Discover Quill, the next-generation WYSIWYG edito

Quill is a mind-blowing JavaScript library for creating rich text editors (WYSIWYG). And when I say rich, I don’t just mean bold and italics; we’re talking next-level!

Basically, Quill offers a whole bunch of tools to turn your sad little text fields into an insanely awesome editing experience. The cool thing is, it’s designed with developers in mind, so you get full control over the content and features.

What makes Quill stand out is its super intuitive API. You don’t have to spend three days combing through documentation to figure out how it works. With just a few lines of code, you can already do cool stuff. Check this out:

const quill = new Quill('#editor', {
  modules: {
    toolbar: true  
  },
  theme: 'snow
});

And bam! You’ve already got a sleek editor with a toolbar, ready to go! How awesome is that? Plus, Quill handles JSON input and output natively, which makes your life a lot easier when storing and processing content.

What’s really cool about Quill is that you can extend and customize your editor endlessly. Want to add weird formats, funky effects, or even integrate interactive content? No problem—Quill lets you do whatever you want.

You can even create your own modules to add insane features. Need a math equation editor? Just grab the module from npm and integrate it in no time. Need something to handle polls? Same deal—there’s probably a module for that too. That’s what’s so great about the Quill ecosystem!

Actually, let me show you something fun. We’re going to create a custom format to style source code directly in the editor. For this, we’ll make a module that detects code blocks and applies syntax highlighting.

import Quill from 'quill';
import Highlight from 'highlight.js';

const CodeBlock = Quill.import('formats/code-block');

class SyntaxCodeBlock extends CodeBlock {
  static create(value) {
    const domNode = super.create(value);
    domNode.innerHTML = Highlight.highlightAuto(value).value;
    return domNode;
  }
}

Quill.register(SyntaxCodeBlock, 'code-block', true);

So here, we’re creating a new SyntaxCodeBlock class that extends the basic code-block format. In the create method, we grab the node created by the parent class and replace its content with the highlighted code from Highlight.js. Then, we register our custom format in Quill and voilà! You can now style code directly in the editor!

That’s just an example, but it shows off the power and flexibility of Quill. Plus, it’s super fun to tinker with your editor like this! There’s even a playground here for you to mess around with.

Now, I’m not going to lie to you—there is a bit of a learning curve. You’ll need to understand how Quill structures its document model and how the various modules work. But once you get the hang of it, it’s smooth sailing.

Oh, and I almost forgot something important: Quill works on all modern browsers, whether on desktop or mobile. Your editor will behave the same everywhere, which is pretty sweet. Plus, the official documentation is really well done.

So, if you’re looking for a rich text editing solution for your web projects, I honestly recommend Quill with no reservations.

Happy coding, thanks