Lexxy: A new rich text editor for Rails
6 days ago
- #text-editor
- #rails
- #web-development
- Lexxy is a new rich text editor for Action Text based on Meta's Lexical framework.
- Features include good HTML semantics, Markdown support, real-time code syntax highlighting, and configurable prompts.
- Allows creating links by pasting URLs, previewing attachments like PDFs and videos, and works seamlessly with Action Text and Active Storage.
- Developed to address shortcomings of Trix, providing a better foundation for future improvements.
- Lexxy enables configuring the editor in Action Text similar to configuring databases in Active Record.
- Early beta launched, encouraging users to try it out.