plenty of mature alternatives.

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